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Wake up in the morning and open your hotel door, and hey, isn’t that nice, the hotel provided a copy of the local morning paper to each room. Something to read at breakfast, and at least it’s not USA Today.   The top headline on the paper reads “Reno casino gains extra time to restructure […]

With a musical history that dates back to the late 18th century, the group has revitalized a long-lost culture through music performed largely a cappella and entirely in Haitian Creole. Watch The Creole Choir of Cuba mash up Cuban and Haitian cultures in this spirited set at the NPR Music offices.    

The guy didn't get that many birthdays: only 18 during his lifetime (remembering that 1800 wasn't a leap year), so we need to acknowledge it whenever we get a chance: today is his 51st birthday. (Update: 53rd. Somehow I missed 1888 and 1988.)   As they said to Frederic in another context:  Though you’ve lived […]

Paul Carey is at it again:  he's carefully chronicling the ACDA conferences he attends.  What a service!   Here are a few of his posts:   North Central ACDA highlights North Central ACDA p. 2 North Central ACDA p. 3   Paul, you do our organization a service with these posts.  I wonder – who else […]

Update: cartoon by Dave Walker

Four and a half centuries ago there was a struggle over the high art of vocal polyphony in sacred compositions and the church’s need to have its sacred texts presented in an intelligible manner. Strong measures could have been made to thwart the expressive writing of vocal counterpoint, but certain composers such as Giovanni Palestrina […]