Beijing… Solo 1 Feb 2012 Virtually nothing was posted in January because I was parted from my main axe in Seattle; she needed work, and I needed time to teach and lecture and write, here…
American Foreign Policy… A Little Musical Diplomacy 20 Jul 201121 Jul 2011 China is presently thundering its way into some heavily-historically-documented commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the PLA's arrival in Tibet, while at the same time bringing the rhetorical hammer down…
Cello… Edward Said as Prose Stylist 19 Jul 20115 Mar 2016 I recently was confronted with the absolute revelation of the parallel career of Edward Said, comparative literature professor at New York University and famous analyst of the Arab world, as…
Cello Berlin Performance 21 Jan 201121 Jan 2011 By way of apologizing for a recent lack of attention to German-language sources on this blog, I should like to mention that I will be appearing in concert with my…
Cello Cogitating Schumann 14 Apr 201014 Apr 2010 Here are a couple of glimpses into the rehearsal room for an as-yet-unannounced performance I have planned of music by the great German romantic master, Robert Schumann. It's certainly labored…
Cello… C-minor Immersion // LiNK in Tacoma 8 Apr 2010 I'm going to be introducing the LiNK North Korean film tour in a couple of hours in the same space (Xavier Hall at Pacific Lutheran University), right around twilight (7…
Cello… Jewish Cello Music (Performance) 20 Mar 201020 Mar 2010 This afternoon I played a bundle of Jewish (and related) pieces for cello and piano at a conference of scholars and educators. Video of my performance with pianist Robert Jorgenson…
Cello… Maybe, In Fact, Cellos Can Save the World After All 16 Mar 2010 After all the politics are done, there is food, and music, and musical nourishment. So I couldn't be any happier, in the wake of reporting on some NBA-China action involving…