The Mellon Foundation has launched a $35 million initiative for the preservation of jazz and its legacies. Among the bequests, we read, the fellowship will support 50 seasoned jazz artists aged 62 and older. Each […]
From Tim Sawyier on Chicago Classical Review: … In addition to the awkward clapping that punctuated the Stravinsky concerto on Thursday, there were also jangling cellphones during transparent moments, a young man texting from the […]
Michael Zev Gordn at site of his grandfather’s murder in Summer 1941 (image from DW video). Any human calamity raises thoughts about how such events might be referred to in music, and how an essentially […]