The Bowed Piano Ensemble

Sometimes it is amazing what Googling yourself can reveal.

Music History and The Case Method: Minstrelsy

Drew ruminates about how case method-style teaching might work in a class.

Lessons Learned from Teaching Twice

Drew Resurfaces after Seven Weeks

Should I Be A Musicologist?

Ryan responds to a few posts on the subject of embarking on graduate studies in music from our blog-friends at “Dial M.”

JAMS as Symbol

Drew ruminates about some of the recent debates on AMS and its journal.

Michael Jackson

Ryan blogs about the passing of an international super star as he watches music videos on MTV.

How to back up your dissertation – really.

Following a friend’s (mercifully minor) lost work incident last week, Drew offers some IT expertise for those with mission critical material (i.e., dissertations), on a budget.

Harvard Group for New Music; Firebird Ensemble

Drew reviews the Harvard Group for New Music Concert of last weekend; Firebird’s performance of the Origin Cycle of the present week.

The rise of the shadow residency

On trajectories and silences.

Garrett, Struggling to Define a Nation

Drew’s long delayed review of Garrett’s book. Actually, more of a response to part of it.