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Jonathan Dawe's Nero @ Ballet-Opéra-Pantomime, Montreal

16 June 2018
Christophe Huss’s review in Le Devoir leaves little to add, but I wish to provide a bit of context that Mr. Huss could not know. How does Nero differ from Dawe’s other operas? –Nero’s Baroque moments are far more subtle. In …
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Rap, Hip Hop & EU Attitude Toward Pitch

3 June 2018
Still jetlagged from time in Beijing, 12 time zones away from New York. I wake up at 2am or 3am and start thinking about music. At the moment, it’s rap music. Rap music/hiphop: By eliminating or marginaizing pitch, the hiphop artists allow for …
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