tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351040947440598477.post7089556500696166481..comments2024-01-12T04:00:31.812-05:00Comments on Cincinnati Pianist: Some thoughts on short chamber music recitalsJoshua Nemithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03716708105044893303noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351040947440598477.post-45449476024389988322010-08-31T02:33:49.316-05:002010-08-31T02:33:49.316-05:00Thanks, Justin. I’ve read that this sort of thing ...Thanks, Justin. I’ve read that this sort of thing is easily found. It took me a lot of searching. Easy to do, unless you have to do it by the manual. <a href="http://www.mustuniversity.com/schools-majors/social-sciences/english.html" rel="nofollow">Online english degree</a> | <a href="http://www.mustuniversity.com/schools-majors/education/teaching-assistant-phd-degree.html" rel="nofollow">teaching assistant phd degree</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351040947440598477.post-12526087423074156072007-10-28T11:27:00.000-05:002007-10-28T11:27:00.000-05:00Hey Louis,I don't have much to say on the issue of...Hey Louis,<BR/><BR/>I don't have much to say on the issue of art vs. entertainment because I think it's pretty much an artificial divide. It's a topic that is great for cocktail party conversation or for an academic aesthetics seminar. But for me the argument (which almost always favors art over entertainment) is too often used as an apologetic for stuffy elitism, to which I don't ascribe much credibility.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, all performance art has an entertainment component, from Broadway musicals to Babbitt's most daunting serialist compositions. Whether something has less or more of one or the other involves complicated aesthetic, cultural, political, and value judgments that are difficult to isolate. We always have to be alert to questionable biases and other agendas. (For example, postmodern scholarship has helped our culture to dispense with the idea of "high" and "low" art, since the implications of such a framework can marginalize cultural actors and communities unfairly.)<BR/><BR/>So for me, I pretty much have internalized that what I do lies on a continuum of artistic and entertainment functions, and the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive. I'm at peace with that.Joshua Nemithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03716708105044893303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351040947440598477.post-32379093269273663482007-10-26T19:07:00.000-05:002007-10-26T19:07:00.000-05:00Hi Josh,I'll tell Steve you say hi.Send my regards...Hi Josh,<BR/><BR/>I'll tell Steve you say hi.<BR/>Send my regards to Maestro Schhhtern and Iris. <BR/><BR/>Just thought I would get your take on the definition of Art VS Entertainment as it pertains to musical performance. <BR/><BR/>LLouishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00402567615224364305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351040947440598477.post-76085632913340267282007-09-06T12:49:00.000-05:002007-09-06T12:49:00.000-05:00Hey Louis! Good to hear from you.It looks like you...Hey Louis! Good to hear from you.<BR/><BR/>It looks like you're going strong as well...best of luck with the continued success of your ensemble (thanks for the web address). <BR/><BR/>Yes, you're right, that piano class WAS a long time ago...but thanks for being nice anyway.<BR/><BR/>Do stay in touch and let me know if your group comes to the Cincinnati area. Be sure to say hi to Steve Miahky - we play together quite often in the IRIS orchestra!Joshua Nemithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03716708105044893303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351040947440598477.post-31191175200497511832007-09-05T10:01:00.000-05:002007-09-05T10:01:00.000-05:00Josh,I'm all for chamber music in Small Chambers!G...Josh,<BR/><BR/><BR/>I'm all for chamber music in Small Chambers!<BR/><BR/>Glad to see you're still going strong! <BR/>It seems like just yesterday that I was getting lost playing Ginerstera Concerto with you and failing Intro to Piano.<BR/><BR/>(Actually it seems like a long time ago but I wanted to say that because its nice)<BR/><BR/>All the Best,<BR/>Louis Levitt<BR/><BR/>sybarite chamber players<BR/>sybarite5.orgLouishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00402567615224364305noreply@blogger.com