Several organizations, including the League of American Orchestras and the University of Michigan School of Music, have banded together to present, “American Orchestras Summit at the University of Michigan: Creating Partnerships in Research and Performance.” The conference purpose is to attempt to launch a permanent dialogue between the scholarly community and the symphonic community. As[…]
Read MoreThe two-time grammy winning jazz composer Maria Schneider is a friend, and in conversations we have had she expressed an interesting take on the stereotypical starving artist. She theorizes that part of the reason record companies are able to make huge profits while the artists often make so little, is because many musicians have the[…]
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Another musical expert does his magic and raises the level of instrumental technique to a higher level. Music education at its finest. View it and weep (or laugh). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4B38odAqpY&feature=related
Read MoreThis past spring I received an email signed by a dozen or so Eastman students. It was sent to Eastman School jazz students and faculty. This group had met out of frustration. It seems that within the student jazz community at Eastman, there has not been much discussion or communication between them about how to[…]
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So this week Polyphonic.org kicks off a daily blog feature, and I begin my maiden voyage into organized cyber writing. I’ll be joined by two Polyphonic Senior Editors—Ann Drinan and Robert Levine, but from time to time we will also have guest bloggers. We’ll try to have something new up each day, and since Polyphonic[…]
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