“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 music blog, The Rest Is Noise. For those of you […]
7th Avenue Concert Hall
I took this picture this morning at the 7th Avenue F train stop in Brooklyn, a favorite of "street musicians" because of it’s resonant acoustics. This violinist was playing a
Brooklyn Mardi Gras – Follow Up
Great time at Union Hall last night – I got there around 9, and was happy to see my friend Simon and his girlfriend Jenny, who’d made the trek out
Brooklyn Mardi Gras
Not too many choices for live music this Mardi Gras, but this event tonight at Union Hall in Brooklyn – which will benefit musicians of New Orleans – should be
Simon Boccangera Online Tonight
At the risk of contradicting myself (see yesterday’s post), you can listen to the live Met season premiere of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra online tonight at 7:30. This is one of
Conrad Keely on the Need for Live Performance
Conrad Keely, of Austin’s …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, makes a compelling (and graphic) argument against the dilution of music appreciation in our iTunes-enabled culture
Jenufa Live Now
The Met’s final performance of Jenufa is being broadcast right now. You can listen to it locally at 96.3FM, or online. I saw it last Tuesday, and I can only
Brave New World
(Photo of Rebekah Heller, basoonist, outside the New World Symphony’s home in South Beach.) Dan Wakin has a piece in tomorrow’s Times about the New World Symphony, America’s foremost training
Cheap Seats
This morning, a former co-worker in her early 20’s wrote me to say that she "hasn’t really had the chance" to attend classical music concerts since leaving college, where she