Feast of Music

Merry Christmas

The Orpheus Club, Ridgewood, NJ, 10/21/08 (My father, James, is on the right, 2nd from the top. More pics below.)

When I first heard about the You Tube Symphony Orchestra, it sounded like another stupid gimmick cooked up by hidebound

Ah, it's good to end this year of some serious ups and downs with a laugh: dismayed by the recent

I need to finish my holiday shopping and get ready for my trip to Ireland next week, so here –

I remember sitting down with Jack McAuliffe, then-vice president of the League of Symphony Orchestras (formerly known as the American

Outside of Bang on a Can's People's Commissioning Fund, there aren't many places where everyday folk can help fund new music.

Bang on a Can Holiday Party, 12/16/08

We were late arriving, but eventually my friends and I caught up to Phil Kline's 16th annual Unsilent Night this

When I saw Seiji Ozawa up in Boston a couple of weeks ago, he conducted lengthy works by Messiaen and