• Dec 06, 2023

During the Cold War we called Ponce's endings, "jazz endings". This sonata proves Ponce's set class consciousness definitively. This is the ending of the last movement, the third movement. Arriving at major I is enriched …

• Nov 23, 2023

Polemic revionists, or revisionist polemicists lately argue, "no to Schoenberg, yes to Sibelius!" No to Schoenberg, yes to Sibelius! I'm saying here, yes to Schoenberg and yes to Manuel Ponce. I do not argue with Milton …

• Nov 21, 2023

An essay by George Lewis is getting around.

• Nov 12, 2023

The Mind of Two Boykan's Diptych is now in the can at Oktaven Studios and I'm still glowing. Great thanks to Oktaven Studios; Ryan Streber, producer; Scott Wheeler, producer; Susan Schwalb, Tara Helen' O'Connor, flute; …

• Oct 27, 2023

depicted -- Adalbert Stifter The postmodernists dislike grand narratives. It occurred to me that this objection has caused a flood of capricious narratives that are often annoying. Perhaps what feels like toxic …

• Oct 22, 2023

Martin Boykan’s “Diptych” and “Sea Gardens” at Loft393 on 393 Broadway Tuesday, October 24 at 7 Reserve a Seat I was and remain curious about my parents' and grandparents' values. Therefore, I was not one to tear …