This week, we start out with a rousing round of Back to the Future AKA Retrogradus ad Parnassum and then we move on to our three topics:
LOUISVILLE CREATORS CORPS
LO Creators Corps Homepage (LO)
Louisville Orchestra Reveals Innovative Creative Program (Billboard)
“THE CONDUCTOR”
Stream the Documentary on PBS
BRIGHT SHENG FIASCO AT UMICHIGAN
After the Sheng Fiasco, Music and Arts Education Can No Longer Profess Colorblindness (Musicology Now)
What I See In the Latest Blackface Scandal (NYT)
Playing a Blackface Video Isn’t Fireable. It Shouldn’t Be Okay (Sammy Sussman)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist
Tiffany
Christopher Cerrone, New Addresses
Will
Verdi, Otello, Act III: Ballabile
Kensho
Lera Auerbach, Frozen Dreams
THINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!
Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition”
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