FEATURE
What Role Should Orchestras Play In Strengthening Democracy?
Post Alley Seattle: Jesse Rosen
It’s not enough to merely assert these values or cite the longstanding commitments to educational programs, if the deeper work of orchestras is to play a role in sustaining American democracy.
RESEARCH AND OPINION
Oona Doherty’s Raw, Honest Dances Have Made Her One of the Dance World’s Buzziest Choreographic Stars
Dance Magazine: Laura Wingenroth
Her “refusal to compromise with movement that felt inauthentic (and) her instinctive pull towards the extreme and the subversive” were channeled into her first major piece, Hope Hunt and the Ascension Into Lazarus, which premiered in 2015 and has been touring off-and-on ever since.
The Piano Trio: (Still) a Powerful Force in Jazz
New York Times: Hank Shteamer
New releases from Tyshawn Sorey, Kim Cass, Bill Charlap, Tarbaby, Matthew Shipp, Kris Davis and others are showcasing how a classic format can still feel fresh.
Podcast: Mark Scatterday, Conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble
Anthony Plog on Music
Mark Scatterday is the Professor of Conducting at the Eastman School of Music and the esteemed conductor of the legendary Eastman Wind Ensemble. Since taking the baton in 2002 as only the fourth conductor in the ensemble’s storied history, Mark has continued the rich legacy of his predecessors.
Tyler, the Creator: Chromakopia review – candour meets artfulness
The Guardian: Kitty Empire
The Grammy-winning US rapper pits soul-searching against some killer tunes, many featuring his mother, Bonita Smith.
Their Songs Blew Up on TikTok, So These Musicians Tweaked Their Sets
New York Times: Ross Scarano
Social media platforms and streaming services are leading younger listeners to new (and old) music. Artists are making sure they feel at home at live shows.
NATIONAL
No Name no more: The name ‘Philly Pops’ is bestowed upon the No Name Pops
WHYY (Philadelphia): Peter Crimmins
The No Name Pops was established by former Philly Pops musicians during the old orchestra’s collapse. The family of Philly Pops founder Peter Nero owns the sheet music and trademark, which it is giving to the No Names.
Claire Daly, Master of the Baritone Saxophone, Dies at 66
New York Times: Giovanni Russonello
She was celebrated for both her playing and her love of the jazz community. “My life in music,” she said recently, “is the smartest thing I’ve done.”
INTERNATIONAL
Paris Opera to close its houses for years of renovation work
France24 Staff
The closure of the almost 150-year-old edifice, one of the architectural jewels of Paris, will be followed by the closure for renovation of the opera’s giant newer stage, the Opera Bastille, opened in 1989, for at least two years from mid-2030.
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony In Ontario Is Out Of Bankruptcy And Back In Business
LudwigVan: Anya Wassenberg
After declaring bankruptcy just over a year ago in September 2023, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony has announced a resumption of operations, renewing a legacy that’s almost eight decades old. The bankruptcy has been formally annulled by the approval by the Superior Court of Ontario of a proposal made to creditors.
Dark Mofo, Tasmania’s Wild Winter Arts Festival, Is Back After Last Year’s Cancellation
ArtsHub Staff
Dark Mofo, the flagship Nipaluna/Hobart winter arts festival, will return in full force in 2025 following a brief hiatus this year that saw it reduced to a skeleton program “for a period of renewal”.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MUSIC BUSINESS
Glassnote Records Toes the Waters With ‘Ethically-Trained AI’ Platform Hook
Digital Music News: Ashley King
AI-powered social music app Hook has announced a partnership with Glassnote Records to add tracks from emerging acts including Tors, bby, Hayes Warner, and Dylan Cartlidge to its library. More acts from Glassnote will be added soon.
Ed Sheeran Prevails in Copyright Appeal Over ‘Let’s Get It On’
New York Times: Ben Sisario
A three-judge panel affirmed that Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” did not illegally borrow from Marvin Gaye’s song.
OFF THE BEATEN PATH
How This Michigan Theatre Performed Godspell in a Pool on a Stage
Playbill: Diep Tran
A decade after the water crisis, Flint Rep wants to show everyone that “the water is just fine.”
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