When I joined this group I understood that my “job” would be a pretty diverse one. During my trial week I took part in chamber music coachings, masterclasses for composers and performers, panel discussions, and performances. If anything, things have become more wild and wonderful. Here is a list compiled from work we have done [...]
Tim came into rehearsal today and announced that he’d cleaned out his iPod, leaving on it the works of only two composers. This led to a lot of commentary from the rest of us (“Wow, what a purist” and “You know about playlists, right?” being my two favorites). He made us try to guess which [...]
Daniel Mendelsohn’s piece, in the New York Review of Books, about the Met Opera’s powerful production of Philip Glass’ extraordinary Satyagraha is a finely judged, exquisitely written evocation of four amazing hours of musical theater. I was there, and have struggled with how to write or even talk about what I saw and heard. At the time I [...]
