التصنيف: The Girl
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Who Is Florence Price?
Reading to and with The Girl at bedtime is a constant joy: a time for discovery and sharing and, increasingly, an opportunity to gauge how her ability to read on her own is growing by leaps and bounds. One thing we especially enjoy is books about real-life women who made a substantial impact in science…
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Feeling the Love for “Phil the Hall.”
One of the new initiatives the New York Philharmonic rolled out last season, to coincide with the arrival of music director Jaap van Zweden (and Deborah Borda, the institution's president, as well) was "Phil the Hall," an unambiguously populist gesture in which first responders, volunteers, and other public-service professionals were invited to come to Lincoln…
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Caught: Tiger Trio, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jan. 4, 2020.
Tiger Trio Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY January 4, 2020General admission Personnel: Joëlle Léandre, bass, vocalsMyra Melford, pianoNicole Mitchell, flute, alto flute, piccolo Back in the heyday of live jazz on New York City's 52nd Street, from the end of Prohibition in 1933 until the early '50s, the Three Deuces occupied a…
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Caught: Forest Speech, Museum of Modern Art, Nov. 17, 2019.
David Tudor: Forest SpeechPerformed by Lea Bertucci, John Driscoll, Ed Potokar, Margaret Anne Schedel, and Philip WhiteMuseum of Modern Art, New York, NYNovember 17, 2019 Sunday afternoon, after my daughter attended a performance of David Tudor's Forest Speech at the Museum of Modern Art with her mother and me, I asked her what she'd thought.…
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Bath Time Lessoning: Let’s Eat Grandma.
The Girl's continuing journey through music, with The Dad taking notes. Let’s Eat GrandmaI, Gemini(Transgressive; 2016) [before I’ve said a word] “I really like this part of the music, Daddy. I really like the voices. What is this called?” [“You aren’t going to believe it, but this is a group of two young women who…
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Bath Time Lessoning: Stevie Wonder.
The Girl's continuing journey through music, with The Dad taking notes. Stevie WonderSongs in the Key of Life(Motown; 1976) [“Tonight I’m playing you one of mama’s very favorite albums, and it’s one of mine, too.”] “Who is it?” [“This is Stevie Wonder, and he’s one of the greatest singers and songwriters of all time.”] “Well,…
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Bath Time Lessoning: Some Feedback.
The Girl's continuing journey through music, with The Dad taking notes. “You always pick the best music for bath time, Dad.” [“Well, that’s very nice of you to say. I try hard to pick things that you’ll find interesting. But if I played something that you didn’t like, it would be okay for you…
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Bath Time Lessoning: Paul Simon.
The Girl's continuing journey through music, with The Dad taking notes. Photograph: Peggy Harper Paul SimonOver the Bridge of Time: A Paul Simon Retrospective (1961-2011)(Sony Legacy; 2013) ["So, what kind of music do you feel like hearing tonight?"] "Well, Paul Simon," The Girl says. ["OK, whatever you say." "The Sound of…
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Bath Time Lessoning: King Crimson.
The Girl's continuing journey through music, with The Dad taking notes. Photograph: Tony Levin King CrimsonRadical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind(DGM, 2016) [during percussion-only intro to "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part 1"] "This is cool music, Papa!" [during choppy guitar transition] "I really like the music, Papa! I like the way…