What happens to drug use after shortages?...New study examining 2010 to 2024 in multiple countries of Europe and North America www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Shocked and saddened to hear of the recent death of my former student, Mary Oleskiewicz. A wonderful baroque flutist and scholar, expert on Quantz, and a professional tango dancer as well! Gone too soon … too young. RIP

Just heard about this today. Ted was music librarian @cwru when I arrived there and for two years afterwards. Before all his Beethoven scholarship, it was his handlist of rare musical materials in cwru libraries that eventually led me to discover the Blossom Partbooks. Thanks, Ted. RIP

A superb conductor, but I'll remember him for two stories: 1. When his son Benedikt was a student @cwru, Christoph asked why his friends never came to hear the orchestra. "Too expensive." So he arranged for all CIM & CWRU students (regardless of major) to get free tickets for every concert. 1/2

Glad they chose that pose, which is how he always stood when the puck was in the other end. Great goalie, great person. Americans may not remember that he was on the call with Al Michaels for the US victory in Lake Placid. RIP

Happy to see this out in the world. This review gives me arranging credit but it's really all Brian Kay, whom I've known since he was in high school, and who is a tremendously creative musician and talented performer. Lots of musicians, lots of fun. Enjoy! www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles...

Sorry to hear this. Ron was a prime mover in early music in Ohio and then nationally. A lawyer by day, he was a passionate and energetic advocate and performer of early music. RIP www.dispatch.com/story/entert...

Most of the parrots around here are in flocks that scream together in flight. I spotted this guy on his own. Helping himself to fresh figs in a neighbor’s tree. The good life, parrot version.

The truth about Washington DC from a local resident. Lots of myths debunked. www.hillrag.com/2025/08/01/i...

A long life but sorry to hear this news. He was simply brilliant! apnews.com/article/tom-...

Sympathetic article on the recorder in schools, quoting @oberlincollege.bsky.social's Michael Lynn. It all reminds me of something George Houle used to say: "The recorder is an easy instrument to play badly"! Kudos to the teachers & kids who persist! www.npr.org/2025/07/16/n...

SCOOP from me: CDC staffers tell me the agency’s full Congressionally-approved budget is months late. They’re running out of time to be able to send out the grants that state and local health departments rely on. They say this amounts to impoundment of CDC’s funding. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Preach, Papa Leone - the Church should treasure its historical music the same way it treasures its historical art www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Pasadena stork substitute … also doubles as a weathervane.

I used to tell a joke about Orpheus but there's no looking back.

Corner market in Capitol Hill closed and is undergoing renovation. Sign went up today and it’s … a cannabis store! Five blocks from the Capitol! And they just lost their smoking room, so maybe they need to chill!

No cameras allowed but in my defense, the concert was over and she was speaking to the audience and you really do want record of having seen and heard JUDY COLLINS in person!

Love @randyrainbow.bsky.social and can’t wait to see him live tonight in DC! Wondering how his brilliant video parodies will translate to the stage! Hilarious that it’s 3 blocks from the White House! www.randyrainbow.com

Wanna know how to depress ridership on public transit? wtop.com/dc-transit/2...

Novak Djokovic reaches his 100th tournament win and the ball kids spell it out on the court. Just like a masque from a different sort of court!

Had a fabulous time talking about 'Donne's Lost Songs' @folger.edu today in the picturesque Founders Room. Thanks to the Folger Community Scholars for the invitation, and to Margot Rood and Billy Simms for providing the magic!

Tomorrow, 23 May, I'm presenting material from my article 'Donne's Lost Songs' @folger.edu for the Folger Community Scholars. Performances by sop. Margot Rood and theorbist Billy Simms. Founders Room, 4:30pm EDT. Please come if you're nearby! If you're far away and want a zoom link, DM or email me.

Sad to hear that Karel Paukert has died at the age of 90. Anyone involved with music in Cleveland for decades knew this crazy, charismatic Czech organist, longtime music curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Most brilliant organ improvisor I've ever heard. RIP www.brown-forward.com/obituaries/k...

Anyone in or near Baltimore tomorrow? I'm giving a talk on choral intonation at Peabody Conservatory - Joe Byrd Hall - at 3:30. Live and recorded examples. Should be fun! peabody.jhu.edu/concert-even...

Here's the flyer for it:

My book reconstructing music for the 1613 Palatine wedding masques was published recently. OUP has made the Introduction to Part 1 available, where you can read about the process. Free to read till June 13. Enjoy! academic.oup.com/book/59294/c...

