In 2010, when Lydia Kontos and Jenny Undercofler of Kaufman Music Center approached me about curating the Ecstatic Music Festival at Merkin Hall, the landscape of music looked remarkably different than it does now, only four years later. In that time, we’ve seen a softening of the old, rigid borders … Read More >
Last year, I was chosen to be part of a special global event that was curated by the Lucerne Festival. One of the festival’s main sponsors, Swiss Re, was celebrating their 150th anniversary and, being a European corporation, chose to use the opportunity to examine global issues of critical importance … Read More >
I was honored to be asked to contribute an essay to John Zorn’s Arcana VI in 2012. The Arcana series is an ongoing collection of writings by creative artists, curated by Zorn. My essay is called “We Are All Beethoven” and can only be read by buying (or getting your … Read More >
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