In 2020, facades and monuments keep falling
This month I lost a monument of my own – my mentor and teacher, Joseph Epstein – who declined to wait for the rope and took down his own statue in an op-ed about Dr. Jill Biden.
Rena Kraut
Pandemic life: Distance learning, Day 3
10:47 Mom’s mental break on phone in bedroom. 10:49 Daughter stands over mom in bedroom. 10:50 Mental break over.
Amid travelers’ feelings of unity, Pittsburgh killings brought jarring echoes from the past
I found out about Pittsburgh from a wordless text from an old and dear friend, containing three smiling faces blowing kisses and three hearts.
May an uplifted face in the audience help heal musicians’ hearts
Many supporters of the Minnesota Orchestra musicians may remember a patron we were all introduced to during the lockout, Eriko Matsukawa of Japan.
Orchestra lockout prompts the question: What are experts worth?
Football fans recently saw the result of bringing in second-rate referees. Is that what we want for our orchestra?
