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Notes Of Deception – How a Quartet of American Musicians Outwitted the KGB

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The year was 1985 when members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band (KCB) went on a secret mission to what was then the Soviet Union.  The plan was to meet with the Refuseniks, Russian Jews, and smuggle information about them out of the country.  Dr. Merryl Goldberg was one of the four musicians on the trip, and she used a music cypher to get pass the KGB.  The entire adventure is now chronicled in the book Notes of Deception. 

Dr. Merryl Goldberg

Here is the link to the Cliburn International Competition for Conductors.

Are You Composing While Black?  On Classical Music In Color

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Two composers and musicians, George Lewis and Harald Kisiedu have gathered some of today’s composers and musicologists in a book of essays called Composing While Black.  There are nine essays in the book that talk about their experiences composing, performing and being in a world that isn’t always welcoming to Black musicians, classical or otherwise. 

George Lewis and Harald Kisiedu

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The 2025 Cliburn Competition Applications are open.

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Terence Blanchard’s opera Champion, is now streaming on MetOpera On Demand

Mozart In Motion

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This is another addition to your summer reading list. 

There are hundreds of books about Mozart but the author of Mozart In Motion has a different take.  Author Patrick Mackie takes us time traveling through the swirl that was Mozart’s short life.

Let Your Heart Be Broken

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Over the next few weeks, I’ll be featuring my summer reading list on Staccato.  The first one is about composer Tina Davidson, whose complicated life can be heard in her music.  Her biological Mother adopted her in Sweden back in the 1950’s but never told her.  There are other surprising revelations as well in Davidson’s book Let Your Heart Be Broken.  You can listen to her playlist from the book here.