Hello friends, When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could …
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in performance: How To Warm-Up January in Iowa? With Dalí Quartet!
Amidst television trucks and pedestrian guardrails for Iowa's turn in the political spotlight, concert-goers made their way on Saturday …
Dispatches from New Music Gathering: Community in More Than 140 Characters
If success is being in the right place at the right time, then New Music Gathering is a success incubator. It has been a week since the …
in performance: A Night of Exquisite Carols with Calmus
The month of December is a perpetual rataplan of "and heaven and nature sing" mixed with "in fields where they lay" and infinite descants of …
in performance: "A hymn to free and happy Man" with the Des Moines Symphony
"What does the end of a fairy-tale sound like?" muses the actor William Dick in his portrayal of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev for the …
quick news: Sybaritic Singer on Wine, Women, and Song Podcast
Time to walk your fingertips over to your favorite podcast app because you'll want to download this one in a hurry. In September, I was …
in performance: "Jelly, Rags, & Monk" from Turtle Island Quartet with Cyrus Chestnut
From the clamorous applause before the downbeat on Thursday evening's Turtle Island Quartet performance at Sheslow Auditorium in Des Moines, …
let's discuss: Join Me for #MUSOCHAT on August 23rd
“But if musical identity is, then, always fantastic, idealizing not just oneself but also the social world one inhabits, it is, secondly, …
quick news: Join Us for #musochat Sunday Nights @9pm EST on Twitter
Editor's note: I have reblogged this from the wonderful J. M. Gerraughty's website. Please take a moment to check out his work here and …