What Kind of Music Is This Anyway?
The wonderful guitarist, Mark Stewart, who is a member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, but who also plays in Paul Simon’s band and on the film scores of Elliot Goldenthal, says “I play three kinds of...
View ArticleWhat If I Like Your Politics but Don’t Like Your Art?
Directly across the street from my studio, where for most of the day I sit writing music, there is a makeshift shrine put together by the residents on my block to commemorate Larry, the homeless man...
View ArticleFinding ‘Lost Objects’ in Germany
Performance of “Lost Objects” at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival, 2004. (Photo: Stephanie Berger for The New York Times) In Europe, where they take their arts very seriously, nothing...
View ArticleAnother Sort of Diplomacy
In Venezuela there is little money for education, and the trend has become to cut music in the schools.
View ArticleThe Accidental Music Lesson
The composer travels full circle from Miami Beach to New York and back again, and gets a refresher course on how he learned to be a musician.
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