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New post at On a Pacific Aisle, with thoughts on the music of newly minted centenarian Morton Feldman.

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Morton's moment
Centenary observances for Morton Feldman began with a transfixing performance of one of his great piano works
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January 14, 2026 at 11:43 PM
DC folks! Don't miss this screening of Michael Hersch's powerful opera 'Poppaea,' featuring extraordinary soprano Ah Young Hong – this evening at the JHU Bloomberg Center. www.eventbrite.com/e/humanities...
Humanities on the Hill: POPPAEA Screening & Panel Discussion
Register in Advance! Humanities on the Hill: Screening & Panel Discussion (POPPAEA)
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November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Don't miss out on Jeremy Shatan's essential Monthly Listening: September 2025 open.substack.com/pub/anearful...
Monthly Listening: September 2025
September was another stacked month! The new podcast includes five concerts and 18 albums, plus some words in memory of Brent Hinds of Mastodon, Chris Dreja of The Yardbirds, and Sacha Jenkins.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Now available: new score/parts for 'merger,' my duo for violin and viola, premiered in 2024 by Aperture Duo. It calls for both players to hum; those parts are now shown in cutaway for a cleaner look. It's definitely one of my most playful + engaging pieces. Msg me if you'd like to see a score.
July 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Enlightening article from Max Keller, filled with fascinating details www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/a...
Does It Matter How a Cello Is Held? It’s a Centuries-Old Debate.
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June 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Hide self view:" Zoom dharma
May 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Detroit Opera Steps Into Trump’s Cross Hairs With ‘Central Park Five’ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/a...
Detroit Opera Steps Into Trump’s Cross Hairs With ‘Central Park Five’
The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera features Donald J. Trump, whose 1989 full-page newspaper ad sought to demonize the young men wrongly accused of rape.
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April 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Become a Wandelweiser Weisenheimer, via this excellent roundup from @gtra1n.bsky.social daily.bandcamp.com/lists/wandel...
The Sound of Silence: A Wandelweiser Group Primer
Inspired by John Cage, the movement is built around the reverence of silence, space, and quiet dynamic levels.
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March 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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'comp​.​02_canyons' benefits the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation. Features Lisel, Dustin Wong, India Gailey, Warp Trio. Put together by the genre-fluid label People Places Records.

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comp.02_canyons, by people | places | records
22 track album
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January 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
First David Lynch, and now Jules Feiffer. Whatta week. www.tabletmag.com/sections/art...
Jules Feiffer's American Follies: A Dance to Spring (For Liberals)
Jules Feiffer’s American Follies: Hope springs eternal
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January 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM