Fort Worth Symphony Strike

If you haven’t been keeping up, the Fort Worth Symphony musicians are on strike. Performances are cancelled until the strike is resolved. If you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, in a nutshell, the musicians took a pay cut Read More …

What’s Wrong with Classical Music?

From a paper by John Sloboda (pdf file): The traditions and forms of the academy are, despite what some apologists claim, inaccessible to most people. Their inaccessibility is of two sorts. First, they do not reflect to most people the Read More …

Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 6

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Is Classical Music Elitist?

Continued from: Is Classical Music Elitist? Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 2 Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 3 Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 4 Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 5 I know, it seems like this has been going on Read More …

Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 5

This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Is Classical Music Elitist?

Continued from: Is Classical Music Elitist? Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 2 Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 3 Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 4 I’ve been posting quotes I find interesting from a discussion thread on The Guardian’s website, and Read More …

The Cultures of Failure and Death, Part 3

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series The Cultures of Failure and Death

Continued from The Cultures of Failure and Death, Part 1 and The Cultures of Failure and Death, Part 2 Even after the experiment was over, the mice showed what appeared to be permanent changes. Mr. Merrill took the mice to Read More …

The Cultures of Failure and Death, Part 2

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series The Cultures of Failure and Death

Continued from The Cultures of Failure and Death, Part 1 : The more scientifically astute of you will have noticed that 18 mice is a really small sample size, and that playing music 24 hours a day at 90 decibels Read More …

The Cultures of Failure and Death

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series The Cultures of Failure and Death

Admit it, you think I’m exaggerating this post title for effect. And yet . . . David Merrill, a high-school student from Nansemond River High School in Suffolk, VA, won regional and state science fairs ten years ago for an Read More …