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"published_at": "2015-02-01T21:48:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-563d-72cb-ab64-6d7abfa5f77b", "title": "Classical Music is alive because it’s constantly evolving", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/classical-music-is-alive-because-its-constantly-evolving/", "published_at": "2015-01-23T00:40:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-563d-72cb-ab64-6d7ac04b8464", "title": "Who is Paul McCartney, part II", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/who-is-paul-mccartney-part-ii/", "published_at": "2015-01-08T02:39:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-563d-72cb-ab64-6d7ac1210090", "title": "On Faux Musical Quality, Popularity, and Relevance", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/on-faux-musical-quality-popularity-and-relevance/", "published_at": "2015-01-03T19:31:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-8de9-7241-a62c-7522622c43bf", "title": "Essential Tools for the 21st Century Musician: Technology", "url": 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Rachel Blanton (1974-2014)", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/12/31/r-i-p-rachel-blanton-1974-2014/", "published_at": "2014-12-31T22:45:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-8de9-7241-a62c-75226332c337", "title": "2014 in review", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/12/30/2014-in-review/", "published_at": "2014-12-30T18:03:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-8de9-7241-a62c-75226406ccd8", "title": "Discovering your Band or Orchestra’s Roots", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/12/17/discovering-your-band-or-orchestras-roots/", "published_at": "2014-12-17T19:05:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-8de9-7241-a62c-7522641bba66", "title": "“Last time I checked there isn’t an orchestra in the US that can fill an auditorium like major pop names.”", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/last-time-i-checked-there-isnt-an-orchestra-in-the-us-that-can-fill-an-auditorium-like-major-pop-names/", "published_at": "2014-12-04T20:36:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-8de9-7241-a62c-7522644411a1", "title": "Walking with Dinosaurs", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/walking-with-dinosaurs/", "published_at": "2014-12-02T14:33:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-aed9-7105-814e-125f22f3f63f", "title": "Essential Tools for the 21st Century Musician: Improvisation", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/11/14/essential-tools-for-the-21st-century-musician-improvisation/", "published_at": "2014-11-14T20:04:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-aed9-7105-814e-125f2300043b", "title": "Casino Gigs, Classical Music, and Younger Audiences", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/10/31/casino-gigs-classical-music-and-younger-audiences/", "published_at": "2014-10-31T18:27:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-aed9-7105-814e-125f231015aa", "title": "The Growth of Classical Music in the 21st Century", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/the-growth-of-classical-music-in-the-21st-century/", "published_at": "2014-10-24T14:25:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-aed9-7105-814e-125f23fa9319", "title": "The explosive growth of Soundpainting Orchestras", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/the-explosive-growth-of-soundpainting-orchestras/", "published_at": "2014-10-18T19:23:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-aed9-7105-814e-125f24ad6fbc", "title": "Young Audiences (part 1): Hollywood, Classical Music, and the costs of Social Justice", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/10/13/young-audiences-part-1-hollywood-classical-music-and-the-costs-of-social-justice/", "published_at": "2014-10-13T14:00:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-aed9-7105-814e-125f25725dd0", "title": "Live audiences for Movies matter less than for Classical Music", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/live-audiences-for-movies-matter-less-than-for-classical-music/", "published_at": "2014-10-06T12:28:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-e5d8-7088-b5ae-9e9ccbeaef1e", "title": "5 Things Classical Musicians should know about being in a Band", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/5-things-classical-musicians-should-know-about-being-in-a-band/", "published_at": "2014-09-30T20:13:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-e5d8-7088-b5ae-9e9ccc65bec1", "title": "The Zombie Apocalypse is like the Classical Music Crisis", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/09/27/the-zombie-apocalypse-is-like-the-classical-music-crisis/", "published_at": "2014-09-27T19:24:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-e5d8-7088-b5ae-9e9cccd98d48", "title": "“[W]hy not do pieces more accessible, more traditional and more ‘musical’?”", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/09/13/why-not-do-pieces-more-accessible-more-traditional-and-more-musical/", "published_at": "2014-09-13T16:08:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-e5d8-7088-b5ae-9e9ccce07bd8", "title": "[Music] entrepreneurship will favor the very few and marginalize the vast majority", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/music-entrepreneurship-will-favor-the-very-few-and-marginalize-the-vast-majority/", "published_at": "2014-09-09T14:50:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-e5d8-7088-b5ae-9e9cccf64e88", "title": "Superstar Economy (reblog)", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/superstar-economy-reblog/", "published_at": "2014-08-21T15:21:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfaf-e5d8-7088-b5ae-9e9ccda5a58a", "title": "When Ticket Revenue Doesn’t Equal Attendance: What’s Opera Doc?", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/when-ticket-revenue-doesnt-equal-attendance-whats-opera-doc/", "published_at": "2014-07-31T21:05:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-1102-728a-9e2a-2d6adad50fc9", "title": "Unexpected non-standard cello techniques", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/unexpected-non-standard-cello-techniques/", "published_at": "2014-07-08T14:33:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-1102-728a-9e2a-2d6adba6b84a", "title": "All