A Contemporary Music Christmas Carol
This seasonal story appeared on C:T for the first time in 2014. If it seems strange that, in it, I chose Stravinsky as a composer of contemporary music, I can…
Unruly boy is taught (and teaches) a valuable lesson at Brooklyn Symphony concert
There is a nice story over at Slipped Disc about conductor David Bernard’s reaction to a small boy talking between pieces in a recent concert. Audience members became restless at the disturbance,…
The Importance of a Failure CV
Do you have a composition website? Ah, the tedious art of self-promotion. If you’re anything like me, you try to put in every positive thing that you’ve done, that one…
A Contemporary Music Christmas Carol
A morality tale with apologies to Mahler and Charles Dickens. Merry Christmas to all CT members! MAHLER'S GHOST Mahler was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever…