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21CM Connect: Book Club Presents “The Entrepreneurial Muse”

December 2018

Jeff Nytch wants to help students, emerging professionals and educators make use of the principles of entrepreneurship in their music careers. Join us as we read “The Entrepreneurial Muse: Inspiring Your Career in Classical Music.”

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Awakening Your Inner Composer, Part Three

December 2018

Every musician should be able to draw on their inner composer, whether to write full pieces, improvise, or simply feel more comfortable. In Part Three of this series, Jessica Meyer delivers some final tips.

Artist Features

A Conversation with the Creators of “Passion for Bach and Coltrane”

November 2018

What’s the connection between J.S. Bach and John Coltrane? And what if these composers were to meet? The evening-length work “Passion for Bach and Coltrane” explores these questions. Here, the creators of “Passion” tell us how.

Special Features

On Making Quilts and Records: Part One in a Long-Term Collaboration

Mark Rabideau · November 2018

Six months ago, my friend Awadagin Pratt asked me to make a record with him. Of course, I said yes – and now I can share this process with you in real time.