I am not a quitter. Okay, that’s a lie. That’s what I want people to think of me. That’s what I’d like to think of myself. The truth is, I have immense shame about my lily-livered quitting nature. From a very young age, my mother has admonished me for quitting: “You always give up so [...]
(Pictured: Tim Munro, composer Andy Akiho, and Michael Maccaferri, during rehearsals for last night’s performance) Last night the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, hosted the final round of eighth blackbird’s first composition competition. The performance was the culmination of a year-long process. An initial pool of 504 applicants was winnowed to three finalists, who were [...]
The group is in Australia right now, having an fantastic time with students in Melbourne and Brisbane and enjoying concerts in same, with Sydney thrown into the mix, as well as lots of good coffee, wine, beer and food, all at exorbitant prices (holy crap the US dollar sucks). We sometimes have some free nights [...]
