The first two days of the 2010 Donaueschinger Musiktage got me thinking more and more about two related words, and how they play out: transparency and risk. Another way to put it might be the turning what is inward, outward. … Continue reading
“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort…. The alternative is unconsciousness, the default setting.” As I drove from Charlotte to Charleston for the first set of events in Michael Pisaro: 2000-2010, a conspectus, … Continue reading
Graham McKenzie, the director of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, has made the point that he does not like to assign themes to festivals, but prefers to watch patterns emerge during the event itself. For me, one of major patterns … Continue reading