Link Round-Up from the Arts (Out of Town)

The Mystery of Music
What about it has such power over human beings?

"We know what a pop song or an opera aria means because the words tell us—but how do we know what a symphony means?"

The Wall Street Journal
October 17, 2009

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Questions on Diversity
by Michael Kaiser, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

"The more I consider this thorny issue, the less I am convinced that the arts world has worked hard enough to dissect the true costs, benefits and implications of recent diversity efforts."

The Huffington Post
November 6, 2009

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First and Last Competitors Have the Edge

"For actors at auditions, musicians at competitions or anyone else whose work is sequentially judged against that of others, a nagging question often arises: Would I rather be the first person to be evaluated, or the last?"

Miller-McCune
October 20, 2009


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