Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Whole of Teaching

At high noon on Tuesday May 29 my academic year officially ended as I completed my final lecture for the term at the Fromm Institute. Things wound down at the SF Conservatory several weeks earlier. It has been year 35 … Continue reading

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Not a Pianist

I've been reluctantly shuffling through stacks of cassette tapes of my own performances over the years, some being my yearly faculty recitals at the SF Conservatory, others chamber performances of various sorts together with a smattering of appearances with larger … Continue reading

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Pas de Snake

Oh, dang. I just hate it when audiophile snake oil turns out to be useful lotion. High-end audio is pestered by so much crackpottery, so many stratospherically expensive magic bullets, so much plain old BS. But just because there's nothing … Continue reading

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We Proclaim That One Did It

Commentarial analysis is one of the things I do. I write analyses and assess the analyses of others, particularly my own students. I am scrupulous to avoid hardcore academic analysis, just as I am scrupulous to avoid hardcore academic anything. … Continue reading

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Heavyweights

A veneer of nostalgia envelops today's reborn interest in vinyl LPs. Pawing around used-record bins is downright therapeutic, an audio version of that utterly civilized pastime, book collecting. Beyond the basic relaxation that comes from that steady flip-flip through the … Continue reading

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