GRECCHINOIS
Vanishing from the Flux of Time
…While they only ever lasted four to five weeks each year, those summer trips to Nafpaktos always felt like time stopped. Part of this was the time in which we grew up in the 1980s, a time before cell phones and the internet. A voracious bookworm, I read countless books on the beach those summers, with seemingly infinite time at my disposal.…
Two Divine Images
On Blake, Vaughan Williams, and Our Fractured Moment
…But in such a bewildering moment, where the fractures that divide us seem increasingly impossible to heal, it makes me wonder: what does our “better angel” look like? As the chaos whips up more…
Art, Faith, & the Year to Come
…In a moment when despair can feel like the easiest response, it feels vital to resist it. My hope is to take action through art. To use it as a means of reflection, connection, and bridge-building, and to help keep a flame of hope alive as we wander…
DECEMBER NEWSLETTER
…Last week’s Thanksgiving holiday was chaotic and delicious in all the ways it’s supposed be. Noah and I hosted roughly 25 friends and family members, with multiple generations gathered (and running around) the dinner table…
REBECCA CLARKE: HER LEGACY REVEALED – A NEW DOCUMENTARY
I filmed and produced a new short documentary — Rebecca Clarke: Her Legacy Revealed — which premieres today on YouTube.
OCTOBER NEWSLETTER
I send you greetings from Rome, where we are in the midst of preparations for the opening of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma next week. It’s a joy to reunite…
THE FUTILE ERROR OF MEN
“…show the world the futile error of men who believe themselves patrons of the high gifts of intellect, which according to them cannot also be held in the same way by women.” — MADDALENA CASULANA
In 1568, Maddalena Casulana published her First Book of Madrigals, the first complete volume of music by a woman to be published in recorded western music history. The quote above is excerpted from her dedication in the front of the book…
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