Opera Companies in the US", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/all-opera-companies-in-the-us/", "published_at": "2014-06-20T17:03:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-1102-728a-9e2a-2d6adc30cc8f", "title": "Jim Carrey, Steve Martin, Classical Music, and why you might not want to follow your passion…", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/jim-carrey-steve-martin-classical-music-and-why-you-might-not-want-to-follow-your-passion/", "published_at": "2014-06-18T15:43:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-1102-728a-9e2a-2d6adcba05c3", "title": "Opera in the 21st Century", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/opera-in-the-21st-century/", "published_at": "2014-06-12T20:45:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-1102-728a-9e2a-2d6adcc9c272", "title": "New Music for Kids!", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/new-music-for-kids/", "published_at": "2014-06-09T17:20:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-1102-728a-9e2a-2d6add3bd338", "title": "Covers vs. Originals: Why classical musicians might not want to think like rock bands", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/06/07/covers-vs-originals-why-classical-musicians-might-not-want-to-think-like-rock-bands/", "published_at": "2014-06-07T22:07:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-3fb3-7271-80b5-17c2963c3d05", "title": "Survivorship Bias: Why classical musicians might not want to think like rock bands", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/survivorship-bias-why-classical-musicians-might-not-want-to-think-like-rock-bands/", "published_at": "2014-06-05T14:38:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-3fb3-7271-80b5-17c297094b2a", "title": "Why haven’t you started your own music group?", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/06/02/why-havent-you-started-your-own-music-group/", "published_at": "2014-06-02T10:49:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-3fb3-7271-80b5-17c297d58b67", "title": "New Opera Companies and New Operas since 2000", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/new-opera-companies-and-new-operas-since-2000/", "published_at": "2014-05-31T10:56:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-3fb3-7271-80b5-17c2980e5862", "title": "Embarrassment of New Operatic Riches", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/embarrassment-of-new-operatic-riches/", "published_at": "2014-05-26T07:10:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-3fb3-7271-80b5-17c29856be73", "title": "on dancing while playing the cello (part 3: Performers as Co-Creators)…", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/on-dancing-while-playing-the-cello-part-3-performers-as-co-creators/", "published_at": "2014-05-22T17:45:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-3fb3-7271-80b5-17c29955818f", "title": "Vampire shows, Fragmentation & Oversupply, and the “Classical Music Crisis”", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/vampire-shows-fragmentation-oversupply-and-the-classical-music-crisis/", "published_at": "2014-05-14T15:23:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-7bad-7276-ab3c-d07786c39a95", "title": "Myth of the “General Audience,” Classical Music, and Token Activism", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/05/10/myth-of-the-general-audience-classical-music-and-token-activism/", "published_at": "2014-05-10T06:07:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-7bad-7276-ab3c-d07787708ec4", "title": "The Hazards of Drawing Conclusions about Median Ages from Orchestra Audience Surveys", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/05/08/the-hazards-of-drawing-conclusions-about-median-ages-from-orchestra-audience-surveys/", "published_at": "2014-05-08T13:17:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-7bad-7276-ab3c-d07787f568de", "title": "Myth of the Monolithic Pop Culture", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/myth-of-the-monolithic-pop-culture/", "published_at": "2014-05-02T23:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-7bad-7276-ab3c-d0778811d460", "title": "Pop Audience expectations – “No, you can’t put your fingers there!”", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/pop-audience-expectations-no-you-cant-put-your-fingers-there/", "published_at": "2014-05-01T18:56:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-7bad-7276-ab3c-d07788ab7f66", "title": "Crisis of “Populism” in Classical/Pop: Non-Public Performances and Audiences", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/04/23/crisis-of-populism-in-classicalpop-non-public-performances-and-audiences/", "published_at": "2014-04-23T15:42:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-7bad-7276-ab3c-d077890024e8", "title": "Dvořák, Twerking, Sexism, and Race Fetishisation", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/04/22/dvorak-twerking-sexism-and-race-fetishisation/", "published_at": "2014-04-22T16:50:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-b051-7324-beb5-b9639a72fd36", "title": "“Trash-Metal” is not the future of Orchestras | Dave Mustaine and the San Diego Symphony", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/trash-metal-is-not-the-future-of-orchestras-dave-mustaine-and-the-san-diego-symphony/", "published_at": "2014-04-20T02:57:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-b051-7324-beb5-b9639ad86947", "title": "Fragmentation and Specialization: Video Game Music Orchestras", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/fragmentation-and-specialization-video-game-music-orchestras/", "published_at": "2014-04-11T11:12:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-b051-7324-beb5-b9639ba5bf2f", "title": "Anatomy of a Marathon Show: Deano’s Vino Restaurant and Wine Bar", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/anatomy-of-a-marathon-show-deanos-vino-restaurant-and-wine-bar/", "published_at": "2014-04-08T16:59:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-b051-7324-beb5-b9639bbac166", "title": "Musicians with or without Day Jobs", "url": "https://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/musicians-with-or-without-day-jobs/", "published_at": "2014-04-03T16:35:32+00:00" } ] 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2026