Here I am with Mark Fewer, who just played the Ole Bull Strad with the Axelrod Quartet at the Smithsonian. Its ornately decorated pegbox graces the cover of my tuning book! Nice to see it in person, and hear it played so beautifully!

Why? Why do publishers still do this? It's not good for authors, readers, or reviewers.

Another one of my former students made good … made very good. Bravo, Bill!

Thanks to Mark Padmore & Liz Kenny, happy to see some of my sonnets-as-songs reconstructions get a hearing at the 'Shakespeare in Music' Festival in Stratford. Saturday evening at Holy Trinity Church. Wish I could go! Maybe you can! Tix here: www.tickettailor.com/events/shake...?

Not sure if folks in the UK will get the joke reference to the now-bankrupt American home furnishings chain, 'Bed, Bath and Beyond'. Intentional or not, it's a good one! Maybe their next book can be 'Overstock: Georgian Material Culture in Decline' … or something.

New from me: April 1 was the first day of #SAAM Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It's also the day the Department of Health And Human Services fired the teams that work on sexual violence prevention. www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...

Walking the pup in the cold rain this morning, came across a grandma, dad, & 3 yo waiting for a ride-share. The little one put her hand down to visit with the pup and looked up at me beatifically. As their ride arrived and we walked on, she called out "I love you!" So sweet and genuine. Made my day.

Lovely concert by the King’s College Choir at the National Cathedral in Washington. Fabulous music, beautifully sung in a gorgeous space!

At the DC protest yesterday, in the midst of the crowd, a tall young man suddenly appeared at my elbow. His head was wrapped in a keffiyah, he wore sunglasses, and he was swathed in a Palestinian flag. "May I pet your dog," he asked? "Of course," I replied. Puppies for peace.

More DC protest news. This article includes an interview with Howard Bass – DC lutenist (and one-time James Bowman accompanist). The aerial photo gives a good idea of what it was like to be in the midst of it. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

A tiny corner of the Hands Off rally in DC with Jamie Raskin speaking.

Spring in DC is not all cherry blossoms. Here’s a sampling from today’s walk around Capitol Hill with the pup. White dogwoods, lilacs, redbud tree, pink dogwood.

Lovely essay about "Global Early Music" from Bolivian former student, Karin Cuellar Rendon, now President of Early Music America. The organization's Executive Director, David McCormick, is also an alum. Proud moment for HPP @cwru! www.earlymusicamerica.org/emag-feature...

This piece by @nathanheller.bsky.social is full of details that make you think in different directions. I’ve read a lot about this issue out of professional and personal interest (Columbia grad, Harvard fellow.) This is excellent www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Interesting article on canonization, with quotes from my medical-historian sister Jackie (@drugshortage.bsky.social), who was once a medical expert witness for a canonization, so she knows the process inside and out. apple.news/Amh7Hlq9GRgC...

In this beautifully paced recital, Baroque oboist Debra Nagy and harpsichordist Mark Edwards create an equal partnership and explore familiar music by J.S. Bach and François Couperin, often in delightful arrangements.

The ByrdCentral website will be going soon. As our last farewell, we wanted to share with you some stats from our education outreach project on the life and music of William Byrd, 'Reasons to Sing' 🎊 www.byrdcentral.com/post/project... Thank you for following us on our ByrdNyrd journey!

Rescheduled to tomorrow due to the fires in January. Nice that the book is actually out now. Please come if you’re nearby. Live music, of course! huntingtonlibrary.libcal.com/event/13766318

Just posting this again since it's coming up in about three hours. Should be fun! dlcl.stanford.edu/events/singi...

Excited to share this new research next Tuesday (Mar. 11) @stanford.edu. If you're nearby, please come, or tell your Bay Area friends to come. Panel discussion afterwards should be lively! dlcl.stanford.edu/events/singi...

In case you're around @thehuntington.bsky.social this week, I'm giving a talk on Thursday at noon based on my recent Donne article. Performances by @alanamailes.bsky.social with GRAMMY-winning lutenist Stephen Stubbs. Should be fun! Hope to see you there! huntingtonlibrary.libcal.com/event/13766214

It’s here! My book on music for the 1613 Palatine wedding masques! With nice blurbs by some very knowledgeable people (who really did read the book)! With lots of music and a full-color insert! Enjoy!

Well said @gtconway.bsky.social! contrarian.substack.com/p/george-con...

The composer Palestrina's birthdate is usually reckoned to be during the year starting on 3 February 1525, so this marks the beginning of the quincentenary of his birth! Such a wonderful composer! Here is one of his most famous motets, with QC under guest Jameson Marvin. youtu.be/TiEfUEf36u0?...