Rewind x2
It’s been 38 years since Richie Havens opened the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, with a rousing three hour set […]
Main Squeeze
File this one under "Miscellaneous": the Second Annual NYC Main Squeeze Accordion Festival kicks off tomorrow at 2p in Riverside
Ronen
Yesterday, I hosted a barbecue at my house, and Ronen Givony, director of the brilliant cross-genre Wordless Music Series, was
There’s Always the Weekend
The weather doesn’t look very promising for tonight’s New Pornographer’s show at Battery Park, but there are a number of
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The People’s Diva
Word just in that Beverly Sills, the soprano from Crown Heights who enjoyed an illustrious career on the world’s great
A Quartet in Hipsterville
Once upon a time, I had a dream of recruiting Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music students to play chamber
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Chip Off the Ol’ Block
The late Leonard Bernstein didn’t invent the New York Philharmonic’s Young People’s Concerts, but by bringing them to a national
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Summergarden
I have fond memories of going to MoMA’s annual Summergarden series growing up with my family, where Juilliard’s new music