SummerStage in Central Park, now presented as SummerStage Anywhere online series. ( Photo: Noralanning at English Wikipedia, via Wikimedia Commons) The Summer Concert Season on Pause All across the city, from tiny clubs to massive arenas, the summer is a time for concerts. Or at least it usually is. As... News 16 Jul 2020 | 03:03
From Make Music Day in 2016, in Times Square. ( Courtesy of Make Music New York, via flickr) A Virtual Make Music Day In times fraught with tedium and isolation, it’s more important than ever to come together and get creative. It’s that time... News 18 Jun 2020 | 04:05
Wynton Marsalis and friends launched Lincoln Center's "Memorial For Us All" series on May 3. ( Photo courtesy of Lincoln Center) Voices Lifted in Love, Comfort and Hope Writers aren't ordinarily at a loss for words, but these are not ordinary times. Watching Lincoln Center's Sunday evening... City Arts 20 May 2020 | 10:35
Photo courtesy of Harmon Rangell. History of a Fine Guitar She came to life in the workshop of C. F. Martin & Co in the year 1886. The shop was at 196 Hudson Street in lower Manhattan.... Voices 24 Apr 2020 | 11:54
Steven Blier of the New York Festival of Song. ( Photo: Liv Hoffman) Pleasure and Surprise In the world of classical music, there is no one quite like Steven Blier. Over the course of his nearly five-decade career,... News 02 Mar 2020 | 09:48
The author with faculty member Raj Bhimani turning pages. ( Photo: Mark Whitaker) A Week at Piano Camp – For Adults The morning begins at 9:15 with coffee and conversation in a paneled room of the Bloomingdale School of Music. The students... Camp Guide 26 Jan 2020 | 06:26
Ju-eh in "The Living Dying Opera" at the Abrons Arts Center on the Lower East Side. ( Photo: Peichao Lin) Prototype Festival A Musical Wild Card Ju-eh is a true 21st century artist. As an operatic countertenor, composer and overall conceptual curator, he has written... News 22 Dec 2019 | 12:51
20/20 vision on traffic and music What a swell concert that was! Yup, it was music when “swell” was a prime word of praise. Remember “What a Swell Party This... Columns 02 Aug 2019 | 11:14