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Sports and music: a common link
Why musicians don't keep score
Long before I became a composer, I played soccer. In the process I learned a useful lesson: In sports as in music, the ultimate goal isn't perfection; it's humility and humanity.
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Poor Richard's "Opera a Day' at the Fringe (1st review)
Seven nights, seven operas (and just one problem)
Poor Richard's stripped-down productions of seven one-act operas present a good opportunity to sample an odd corner of the opera repertoire for $15 a ticket, if you can understand the words.
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The Orchestra vs. the Phillies
Think outside the box (and other advice the Orchestra has ignored)
The Philadelphia Orchestra is losing its audience while other orchestras— not to mention the Phillies— are growing their audiences. So why has the Philadelphia Orchestra board ignored or remained silent about a study that represents the best professional thinking for the future survival of American orchestras?
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Black opera: Struggle and strategy
Beyond Porgy and Bess: Anyone for Amistad or Malcolm X?
Everyone loves Gershwin's Porgy and Bess and the vocalists who've sung its roles for the past 76 years. Will white audiences ever expand their listening menu to operas by black composers? And how can black musicians help push the envelope?
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Jazz struggles for survival
Who will rescue jazz?
Sometime after World War II, jazz musicians stopped communicating with their audiences and began playing only for themselves and elite musicologists. Grassroots jazz bars— the lifeblood of this uniquely American art form— are making a comeback. But it's a struggle, as I discovered recently.
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The Marlboro mystique: Pros and cons
Marlboro at 60: Incubator or pressure-cooker?
After 50 years, the Marlboro festival remains a remarkable incubator where promising young musicians form disciplined ensembles. But it's also a pressure-cooker that can squelch an individual musician's personal expression.
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Boston Symphony at Tanglewood: A Romantic mixed bag
What Sarah Chang could learn from Yuja Wang
Romanticism in music has had its ups and downs. A recent weekend of Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts at Tanglewood suggests that much of its success depends on the nature of the performance.
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Philadelphia Orchestra on the brink
When musicians leave, who's responsible?
Add trumpeter David Bilger to the growing roster of Philadelphia Orchestra musicians leaving for more secure if not greener pastures. But the executive and board leadership should walk the plank instead.
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Allen Krantz revives Wencelas Matiegka
Reviving the guitar (with a little help from the Internet)
Beethoven's contemporary Wencelas Matiegka wrote 11 solos for guitar that were forgotten after his death. Now, thanks to the Internet and the guitarist/arranger Allen Krantz, they've been resuscitated.
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Menotti's "The Consul' at Princeton
A Cold War surprise
I had begun to believe that Menotti's The Consul was an unworthy relic of an outdated era. In Princeton last month, to my astonishment, it demonstrated both dramatic and musical strength.
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