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What I’m Reading This Week: July 8, 2025
Jonathan Bailey did more than just sport some *cough* little glasses in Jurassic World – he also played a clarinet solo on the soundtrack that happened to be the theme of his character, Dr. Henry Loomis. Your move, Pedro. Internet organist sensation Anna Lapwood is curating an all-night Prom concert. How do you get to…
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What’s on My Nightstand: Mid-Summer Edition
June is already over and I’m already behind on my summer reading. Tsk! This is the season that I’ve told myself I’ll read more fiction with a dash of the biographical. I’m trying (again) to get used to reading on my Kindle in an effort to make it easier for me to pick up a…
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What I’m Reading This Week: June 8, 2025
29-year-old Hong Kong pianist Aristo Sham takes gold at this year’s Van Cliburn competition! The International Pride Orchestra gave a triumphant performance at Strathmore for World Pride in Washington, DC after being denied a contract to perform at the Kennedy Center… …Which according to the Washington Post is currently seeing a drop in subscription sales…
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What’s on My Nightstand: September 2024 Edition
So about all that summer reading I was going to get done…I still have a few weeks, right? Currently at the top of the (literal) heap: American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin – As a graduate of a big nerdy engineering and science school, I’m…
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What I’m Reading this Week: September 8, 2024
Sasha Weiss’ NYT Magazine piece about Ezra Edelman’s ill-fated epic documentary about Prince. Edelman’s painstakingly researched passion project attempted to pull the curtain back on one of music’s most enigmatic geniuses – which is why it may never see the light of day. A fascinating look Edelman’s work and the man behind some of the…
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What I’m Reading this Week: September 1, 2024
The 2024 Canadian Orchestras Repertoire Report authored by Rich Coburn: “These reports detail how Canada’s orchestras have programmed the works of women, non-binary, and IBPOC composers, what the trends are, and how those trends are changing.” ISM and EHRC launch Toolkit for Orchestras on sexual harassment: “New guidance from the ISM and Equality and Human…