CHAMBER MUSIC: A Publication of Chamber Music America
JULY/AUGUST 2009
VOL. 26, NO. 4

THE EDUCATION ISSUE

features

American Masterpieces: Chamber Music
         VIRGIL THOMSON,TEXT MESSENGER Virgil Thomson had strong feelings about how to set English poetry and prose. His works for voice and instruments will be explored at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival this summer.
          by Fred Cohn
July/August calendar of American Masterpieces-supported events

         JULIA WOLFE
          by Kyle Gann
Works by this Bang on a Can co-founder simultaneously reflect--and rebel against--minimalism.

SOUTHERN COMFORT
Spoleto USA will miss the genial presiding spirit of Charles Wadsworth, who is retiring (again) at the age of 80.
by Brian Wise

DISTANCE LEARNING
For the past eight seasons, music students on Arizona's Navajo and Hopi reservations have been composing string quartets.
by Ellen Goldensohn

       
columns

JAZZIN' AROUND: CHARLIE KOHLHASE
by Gene Santoro
The latest recording from the saxist's group is witty, edgy, complex, and exuberant.

HIGH FIDELITY: THE PHANTOM OF THE CONCERT HALL
by James M. Keller
Beethoven and his contemporaries admired Cherubini, but the latter seems to have disappeared from the repertoire.

EDIFICATIONS: BRAVE NEW WORLDS
by Eric Booth
As the wider world catches on to the salutary benefits of creative activity, teaching artists aren't just for schoolchildren anymore.

departments

CMA NOTE: Now More Than Ever
by Margaret M. Lioi

CMA NEWS: TRANSITIONS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS; AMERICAN MASTERPIECES SECOND ROUND OF GRANTS

AMERICAN ENSEMBLE: ROVA SAXOPHONE QUARTET, KILTERCLASH, CAVATINA DUO, LARK CHAMBER ARTISTS, G.SCHIRMER ON DEMAND

COVER TO COVER: LISTENING TO THE LISTENING
A.B. Spellman reviews Ben Ratliff's The Jazz Ear      

CMA SCORES: JOVINO SANTOS NETO'S "PEDRA BRANCA," FROM CANTO DO RIO, FOR SAXOPHONES, CLARINET, FLUTE, AND PIANO (2002)

BACKBEAT: THE MENDELSSOHN ENLIGHTENMENT
The composer's secular brand of spirituality celebrated reason and faith in humanity.
by Yehuda Hanani