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Hooray for "Parenthood"
March 14, 2012It's great to see top-notch theater being performed in northern New Jersey. It’s even better if an original musical co...
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Spring Musical Feature: New Providence High School
March 1, 2012Here is a list of musicals being performed by surrounding high schools. Which of these musicals is not like the other: Footloose...
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Spring Musical Feature: Ridge High School
February 22, 2012It’s the storm, not you, that’s bound to blow away. These lyrics from “Hold On,” the eleven o’clock ...
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Joe's Mailbag: Clarification of Yesterday's Column
January 24, 2012I received a great e-mail from somebody who read yesterday's column, "Is the Age of the Original Musical Over?": &nb...
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Is the Age of the Original Musical Over?
January 23, 2012I know, so melodramatic. But let’s take a look at what’s playing on Broadway right now (including what’s comin...
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Coming Soon...
January 19, 2012I've worked on a lot of school musicals. Too many to count. I know how much work and sacrifice goes into putting on on...
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Practice and Your Brain
October 10, 2011I just read a fascinating article by Wendy Zukerman at newscientist.com. It was about how, when a certain activity be...
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Get Out There and Do It!
September 13, 2011As teachers and students of the arts, sometimes we get so caught up in the banality of our lessons and classes that we forg...
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Is Popular Music Better than Ever?
August 25, 2011Here’s something you might not expect to read from an old man or a trained jazz musician (both of which I qualify for...
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A Summer Recap
August 19, 2011So another summer is coming quietly to a close. Anyone who has tried driving anywhere besides the Parkway on weekends...
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Nashville Idol?
May 31, 2011I found this season of American Idol utterly fascinating. The winner, Scotty McCreery is someone I wouldn't have picked in a...
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Sending the Elevator Back Down
May 24, 2011A few weeks ago I wrote in our regular column about something Kevin Spacey said on Arts Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. Spacey ...
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What Music Means to Me
May 3, 2011Okay, so I didn’t get any responses to my plea for your personal experiences with music. Just for that, you&rsq...
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What Does Music Mean to You?
April 20, 2011We musicians sometimes get so caught up in the creation of the music that we lose touch with the profound, visceral impact that music ...
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Fight for Common Sense
March 29, 2011It would seem like common sense that, when a program involves the vast majority of students, it shouldn’t be dismantl...
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The Gateway Game
February 11, 2011Activision, maker of the video game sensation Guitar Hero, announced on February 9th that it will no longer be making the game. ...
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Too Much Public Theater?
February 4, 2011Brand new National Endowment for the Arts Chairman and perennial firebrand Rocco Landesman made some typically controversia...
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Happy New Year, Music World
January 10, 2011Happy New Year, all! Here’s to the dawn of another great year in the music world. There’s a lot to ...
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Don't Take My Word for It
December 29, 2010“Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the amb...
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Spiderman on the "Web"
December 21, 2010The Twitterverse is up in arms over the latest injured cast member of Julie Taymor’s Spider-Man, Turn off the Dark.&n...
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So You Want to Make a Recording...
December 14, 2010So you’re a musician, and you want to make a recording… Good luck! Recordings are extremely difficul...
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Why You Shouldn’t Watch the Grammys
December 3, 2010Okay – time for a tirade. I know I’m still supposed to be young and hip and all that, but I can’t h...
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"Today, for Many Kids, It's Not a Choice..." (part 4 of 4)
November 29, 2010JE: I read your recent tweet about the effects of music education on brain development. Although the famed “Mozart Effect&...
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"Today, for Many Kids, It's Not a Choice..." (part 3 of 4)
November 19, 2010JE: Can you briefly go into the genesis and eventual success of VHI’s Save the Music? RM: Sure. The genesis for ...
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"Today, for Many Kids, It's Not a Choice..." (pt. 2 of 4)
November 11, 2010JE: What is Quadrant Arts Education Research and what separates it from other arts advocacy organizations? RM: Quadrant has develo...