Ahead of the Beat

The article abstract below was authored by David Kjar, Allegra Montanari, and Kerry Thomas, 2019 recipients of a Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research grant.   Empowering the Portfolio Musician: Innovative Chamber Music Pedagogy for a 21st-century Artist David Kjar, Allegra Montanari and Kerry Thomas Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University The […]

The article below was written by Dr. Miki Kaneda, Assistant Professor of Music at Boston University and a 2019 Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research Grant Recipient.Miki Kaneda’s research focuses on transcultural crossings and the entanglements of race, gender, power, and colonial residues in experimental, avant-garde and popular music in the 20th and 21st […]

The article below was written by Amy Advocat, Executive Director of Transient Canvas, a 2018 Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research Grant Recipient. Boston-based contemporary duo Transient Canvas is on a mission to revolutionize the modern concert experience. Since 2011, their innovative performances have been praised as “superb” by the Boston Globe and “disarming” […]

On May 11, we published a Sound Bit detailing lessons learned from the contingency planning process of a Summer Music Festival preparing for the summer 2020 season. The festival is now complete, with the organization ultimately making the the decision to run an entirely virtual festival. The entire process, from the initial questioning of the […]

The article below was written by Megan Steigerwald Ille, a 2018 Paul R. Judy Center Grantee.  What does it mean to perform opera outside of the opera house? This question has driven my research and writing in opera studies since 2015. To answer this question, I have relied on methods familiar to traditional musicology, such as […]

Below is a recent conversation with composer and writer Dale Trumbore, whose book “Staying Composed: Overcoming Anxiety and Self-Doubt Within a Creative Life” was just released (find out more on Amazon). Dale graciously shared her time providing some insight into issues related to anxiety and musicians. Your book, “Staying Composed: Overcoming Anxiety and Self-Doubt Within […]

On January 5, the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy (NWS) presented Face Off: A Battle of the Instruments, an interactive contest-competition hybrid where sections of the orchestra competed head-to-head to see which instrument would win. Face Off: A Battle of the Instruments was designed by three NWS Fellows: Andrea Beyer (bass), Angelo Quail (clarinet) and […]

The following post was written by the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, a 2017 Paul R. Judy Center Grant Recipient. “The world of Symphonic Classical Music needs new voices, we need to hear what’s in the minds of young people today to refresh our music and continue its evolution… This has been a great opportunity to […]

This post is written by Benjamin Fairfield, Principal Trumpet of the Abilene Philharmonic and Co-Principal Trumpet of the Midland-Odessa Symphony. He currently lives in Dallas, TX and was previously a member of The United States Continental Army Band at Ft. Monroe, VA. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from James Madison University, and […]

The following post was written by the Switch Ensemble, a 2017 Paul R. Judy Center Grant Recipient.  Formed at the Eastman School of Music in 2012, the [Switch~ Ensemble] embarked on a tour across upstate and western New York between February 21 and March 6 to celebrate the ensemble’s five-year anniversary and the region where […]