In some ways, the year 2023 was a year of revanchism and regression in classical music. Just a few years earlier, many voices –...

As a prefatory exercise for this post, consider the “rule of 4%”: less than four percent of the players in professional orchestras with...

Dear Constant Reader, I’ve been absent from this blog for a while, partly because I needed to recharge, partly because I’m currently...

Margaret Bonds's little-known settings of Robert Frost's well-known "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" teach important lessons.

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented disruption in our daily lives. Musicians can turn that into a creative opportunity in their art.