This month, I’ve spent awhile writing about the darker sides of artistic activism and the toll they can take over time. As we leave 2019 behind us and look forward to a new decade, I want to take a minute to acknowledge some of the folks who have shaped not
Read MoreMy dear readers, friends, colleagues, and peers, I’ve had the time of my life in 2019 working with a series of commissioners on new works and bringing many of my 2018 pieces to the stage for the first time. By my best count, I’ve written almost an hour of music
Read MoreIt’s December 1, 2019, and I’m propped against the comfiest pillows in my apartment, poring over the second edition of Robert Walser’s Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History in preparation for a forthcoming guest lecture. I’ve got tons of time—until sometime next semester—but because I’m trying to highlight the connections
Read More[I wrote this post over the course of October and November and genuinely did not mean to put it up the night before my twenty-fourth birthday. Somewhere, the universe is laughing at me.] Last night (not actually last night), I lay in bed at 1am, clinging to my partner as
Read More“It’s not an excuse,” but somehow we’re still using it as one. Let’s talk about why.
Read More“You are implicated.” It’s an important phrase in music and pedagogy alike. Let’s talk more about it.
Read MoreI don’t like being the only gender-marginalized person in an ensemble. Let’s talk about why.
Read MoreBelow are a few of the resources I highly recommend for folks looking to fight the good fight. (By ‘a few,’ I mean over 70.)
Read MoreIf you’re reading this, you asked me for resources at an inopportune or inappropriate time. In the future, do your own work. But here’s your damn list.
Read MoreOnce upon a time, I accidentally opened up a Title IX investigation. “Lead the change,” a professor told me. Hang onto your hats; it gets weirder.
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