Tech, Philanthropy, Composing
This year I gave my fifth annual talk at the Fresh Inc. Festival for young musicians. I love helping artists. As usual, I spoke about the role of crowdfunding in the life of a young musician. But I tried to take classical music's privilege a bit more seriously this year, and to address the differences …
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For the past few months I've been working with the newly formed JCAC on becoming a professionalized arts council and building significant grant funding for the arts in Jersey City. I've been working closely with the JCAC board, led by Robinson Holloway and Heather Warfel Sandler, as well as Marlene O'Haire Sandkamp and Rolando R. …
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Huge thanks and congratulations to The Sound Ensemble for making this recording of their live performance of the chamber orchestra version of The Burial of the Dead! They did a fantastic job. If you have a chance to see one of their shows, definitely do it. They choose great, interesting repertoire, and the playing is …
I've been working with the MAP Fund for the last few years as a consultant. Last week we announced this year's round of grantees, including some amazing artists. Congratulations to all of you - go make art! MAP's a great program. They've been around since the 80s giving grants to performing arts projects that don't …
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No, I'm not talking about Actually Happening. I was a guest on Dennis Tobenski's Music Publishing Podcast. I was episode 41. So close. Go give it a listen. We talked a lot about my work running product at New Music USA, creating the grantmaking platform and the launch of project grants. We talked about my …
I've been working with Ian Richter for, well, almost five years. That's a weird thought. In that time he's been a great collaborator. He's talented, he's dedicated, he's funny, and he plays the hell out of my music. Just this morning he sent me a message saying "hey, so I tried this piece you wrote …
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Yes, that's the same picture of The Sound Ensemble. Jim Holt is a good photographer. The concert is this Saturday, 7 PM, at the Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford. You should come out and hear it. Here's the Live Music Project listing with more details. I went to rehearsal last night for …
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I've been hanging around the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford a lot recently. It's pretty much my favorite place to work on the intersection of technology and non-profits. Lucy Bernholz, who directs the lab, is totally brilliant and is fighting hard for the right things. Today Digital Impact, which is part of the lab, …
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I'm not giving the Baumol talk again. Sorry. It was a huge hit the last two years, and there's still some great work to do on that line of research, and I am still giving the talk other places. But for New Music Gathering mark 3 in Bowling Green this May, I wanted to do …
And by that, I mean pay CASH Music the $9 a month that you pay to any streaming service. If that's all you need to hear, sign-up right away. If you want to hear more from CASH directly, read Jesse's medium post. Here's my pitch. You get music (really good music). You get access to …
I just finished my first project with Dorico, and I want to tell you about it. It's a new orchestration of The Burial of the Dead for The Sound Ensemble; the concert is on March 4 in Seattle. Come hear it. The photo above, taken by James Holt, is of Bobby Collins, the music director …
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Art isn't a reflection of the culture we want to have, or a commentary on it, or anything secondary. It actually IS the culture. It matters. A lot. Art can't save the world by itself, but we can't save the world without art. So. Here are some great organizations I'm working with that you can …
