Teaching and Learning the Art of Improvisation
Music doesn’t live on the page but rather in the air, and it is through the art of improvisation that musicians can manifest this.
Category: Sounding Board
An Indie Rocker Shows Her Classical Roots
The Bulls’ Anna Bulbrook shares her unique journey from pre-professional violinist to rocker to social entrepreneur.
For You, O Undergraduate Soprano: A Look at New Opera in America
Mark Adamo was giving a lecture to opera students when one asked him, “Is opera thriving? Collapsing? Mutating?” To which he answered, “Yes.” The beloved opera composer and librettist explains his reply.
The Art (+ Science) of “It”
To become “It,” the path for an artist seems daunting. Imagine attempting to insert a slip of thread through a needle’s eye.
A Brief and Hasty Argument Against Genre
“I spent the afternoon talking to a pair of truly intelligent journalists who wanted to know why it is that I so often bristle against discussions of genre, e.g.: Please, please, please, please, please, stop talking about genre.” – Gabriel Kahane
