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Joe Farnsworth – “See the drum. Hit the drum.”

Mark Rabideau · August 2015

Drummer Joe Farnsworth has emerged as quite possibly the world’s leading jazz drummer. Fierce on the bandstand in laying down uncompromising and often lightning-fast time, he transports the audience back to the days when “Philly” Joe Jones proved to be the driving engine of what would become known as “The Quintet.”

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Introducing Slogging/Blogging through Change: An experiment in community engagement

August 2015

Slogging/Blogging Through Change chronicles the Music on the Square project. Narrated by School of Music Dean Mark McCoy and Mark Rabideau, director of the 21CM initiative, the blog promises a regularly updated and unvarnished look at community engagement.

Why Practice?

David Taylor – “Embracing the Joy of the Struggle”

Mark Rabideau · August 2015

Bass trombonist Dave Taylor transformed an instrument once relegated to playing whole notes below the staff and doomed to counting rests for a living into virtuosity.

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A Composer’s Take on Building a Festival

Matt McBane · July 2015

Euphoria Brass Band at Carlsbad Music Festival Village Walk, 2015

In an issue devoted to “doing it yourself,” the ultimate musical challenge may be “imagineering” a festival. Composer Matthew McBane did just that as director of the Carlsbad Music Festival.

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Education a Capella With Voces8

Scott Timberg · July 2015

Years of immersion have shown Paul Smith that music is more than just sound waves moving through space. Rather, he’s seen the process of making music in groups – especially singing – exert a profound and tangible effect on people.