Our Blog: Scherzo
March 11th, 2024
Representation in Classical Music
Did I want or expect my students to all become professional musicians? Of course not. But I did want them to know that they could be anything they wanted to be.
February 25th, 2024
A Poem in Honor of Opera
Together with people I didn’t know,
All of us aglow from spotlights that
May as well have been stars,
We came together to hear singers
Become prophets.
January 28th, 2024
Why Do We Never Get an Answer?*
I love questions, especially the ones that, though asked years ago, remain unanswered.
December 17th, 2023
My Rules for Holiday Music
Oh no. It was a holiday song. Before Thanksgiving. Was I allowed to enjoy this?
December 3rd, 2023
The Four Seasons, Four Stories, and Alan Alda
As the sounds of the strings echoed off the colorful windows high above, the late winter sun gleaming through, it all felt like a dream. I could almost picture Alda in the audience, smiling to the music.
November 13th, 2023
It’s Unanimous
We are divided by our opinions and beliefs about politics, music, religion, the use of first-person narrators in fiction, and women with bangs.