Orchestras and Authenticity

(Originally published at Orchestra R/Evolution) In my last post, I encouraged readers to articulate what they liked about orchestras, so we can have a better sense of what it is exactly we are trying to preserve or pass on to new audiences and future generations. I’ll begin this one by sharing my own answer toRead More

Around the horn: Deepwater Horizon edition

Well, hello! Been a while since the last link round-up, hasn’t it? The bad news continues for New York City arts organizations, as they are looking at a double whammy this year: steep cuts proposed in both state and local funding. So far, prognosticators’ assertions that 2010 would be “even worse” are looking prescient, despiteRead More

Around the horn: cliffhanger edition

Thank you to everyone who filled out the Createquity satisfaction survey last week. I’m still going through the results, but will have a wrap-up for you soon as well as a summary of what I’ve decided to do with what I’ve learned. In the meantime, it’s one more week of business as usual for AroundRead More

Live Place + Displaced webcast today

This afternoon from 2-4pm, I’ll be participating in the webcast of a conversation about community change in Long Island City as part of Fractured Atlas’s Place + Displaced program. Place + Displaced is a community cultural mapping and civic participation project that is engaging with several New York City neighborhoods in different stages of gentrification.Read More

Around the horn: Volcanic eruption edition

Whew! That’s a little better – things seem to be quieting down to normal after a frenetic first part of the week. I’m also happy to see that people are using the Createquity Tipster form now. Just a reminder – in case you haven’t been following for that long, I rarely write about actual artsRead More

Am I going to have to do these twice a week now?

I really hope not, because otherwise this site will start to become very boring. But sweet Jesus, there is so much going on this week that if I wait until Sunday to blog it all out for you I fear it will be next Sunday before I’m done. Let’s hope things start to quiet downRead More

Around the horn: John Paul Stevens edition

Everybody’s talking about unpaid internships. Scott led things off railing against the injustice, Isaac follows up with posts here and here basically agreeing, 99 says interns should just suck it up, Adam Thurman warns against the dangers of getting addicted to free labor, Guy offers a perspective from internships in the software industry (where myRead More

Around the horn: Opening Day edition

So, thanks to Guy Yedwab for pointing out my foolishness around Google Docs: apparently I had made my Createquity Tipster spreadsheet viewable to everyone, but not editable to anyone except me. To edit it, you’ll have to use this form instead, which is probably a better call anyway (otherwise someone in a bad mood couldRead More

Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir

This video has been making the rounds for the past week or so. Eric Whitacre, for those of you who don’t know, is a rockstar choral composer who has made a killing for himself by focusing not on professional or established community choirs, but rather the high school and college circuit. His works are accessibleRead More

Around the horn: Lazy Sunday edition

The carnage continues for state arts agencies: now Arizona is on the chopping block, as the Arizona Commission on the Arts faces another 25% loss from a state appropriation that already declined by more than half last year. Worse, the state has enacted a “sweep” of a $10 million endowment fund that was supposed toRead More