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I was in Bogota last week, conducting Schoenberg's Pelleas und Mellisande -- a piece which you will never hear played by the Hartford S...

Hello All, more on Ives later, but here's a nice article by Phillip Lutz on the topic: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/nyregion/16musi...

There was an article in the March 15 New York Times Science section ("Mental Melodies," by C. Claiborne Ray) on why people get a c...

No, this is not a post about Shostakovich's opera about a guy (who cuts hair) who finds a schnozz in his panini. (And who else but Dmit...

A question I am most often asked: "Who is your favorite composer?" and then the next after that is: "Who is your favorit...

My cousin, Richard Cumming (known to friends and family as Deedee) died on Wednesday, at the age of 81. He was a composer, pianist, teacher...

This year, for the first time during my time thus far with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, the Holiday concerts will be as I've always ...