Awadagin Pratt, piano

Recital review, Tallahassee (FL) Democrat, 30 Sep 08.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Alex Ross, winner of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" fellowship. The honor is very well-deserved.

I wonder if he has 20 bucks I can borrow until payday.

Mauricio Kagel

The Argentinian composer Mauricio Kagel, whose music exhibits a very Modern sense of serious play, has died in Germany at the age of 76.

Matthew Guerrieri writes about his former teacher here.

Music of Remembrance

CD review, Sequenza21.

David Foster Wallace.

I don't know what to say.

Fortunately, Daniel Wolf does.

UPDATE: So does Darcy James Argue.

Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra: American Celebration

Concert review, Tallahassee (FL) Democrat, 14 Sep 2008.

Also in today's Democrat, a feature by Mark Hinson about an effort to get exposure for Carlisle Floyd's Piano Sonata.