FYI - Samantha Ege and I have a new article on Julia Perry arriving online in the latest issue of @oxfordamerican.bsky.social next Tuesday! I'm so excited for this piece to be published, I think it is one of the best writing projects I've ever been a part of

35 years ago today, Deee-Lite released “Groove Is in the Heart,” a kaleidoscopic dance-floor explosion blending Herbie Hancock samples, Bootsy Collins funk, and a Q-Tip verse. With its trippy video and infectious beat, it became an instant club classic.

Genuinely, if any SE Michigander wants a tuba for this purpose, my brother bought a tuba exactly for this reason (I am not joking) and then realized he's not great at playing it. So if you want a tuba, DMs open. (A reasonable offer would be appreciated, probably.)

we all know how hard i support the democracy tuba movement

Just finished my first year teaching at UNCG School of Music! Huge congrats to all the students, including MM composition grads Kevin Leroy Grant Jr and Westly Heflin. And many kudos to my first-year mentor, Joan Titus! One year down, many more to go!

I wrote a letter to the editor of Music Analysis about a 39-page review of Phil Ewell's book that they published. I think it could have used some … editing. It's open access for now while it's pre-print so enjoy while you can. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Music folks (not just AMS): We have to be in this together. “There is no government agency or large foundation coming to save us. If the ecosystem of music scholars, teachers, performers, and organizations is to survive, we will have to save ourselves.” www.amsmusicology.org/coalition-of...

Cannot even imagine being this poor kid, one minute you're dicking around with your friends in NYC and the next you're brought to a prison in a foreign country despite having no previous run-ins with the law or anything. www.newsweek.com/merwil-gutie...

“While in the interrogation room, Makled said, a man in plain clothes entered and began speaking to him. He said he recalls the man telling him: ‘We know you're a lawyer. We know you take on big cases.’”

60,000 North Carolina voters now have 15 days to cure their ballots. Not to be crazz but: are there 1000 volunteers on this site willing to track down 60 voters each & help them do it? I kind of think there are? Literally, here's the .xls file (& explanation): www.ncsbe.gov/information-...

Breaking News: Thousands of voters must verify their eligibility or have their ballots in the 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court race thrown out, a court ruled, a win for the Republican candidate who narrowly lost the election in November and challenged the result.

Generally how I'm feeling these days.

My new music ensemble Winnfield Quartet performs one week from today! #newmusic

Reported in the German press....

UK Subs detained

Shout out to violinist Sofia Yatsyuk for her article on #EthelSmyth and #RebeccaClarke in The Strad magazine AND the release of her debut album! www.thestrad.com/playing-hub/...

I found the original manuscript of Ethel Smyth's Mass in D safely held in the Special Collections & Archives of the University of Liverpool. Thanks to @livunilibrary.bsky.social @leahbroad.bsky.social @hannahmillington.bsky.social & @dramyzigler.bsky.social! www.liverpool.ac.uk/music/news/s...

This is such an exciting find for #EthelSmyth research! The presumed lost complete manuscript of the Mass in D has been found!! Congrats on this find, @lisacolton.bsky.social and the archivists @livunilibrary.bsky.social !

Out today: The Faber Music Women Composers Piano Anthology 🎹Suitable for intermediate pianists 💐Over 50 pieces from women spanning several centuries 🎼Many pieces in print for the first time 🖼️Featuring 'A Conversation' by Vanessa Bell on the cover #IWD2025

I stand with Ukraine and President Zelensky.

Called my representative. Felt ineffectual and powerful at the same time.

“The professor noted that many faculty members voiced concerns about how the University’s actions will impact Penn’s “educational mission” and were upset about a “lack of proportionality between the relatively small percentage of the lost income versus the large 35% cut in [graduate] programs.””

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

leaving this here: "The bill, known as SB 1, would also establish post-tenure reviews, ban strikes by full-time faculty, and require colleges to publish a syllabus with the instructor’s professional qualifications and contact information for every class." www.highereddive.com/news/ohio-se...

Alma Mahler-Werfel, the most legendary widow of the 20th century, was, and remains, “smolderingly controversial,” Alex Ross writes. But, in recent years, she’s received more sympathetic attention.

I never understood the musicians playing music while the Titanic sank. Now I do.

New criteria for federal transportation funds say grant and loan programs should prioritize projects in "communities with marriage and birthrates higher than the national average." nyti.ms/41g4eJX

ABC News reported Marco Rubio has been acting as head of the National Archives for weeks. This is news to everyone at the National Archives, including, apparently, the current head of NARA: www.404media.co/national-arc...

Hi all, We’re still here at OPM. We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building. Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.

to my fellow paper sluts: I regret to inform you that Leuchtturm makes an absolutely gorgeous A4-sized staff paper notebook (!!!)

Really sorry to see these awful rumours about Cardiff. Thinking about friends in their Music department. I hope there can be a swift pushback and that their leadership will listen to alternative proposals. nation.cymru/news/huge-jo...

Alma Rosé, violinist and niece of composer Gustav Mahler, was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp where for 10 months, she led an orchestra of female prisoners. #holocaustmemorialday

If you're at a Southern university/institution that is closing your LGBTQ or DEI/DEIA offices please reach out to us. We are helping people preserve their department's archival history and will work with you to help ensure folks remain anonymous.

NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️

7 Dec 1895, Smyth to Brewster: "Dearest – a line to thank you for the books. I have been deeply interested by G. Sand + Mme d’A + begin [Estaunié’s] ‘l’Empreinte’ today —"

6 Dec 1891, Ethel Smyth to Henry Brewster: “My Mass is not to be done till 15th April – You <must> be there.” youtu.be/IVSpw3srMbc?...

"Deny, deny, deny. That's how you hit your numbers." Read @propublica.org's seminal series on how insurance giants like United and Cigna systematically, cruelly—and very, very profitably—deny health coverage every day, at the expense of patients' lives.

5 Dec 1885, Ethel Smyth's "last" letter to Henry Brewster: "No - it cannot be - can never be - I have been too mistaken - have sinned too deeply." Her Violin Sonata, Op. 7, was partially inspired by the relationship drama in which they were embroiled. youtu.be/TtlHHbbor6A?...

Musicology grad students. Although the deadline for the Univ. of Iowa has passed, you can still apply. Next year’s students will be eligible for an assistantship working with the editor of a major journal (me!).

So much detail!!

If you happen to be a 19th/20th century musicologist who is on the market, please consider applying! ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/559...

A fantastic longread on sapphic pop in Rolling Stone today - written by a former student, who talked to (almost) everybody, including great folks like @kgoldschmitt.bsky.social @lauronkehrer.bsky.social and @alyxvesey.bsky.social. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Thrilled to announce Call for Participation for The Expansive Canvas: Large-Scale Form in the Music of 19th C Women Composers | 26–28/8/2025. Hosted by TCD Dept of Music, RIAM & @tlrhub.bsky.social Calling PERFORMERS, SCHOLARS & INDUSTRY LEADERS expansivecanvas.com

Calling all piano collaborators! Are there any on here?

DEADLINE EXTENDED! The CFP deadline for this summer's #EthelSmyth Symposium has been extended to 29 January 2024! Papers and lecture-recitals welcome! 12-13 July 2024 Dublin City University 👇 drive.google.com/file/d/1-jWm...

Ethel Smyth: Der Wald ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(performance) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(sound) BBC Music Magazine "Conductor John Andrews leads an excellent performance; it would be difficult to imagine finer accounts of the central roles than those given here...while the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra provide ideal support."