Feast of Music

“The Rest Is Noise” Mention

This morning, I was deeply gratified to learn that Feast of Music received a kind mention in Alex Ross’ long-running […]

I took this picture this morning at the 7th Avenue F train stop in Brooklyn, a favorite of "street musicians"

Great time at Union Hall last night – I got there around 9, and was happy to see my friend

Not too many choices for live music this Mardi Gras, but this event tonight at Union Hall in Brooklyn –

At the risk of contradicting myself (see yesterday’s post), you can listen to the live Met season premiere of Verdi’s

Conrad Keely, of Austin’s …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, makes a compelling (and graphic) argument

The Met’s final performance of Jenufa is being broadcast right now. You can listen to it locally at 96.3FM, or

(Photo of Rebekah Heller, basoonist, outside the New World Symphony’s home in South Beach.) Dan Wakin has a piece in

This morning, a former co-worker in her early 20’s wrote me to say that she "hasn’t really had the chance"