Prufrock's Dilemma

The year before, at an evening party, he had heard a piece of music played on the piano and violin. At first he had appreciated only th...

Let's say we had wings, and a different breathing system, enabling us to travel through space. These would in no way help us, for if ...

While I am working my way toward a blogging hiatus, I could not resist sharing this with you. Thanks to Thomas Deneuville at I Care If You L...

You simply have to relax and trust in that flow, let the music fill you and believe that it will take you places.  Because it will. — D...

A music broke out and walked in the swirling snow with long steps. Everything on the way towards the note C. A trembling compa...

Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff Bay, May 11, 2012 Vale of Glamorgan Festival of Music The closing concert of the Vale of Glamorgan ...

St. Donats Arts Centre, Llantwit Major, Wales, May 9, 2012 Vale of Glamorgan Festival of Music I’ve not learned to drive on the “wron...

All Saints Church, Penarth, Wales, May 10, 2012 Vale of Glamorgan Festival of Music The taxi driver knew exactly where to find All ...

John Metcalf Composer and Artistic Director of the Vale of Glamorgan Festival of Music On May 7, I'm heading to Wales to attend t...

cover art by  George Mattingly Design the full CD jacket booklet can be found  here Today, April 24, is the official release date for...

On March 30 and 31, 2012, the Minnesota Orchestra performed the world premiere of a brand new orchestral composition.  The compositio...

Herringbone is the one who set the light bulb off for me, when he wrote about Maxwell McKee’s Double Quintet :  “ Double Quintet seeme...

Grand Central Station at night

Young composer Maxwell McKee had a confession to make.  While he was writing a composition commissioned by  Contemporaneous , he was suff...

And then Estonia was conquered . . . . It seemed that all the dreams were broken. —Taimi Lepasaar In her poem Public Transportation , El...

Really, I’m creating a world, and it’s really hard to say what it is, but it is a world of feeling and emotion and color and light. —Zoë Kea...

In 2011, Vienna, Austria, ranked first in the world for its quality of living.  I have no idea about the veracity of the report .  Its pur...

I have a confession to make:  before this year, I had no idea what a “remix” was.  Thank goodness for Wikipedia , which advised, “A remix is...

When I ventured into the world of contemporary classical/new music last year, I wasn’t at all sure how to proceed.  I followed every lea...

Tomas Tranströmer’s Allegro begins: After a black day, I play Haydn, and feel a little warmth in my hands. The keys are ready.  Kind ham...