Musings

One of the most original composers of the 20th Century, Janáček had a hot-blooded disposition and a pronounced appetite for the opposite sex.

After traveling through Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Switzerland, we finally crossed the Alps into Italy

Musicians are itinerant; you go where the work is.

Have you ever wondered how exactly we keep this thing running? And...some great news!

Musicians travel - a lot - so I asked this summer’s artists to list a favorite place or two in the world.

This winter, I’ve been heading out on pre-dawn rides to train for what was supposed to be a slightly insane three-day, 400-mile bicycle trip

For 21 years, the Newburyport Chamber Music Festival has worked to fulfill its vision of community-based chamber music concerts and events with world-class artists

I’m delighted to announce we have a new board member, Maryellen Moreland.

The feedback from NCMF Winter Baroque has been rolling in and is overwhelmingly positive.

In January of 2021, I shared the process of how my quartet learned a Beethoven string quartet

Thomas Baltzar’s jewel of a piece, his Prelude, packs more in two minutes than some composers stuff into an entire symphony.

What is the difference between a modern and "historic" cello and why use one over another?

I’ve returned to the tried and true holiday formula of not programming anything composed after 1750.

There is a new look for Winter Baroque this year (tickets go on sale today!).

There are certain very specific and individualized sounds we associate with childhood.

After the call informing me that one of the artists had tested positive...

It seems that Covid 19 had one last surprise in store for us for the summer.

There were a few weeks when Jon Deak emailed me a page of the manuscript every day.

I love playing with Clancy and also just hanging with this terrific musician and human being.

"Even if they cut off both my hands and I have to hold my pen in my teeth I shall go on writing music."

There is a transcendent moment near the beginning of this quartet that makes my heart leap in my chest.

Running a music festival is very much a group effort. Please welcome our newest board member.

Summer 2022 features arguably the most perfect of Mozart’s perfect quartets, the C Major.

Does anyone in Newburyport really need an introduction to the National Treasure that is Rhina?

I met Jon about twenty years ago over breakfast on the Upper West Side.