NMC Presents...The _____ Experiment: Faux fuyant The _____ Experiment (pronounced The “Blank” Experiment) is a flexible instrumentation new music ensemble; this concert showcases works for oboe (Ava Wirth) and saxophones (Andrew Hosler). View the full program here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10szHdeazKaqLK16wsEuwvPblbyfnPgFq/view?usp=drive_link New Music Chicago Presents series brings a new body of repertoire and innovative performances to listeners in Chicago and beyond while also exposing new audiences to the world-class new music being created among Chicago musicians, in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Experimental Sound Studio. For more information about NMCP, go to https://www.newmusicchicago.org/new-music-chicago-presents/

I wanted to mention that my piece "City of the Big Shoulders" will be premiered by The _____ Experiment (The Blank Experiment) tonight at 8:30 EST!

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I'm so excited to see what you come up with!

I can't wait to work on this.

Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance A three-section piece performed here by Duo Manik'. Gerardo Aponte Cupido, viola Oscar Espinoza, piano

Today for Self-Promotion Mondays (that's not really a thing, I just made it up), here's Duo Manik' of Mexico performing my piece for viola and piano, "Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance."

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My time immersed in music therapy has been a blessing, and I am happy for the time spent in that endeavor. But I decided when I moved to Delaware that it was time to move on. I deeply miss the life of the mind, academic culture, teaching, writing, and learning.

So, I did a thing.

There are any number of reasons this could go south (i.e., because of ever changing life circumstances), but for the time being, I'm optimistic. I applied to, and was accepted by, the University of Maryland PhD program in music theory.

Thank you so much!!!

I hear you. To me the great challenge of setting Dickinson is resisting the sing-song meter that her poetry invites. (The famous adage about Gilligan's Island or The Yellow Rose of Texas.) I've set some DIckinson in my life but I don't feel a great urge to revisit her.

Performed here by the sadly defunct Cordova Quartet.

Penumbra, by Robert Gross from the album Penumbra

Wow, I seem to have picked up a lot of new followers! Thanks and welcome!

I thought I'd take this opportunity, then, to do a little self-promotion. Here's my string quartet "Penumbra," which is the title track of my most recent album.

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Sure, Jan.

Hello! I haven't dumped FB... yet.

Robert Gross Orchestral Sampler ROBERT GROSS ORCHESTRAL SAMPLER 0:00 Shuttlecraft Chase City of Prague Orchestra Richard Hein, Conductor This piece depicts a dogfight between two warring shuttlecraft in outer space. 9:16 Doom

Happy New Year! My resolution, in as much as I have one, is to force myself to do a little more self-promotion. So here is some of my music! Enjoy!

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If you're a good liberal/progressive/whatever and you're disappointed, I get it. But Hunter Biden has been unfairly persecuted in the first place, and I don't begrudge Joe Biden a bit.

Regarding the Hunter pardon, it seems to me that Pres. Biden is all out of F's to give.

I know I am.

Hunter got dealt a bad hand and was unfairly targeted by MAGA. There's no "but" after that for me.

Ugh. I feel your pain.

My liberal heart bleeds for them.

Why do all the people saying this act like we’ve never spent time around conservatives? I grew up with them. The maga dipshits have been around for almost a decade. Musk has owned twitter for years. Nothing good came out of being around them and I don’t need to constantly see their dumb opinions.

The pundits are uniformly wrong. Of course it's the racism.

So…..I suppose that’s all she’s got. Nothing else to offer as a public servant.

Meanwhile…most of humanity has used both-sex bathrooms. Routinely. (Airplanes. Restaurants. Workplaces. Dorms)

But whatever.

Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”

People say "retreating into a bubble" like it's a bad thing.

No, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and Ignorance Let's stop pretending

This election result isn't about Dem messaging.

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz formed a balanced ticket filled with character, intellect, and genuine love for this country, and they delivered their vision beautifully and eloquently.

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That's not mutually exclusive with racism and misogyny.

Exactly.

Right? It is to laugh.

Yeah. You're the bigot. Now you're getting it.

"Mysterious"

Thanks for posting, Daly. I've met McBride and enthusiastically voted for her. She's not going to put up with crap for too long.