A new year and a new decade, 2020, gives us a chance for reflection. If you’re like me, when I was younger and I envisioned the future, I never thought about 2020 and what it might be like. But as we grew closer to this year, I saw so many meme’s trying to connect the 1920s to the 2020s. There has been this desire to recycle the style and perceived sophistication of the 20s in this new decade.  

Next Ensemble partnered with Salt Lake City’s Salty Cricket Composer Collective to have 4 new works composed by…

I'm involved with a non-profit called NEXT Ensemble and we have an "audience engagement" meeting tomorrow. This has led me over the past few days to think hard about what I think ought to be the first question: 

Why should anyone actually go see live music? 

Let's be honest, there's very little reason to leave the house for entertainment in the age of Netflix, Spotify, and YouTube. There's more available to stream than anyone could possibly ever watch/listen to in one lifetime. So why bother to put on…