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Tag: 12.03.15
Trend: More College Presidents With Corporate Backgrounds
“Twenty percent of U.S. college presidents in 2012 came from fields outside academia, up from from 13 percent six years earlier, according to the American Council on Education. Many of the non-academic college presidents come from the law and business worlds.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 12.03.15
They just don’t do it
“They”means conductors. “Don’t do it” means that when they conduct Lulu, they don’t follow the markings in Berg’s score. I’ve posted about that, after seeing the movie-theater stream of the Met’s new Lulu. But now I’ve gotten the Lulu full score from the Juilliard library, … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2015-12-03
So you want to see a show?
Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-12-03
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AIA’s Top Prize To Denise Scott Brown And Robert Venturi
“The Pritzker Prize still eludes her. But on Wednesday evening, Denise Scott Brown, 84, won the American Institute of Architects 2016 Gold Medal, its highest honor, along with Robert Venturi, 90, her husband and design partner.”
Here’s The Oldest Known Biography Of An African Woman – Written By Other African Women, No Less
“Walatta Petros was an Ethiopian religious leader who lived from 1592 to 1642. A noblewoman, she left her husband to lead the struggle against the Jesuits’ mission to convert Ethiopian Christians to Roman Catholicism. It was for this that the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Church elevated her to sainthood. [Her] story was written by her disciples in the Gəˁəz language in 1672, after her death.”
How Jane Vonnegut Made Kurt A Writer
“Jane knew what her husband should do with his life: he should write. And she seems to have made it her first mission as his spouse to convince him of that. … Many of the ideas and themes that characterize Vonnegut were born in the conversation between Kurt and Jane, and throughout his career she remained a voice in the text. She was there: that was her.”
Taylor Swift Donates $50K To The Seattle Symphony
In a letter to music director Ludovic Morlot, Swift said she was inspired to donate by a recording of John Luther Adams’ Grammy-winning “Become Ocean”. The composition, Swift wrote, reminded her of going to her local symphony with her grandmother.
Leonard Slatkin To Step Down As Music Director Of Detroit Symphony
“Slatkin will be 73 when his tenure officially ends after 10 seasons in 2018, and the changes are part of a broader rethinking of his priorities as he approaches his 75th birthday.”
One Of Two Rivals To Revive New York City Opera Withdraws
“Gene Kaufman, an architect and one of the suitors who has been vying to reorganize and take control of City Opera, withdrew as part of a negotiated settlement that calls for granting his group $300,000, according to a court filing.”
World’s Most Rarefied Pin-Up Calendar Now Features Not Gisele Bündchen And Kate Moss, But Fran Lebowitz And Yoko Ono
For 50 years, the Pirelli Calendar has been an “arty soft-core ode to pinups produced by the Italian tire manufacturer, shot by renowned photographers, starring supermodels, and never sold but given to an exclusive group of 20,000 VIPs, musicians, politicians and royalty.’ … But that was then.