Ted Hearne:  Letter to my father

Ted Hearne: Letter to my father

Last week when Kendrick Lamar was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music, my Twitter feed was instantly filled with woke-classical- music-twitter chastising anyone who complained that a rapper won rather than a classical composer. I still haven’t actually seen anyone...
Ted Hearne: [EXPLOSIVE HAZARD]

Ted Hearne: [EXPLOSIVE HAZARD]

A little over a year ago, transgender Americans were granted the right to serve openly as such in the U.S. Military. This was a decision that allowed an estimated 2,500 people the freedom to be themselves. Following the repeal of this decree four days ago, I felt it...
Ted Hearne:  Letter to my father

Ted Hearne: Letter to my father

Today’s selection comes from Ted Hearne’s 2015 composition Coloring Book. He describes the work as such: “I set the words of three great black American writers of different generations (Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Claudia Rankine) in texts...
Ted Hearne:  Kanye West 9.2.05

Ted Hearne: Kanye West 9.2.05

This week has been a wonderful and necessary time for reflection in Orient, NY. The past 7 months have been a challenging time for many of us as we have seen the people whose job it is to unite our country make one polarizing speech after another. We have begun to...
Song of the Day: February 10

Song of the Day: February 10

from Michael Barrett: On Feb. 4, at NYFOS Next, composer Ted Hearne was on hand to sing two of his songs, “Intimacy and Resistance” and “Protection”. These songs have popular “easy rock” qualities on the surface. Their root position...