In a video on the social media page High Note, an account launched on July 29 featuring “street interviews with classical music icons,” the tenor Freddie De Tommaso stands outside a pub drinking a Guinness, joking with a female interviewer about whether his favorite composer is Verdi, Puccini, or Sean Paul. In about 40 seconds, […]
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Energy and Attention
They’re tapping you thrice on the shoulder, sneering and full of disdain. Look out: It’s the etiquette police! Etiquette can be the trivial stuff of lace doilies and debutante balls, but it is also laced with the potential to oppress. Shared etiquette can set us on equal footing with one another, while imposed and restrictive […]
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Your Tiny Hand Is Invisible
Last week, English National Opera’s plans for Greater Manchester were unveiled in the Holden Gallery of Manchester Metropolitan University. The room was filled with many of the city region’s most powerful players. Sir Richard Leese, the former council leader who oversaw Manchester’s rapid regeneration after the IRA bombing in 1996, received a shoutout from the […]
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Ashley Wass announces his departure from the Yehudi Menuhin School
On Monday, Ashley Wass, director of music at the Yehudi Menuhin School, announced that he will be stepping down from his position at the end of the academic year. In an email sent to parents, Wass said that it felt “strange” to inform them of his decision. Though being part of the YMS community was […]
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Classical Music in the Enshittocene
I guess the moment it hit me was when Classic FM’s Alexander Armstrong was revealed to be getting into “NFTs tickets.” Whether or not these NFTs are just glorified QR codes—Curved Music, the company behind his new shows, didn’t respond by the time of publication—mere mention of those initials was enough to zap me back […]
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Is Cleveland Institute of Music Still a Good Environment for Students?
On October 1, less than a week after faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) voted in favor of unionizing with the American Federation of Musicians, CIM board chair Susan Rothmann announced in an all-faculty email that CIM’s faculty senate would be replaced by a temporary governing body, effective next month. CIM’s faculty senate […]