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Archive for July, 2011

News segment about Pilsen artist Xavier Nuez

Yazan: Jason | 22 July 2011 | No Comments
Categories: photography, videos

Here’s a clip from ABC 7 Chicago about Xavier Nuez, an artist in Pilsen–an area of Chicago that I spend a lot of time in, and one with a fascinating history and mixture of cultures.  I’ve visited this artist’s studio in the past:

New York City Opera to leave Lincoln Center

Yazan: Jason | 21 July 2011 | No Comments
Categories: music news

This came across my desk last week–I didn’t get to it until now, but it is of likely interest to a contingent of readers: Associated Musicians of Greater New York MEDIA ADVISORY For Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Contacts: Augustino Gagliardi / K.C.Boyle Local 802, AFM 212 – 245 – 4802 TGagliardi@local802afm.org KBoyle@local802afm.org Musicians and Performers [...]

Greta’s Dream – video and website now live

Yazan: Jason | 21 July 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, bass videos

I did a podcast interview with Charles DeRamus a few months ago, during which we talked quite a bit about his new piece for bass quartet and narrator titled Greta’s Dream.  The website for this project is now live, so be sure to check it out, and definitely check out this video featuring the Gothenburg [...]

How Finland became an education leader

Yazan: Jason | 20 July 2011 | No Comments
Categories: education

Here’s an interesting story from Salon.com by David Sirota about the education system in Finland.  Interesting story and food for thought for sure: How has one industrialized country created one of the world’s most successful education systems in a way that is completely hostile to testing? That’s the question asked — and answered — in [...]

Gunnelpumpers live in Chicago

Yazan: Jason | 19 July 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, events

News about upcoming Gunnelpumpers shows. Gunnelpumpers is a bass-oriented experimental rock band of sorts–very cool: from Doug Johnson: Good day! Composer and brand new radio host Seth Boustead has just started a radio program on WFMT 98.7 classical radio called Relevant Tones, which is a weekly exploration of a vibrant and continuing classical music tradition [...]