Marian Wilson Kimber
@mwilsonkimber.bsky.social
Musicologist, writer, half of Red Vespa, author of The Elocutionists: Women, Music, and the Spoken Word and the forthcoming Clubwomen Activists and the Making of American Music. Posts in no way associated with my employer.
My asking questions and providing what information I know is apparently not helping things, so I'm going offline now. Everyone have a nice evening.
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
My asking questions and providing what information I know is apparently not helping things, so I'm going offline now. Everyone have a nice evening.
I know they paid the salary of Matt Brounley He was overseeing the outreach program funded by NEH. I spoke with him personally as was going to be involved with it at one point.
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I know they paid the salary of Matt Brounley He was overseeing the outreach program funded by NEH. I spoke with him personally as was going to be involved with it at one point.
I read all the names.
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I read all the names.
Did the program committee meet with the board? That is what I was told.
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Did the program committee meet with the board? That is what I was told.
Also, if people are interested in transparency, why are they signing the petition anonymously?
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Also, if people are interested in transparency, why are they signing the petition anonymously?
Also, it's my understanding that the Program Committee already met with the Board. The memo that is linked here is from July, so it seems outdated.
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Also, it's my understanding that the Program Committee already met with the Board. The memo that is linked here is from July, so it seems outdated.
For example, some of the salaries of employees were paid for by the NEH grants. They did not come from the Society itself.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For example, some of the salaries of employees were paid for by the NEH grants. They did not come from the Society itself.
There's a certain amount of misinformation in this petition. I would urge everyone to wait until the full details emerge.
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There's a certain amount of misinformation in this petition. I would urge everyone to wait until the full details emerge.
I am so sorry.💐
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I am so sorry.💐
You have seen the film Impromptu, yes?
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You have seen the film Impromptu, yes?
You are welcome!
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
You are welcome!
There's also a certain amount of making fun of McClary-esque analyses. She doesn't get a mention--but Richard Taruskin does!
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 AM
There's also a certain amount of making fun of McClary-esque analyses. She doesn't get a mention--but Richard Taruskin does!
It’s funny. Tonic and dominant meet in a bar. The musicology student gets a hold of Don Giovanni who is suddenly…impotent. Rosen pontificates so much he misses the sonata form symposium.
November 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It’s funny. Tonic and dominant meet in a bar. The musicology student gets a hold of Don Giovanni who is suddenly…impotent. Rosen pontificates so much he misses the sonata form symposium.
It was silly--but fun!
November 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It was silly--but fun!