![American composer Lee Hoiby passed away in late March. Since I had previously posted a great quote by him and am a fan of his vocal works, his obituary in […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/lee-hoiby-2-195x110.jpg "Another Lee Hoiby quote")
![This article by Joseph Plambeck is about how retailers such as Best Buy are making up for the loss of CD sales by offering musical instruments for sale. As such, […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Bestbuy-2-articleLarge-195x110.jpg "Children Choose Music")
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Another Lee Hoiby quote
American composer Lee Hoiby passed away in late March. Since I had previously posted a great quote by him and am a fan of his vocal works, his obituary in […]
Children Choose Music
This article by Joseph Plambeck is about how retailers such as Best Buy are making up for the loss of CD sales by offering musical instruments for sale. As such, […]
The CD as music
It’s audition time at music conservatories yet again. I thought I would share something that happens with a lot of frequency, and it’s got me thinking. Someone will come around […]
Why move to New York?
Like many other people before me, and many others after me, I moved to New York City because it was the center of it all, especially for classical music. This has […]
Creating music | Writing about music
I write music, and I also write about music. So this quote from singer-songwriter Andrew Bird has some resonance for me: Ultimately, I think that writing about music is a deliberate […]
Music is medicine
There seems no end to scientists trying to tie all the abstract loose ends of music into a neat little bow. The latest efforts explore the ways music can take […]
A political lesson
In 2008, Maureen Dowd, a writer for the New York Times, analyzed why Hillary Clinton lost out to Barack Obama in the democratic race for president. Dowd wrote, “[Hillary Clinton] […]
ASCAPlus Award
For the second year I can proudly announce I have received an ASCAP award from The ASCAPLUS Awards Concert Division Panel. This year’s panel included New York Times critic Steve […]
Listening Like a Composer
On August 27, 2006, the New York Times published a review of Francine Prose’s book, “Reading Like A Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who […]
In Memoriam: Robert K. Hoffman
I read in the paper today that the founding editor of the National Lampoon, one of my favorite magazines from way back when, has just passed away. In his New […]
Contemporary Music’s Hope: Large or Small?
Well, I just don’t know whether my morale is lifted or despirited by this morning’s New York Times article. I’ve argued before in my podcast Creativity and Composition (available here) […]
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