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Faust & Furious: After London Withdrawal, Anna Netrebko Hardens with Riccardo and Chiara Muti's 'Manon Lescaut' in Rome
Music for Pieces of Wood: Bartholomäus Traubeck's 'Years' Plays Rings Around Your Priceless Vinyl Collection
If you're an artist like Bartholomäus Traubeck, slamming tree trunks onto your weighted Rega turntable isn't a foreign concept. No, it's just another installation. But is it a true ecology of sound? Arts Ed in New York City: Failing Minimum Requirements, Uncertified (and Overworked) Teachers and No Real Syllabus
Across the country, arts education seems to be of increasingly lesser value in today's school curriculum. And it's not just down South or in the fly-overs, much less California. No, one of the artistic hubs of the modern world--New York City--has been cutting corners on arts ed, too.