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With Wilbert de Joode and Korhan Erel in Istanbul, December 2011

Posted by on Jan 7, 2012 in Blog, Travels | No Comments

With Wilbert de Joode and Korhan Erel in Istanbul, December 20 – 24, 2011. Haghia Sophia, Kadıköy, Fazıl Bey’in Türk Kahvecisi, Çiya, recording with Şevket Akıncı and Wilbert’s fascination with a small lyre-shaped table.

Viola Duo: Mat Maneri and Tanya Kalmanovitch

Posted by on Jan 5, 2012 in Audio, Blog | No Comments

Last September the Contemporary Improvisation Department at New England Conservatory paid tribute to the life, music and legacy of Joe Maneri. Joe’s son Mat and I improvised this viola duet. From the concert “Love Lines: A Tribute to Joe Maneri”. Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, 15 September 2011.

Making A Life In Music: Not Surviving, but Thriving In the Outside World

Posted by on Jan 3, 2012 in Blog, Entrepreneurship | No Comments

You may remember the parting letter to students that I co-authored last spring with Eva Heinstein from NEC’s Entrepreneurial Musicianship department. Well, I’ve decided to make it a semi-annual tradition. The points raised here speak to the concerns that came up in my undergraduate section of my entrepreneurship class. These are little nuggets of advice, ...