Judith Dolkart I told you last month that the Barnes Foundation had chosen a chief curator. Now the name has been announced. Full Article at ArtsJournal
1. Here is an astonishing true story about the healing power of music, from Artsjournal blog Creative Destruction, written by John Thomas Dodson: how pianist Andre Watts and the music of Liszt brought joy and help to a disabled girl and her family. Full Article at Standpoint
In my City Arts column: a new album and Roulette concert with commissioned work from a worldly-wise 65 yr-old NYC/East Village-based composer-bandleader who keeps looking at music -- Varese's and Wagner's, Scott Joplin's and Ornette Coleman's -- to... Full Article at ArtsJournal
All I need is a room somewhere... Some people don't aspire to spacious. Full Article at ArtsJournal
Previous here and here. Today in the New York Times: Brooklyn Woman Finds Counterfeit Penny Made of Gold, here. Also, Jen Graves logs in here. The story has legs. Full Article at ArtsJournal
My client Eric Owens had a recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall last spring. Full Article at ArtsJournal
Andrew Taylor's latest blogpost at ArtsJournal about "portfolio careers" in the arts got me thinking this morning about whether anything has really changed in the way that many people in the arts make a living, despite the terminology. Full Article at ArtsJournal
If the Seattle Art Museum is waiting for a thumbs-up on its Michelangelo debacle, it's going to have to write one for itself. Full Article at ArtsJournal
In 2007, Jack Daws fabricated 10 pennies, each copper-plated, 18-Karat gold, heavier than the usual and slightly smaller. His gallery offered nine for sale for $1,000 each. Full Article at ArtsJournal
So it is with blogging. I have enjoyed writing this blog for the past few years, and have had the wonderful opportunity to write about those aspects of the music world--particularly the world of symphony orchestras--that I find intriguing. Full Article at ArtsJournal