"The Danger of Music"

June 11, 2010 by Andrei Strizek

I read and reviewed a new book The Danger of Music and Other Anti-Utopian Essays by famed musicologist Richard Taruskin, and it was just published in the Music Educators Journal (part of MENC). The review is available on my Publications page, or there's a direct link available here ... (read more)

New File Uploaded

June 10, 2010 by Andrei Strizek

I'm working on converting more files so I can post them on my website (part of my summer project). I recently uploaded the lead sheet to Brad Mehldau's Song-Song (PDF file) on my arrangements page ... (read more)

High School Musical: A Defense

June 08, 2010 by Andrei Strizek

Alright, so this may not be a complete defense of High School Musical and its sequels. But I was spurred to write something about it after watching High School Musical 3 with Sam - spreading it out over a week or so - after talking a little bit about it with him, and after his recent blog post about it. This isn't a rebuttal to Sam's post, per say, because I don't find a whole lot in there to disagree with ... (read more)

Happy Birthday Uri Caine

June 08, 2010 by Andrei Strizek

Uri Caine's birthday is today (thanks to Donna at Elements of Jazz for the tip!) - born in 1956. If you're not familiar with his varied amount of work, you should be ... (read more)

Coach John Wooden

June 05, 2010 by Andrei Strizek

Coach John Wooden passed away yesterday, June 4, 2010, at 99 years of age. The man was a giant of the basketball world, spending decades at UCLA, coaching the team to 10 NCAA championships and leaving with a record unmatched, 885-203. Yet his influence went far beyond the basketball court, thanks to his simple style of living and a number of maxims ... (read more)