NYTIMES (Roger Rosenblatt) - The World Is a Room With a Piano Waiting to Be Played
Like any life, mine has had its pain, yet from the outset it seems to have been graced by unbelievable people and events. An anthology of miracles.
NYTIMES (Joshua Barone and Dustin Franz) - Musical Manuscripts Are Intimate and Transporting. See Why.
Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director, takes us on a tour through the handwritten score of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.
NYTIMES (Joshua Barone) - N.B.A. Finals Introduce Music by Nicholas Britell and Nas
The league is rolling out music by the composer Nicholas Britell and the rapper Nas that, if successful, could become the sport’s sonic shorthand.
AMERICANTHINKER - What's the value of college composition in the age of AI
We need to ask ourselves: without cogito, what are we?
NYTIMES (Alexis Soloski) - How the Music of ‘Schmigadoon!’ Echoes Broadway’s Past
The composer Cinco Paul discusses the clever references to classic musicals everywhere you look (and hear) in his new Broadway show.
NYTIMES (Sam Sifton) - The Greatest Living Songwriters
We look at the list crafted by Times music writers.
NYTIMES (Joshua Barone and Karsten Moran) - Mozart Wouldn’t Be Mozart Without These Three Objects
Hear the instruments and scores, on view in a new exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum, that proved foundational for Mozart’s life in music.
HUFFPOST - U.S. Winter Olympic Champion Hit With Copyright Controversy
Canadian artist Seb McKinnon, aka CLANN, has questioned the use of his song “The Return" in Amber Glenn's free skate.