by Paul Appleby | Apr 27, 2018 | Song of the Day
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...
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by Sam Grosby | Aug 30, 2017 | Song of the Day
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...
by Sam Grosby | Aug 29, 2017 | Song of the Day
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...
by Sam Grosby | Aug 28, 2017 | Song of the Day
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...
by Michael Barrett | Feb 10, 2016 | Song of the Day
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...
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