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Summer Rewind: 10 Posts To Read Again

An inspiring list reflecting how passionate the field is when it comes to discussing everything from race, age, and gender diversity to industry concerns surrounding vital tools of the trade. Did you miss any of these conversations?

Written By

Molly Sheridan

What have the most read, shared, and discussed posts been on NewMusicBox over the past few years? It’s an inspiring list reflecting how passionate the field is when it comes to discussing everything from race, age, and gender diversity to industry concerns surrounding vital tools of the trade. The following ten articles, spanning the past five years, are all worth another read while considering where we stand on these issues in 2016.


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1. NOTATIONAL ALTERNATIVES: BEYOND FINALE AND SIBELIUS

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2. THE POWER LIST: WHY WOMEN AREN’T EQUALS IN NEW MUSIC LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION

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3. CHICAGO: THE DEAFENING SILENCE OF THE BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL MUSICIANS

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4. CON VIBRATO MA NON TROPPO: RETHINKING SOPRANOS

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5. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE RECORD INDUSTRY?

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6. FOUND: THREE EXAMPLES OF 21ST-CENTURY MUSIC

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7. TO UPGRADE OR NOT TO UPGRADE? A NOTATION SOFTWARE UPDATE

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8. THE ‘WOMAN COMPOSER’ IS DEAD

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9. AGEISM IN COMPOSER OPPORTUNITIES

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10. MY BILL EVANS PROBLEM–JADED VISIONS OF JAZZ AND RACE