Other Great Sites
(In no particular order)
Karren Alenier's Scene4 Blog "The Dressing".
E-Notes - Ethelbert Miller's blog
Madam Mayo - CM Mayo's blog
Jens Laurson's WETA classical music blog
HurdAudio, Soho the Dog and Argh! music blogs.
Mike Hummel's PhD thesis (Michael John Hummel, PhD): "THREE AMERICAN ARTISTS AT MIDLIFE: NEGOTIATING THE SPACE BETWEEN AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL STATUS" © Michael John Hummel, 2007.
Two sites absolutely essential for Art Song professionals:
Glendower Jones' Classical Vocal Repertoire - Source for all vocal scores
Emily Ezust's Lied and Art Song Texts - Source of lyrics and translations
Park Café - Alcione Vinet's great restaurant on Capitol Hill. The best food in Washington - he is a real artist!
Ionarts: Real coverage of the arts in Washington! "Something other than politics in Washington, D.C."
livingroom.org is the cyber meeting place for the coolest new ideas in music and performance arts created in memory of the visionary composer Randy Hostetler and maintained by the Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund.
The Embassy of the Czech Republic: concerts, movies, plays - a very hip cultural venue!
MMB music is our favorite music publisher.
Classic Cat is a catalog of free classical music downloads, including Washington Musica Viva's.
American Mavericks is a 13-part radio series from Minnesota public radio that charts the course of American music and composers through the 20th century.
New Music Box is the web site of the American Music Center.
DC chapter of the American Composers Forum
Art for the People is another wonderful grass roots arts organization, based in Takoma Park.
Beltway: An On-Line Poetry Quarterly presents poetry by authors who live or work in our nation's capital.
The Word Works publishes contemporary poetry in collector's editions and presents public programs such as the Miller Cabin reading series.
www.sitarcenter.org is the Patricia M Sitar Center for the Arts in Adams Morgan DC.
Redwinejazz.com Ben Redwine.
Kensington Row Bookshop offers used, rare, and out-of-print books, and also hosts poetry readings every month with featured readers and open-mic.
Osiris Books: Our excellent neighbor at 4233 Howard Ave, Beth Youkel, in warehouse "E", books, old and new, prints, furniture & library accessories.
The Royal Mile Pub: Our favorite Scottish pub in Wheaton. Where the poets, composers, musicians and artists hang out (really).
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