Resources: South Asian, SWANA, and East Asian Music Theory Treatise Bibliographies & Timelinesoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2026

2025

Mapping slave orchestras and ensembles of enslaved musicians.original ↗
25 Oct 2025
“[T]he evolution of the orchestra was brought to a standstill”original ↗
28 Aug 2025
ARTICLE: Celebrate Black History Month in music by traveling back to the 6th centuryoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2025

2024

“Composing Heterophony: Arranging and Adapting Global Musics for Intercultural Ensembles”original ↗
18 Dec 2024
ARTICLE: From Ancient Greek to Znameny Chant, a world beyond Western notationoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2024
ARTICLE: Music notation on a 4000-year timeline and more of music beyond Europeoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2024
Sunday Spotlight on the Global Cello: Bass Gheychakoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2024

2023

ARTICLE: “High” and “low” pitch are not universal; sometimes there are crocodilesoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2023

2022

Orchestres anti-coloniaux : une réponse culturelle à l’impérialisme de la musique classique occidentaleoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2022
BBC Radio 3: World of Classicaloriginal ↗
5 Jul 2022

2021

University Course Readings, Pedagogical Resources, and Bibliographies for Intercultural and Hybrid Music Ecosystems and Historiesoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2021
Anti-Colonial Orchestras: A Cultural Response to Classical Music Imperialismoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2021
Slave Orchestras: Classical Gabfest Interview Transcriptoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2021

2020

US Orchestras and Large Ensemblesoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2020
Colonialism, White Supremacy, and the Logic of Exclusion of Colored Bodies in Classical Musicoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2020
Classical Music and its Slave Orchestrasoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2020
Made in Thailand: Composed in Americaoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2020
Diversity, Inclusive Programming, and Music Education (part 4): Immigrationoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2020
Diversity, Inclusive Programming, and Music Education (part 3): Assimilationoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2020
Diversity, Inclusive Programming, and Music Education (part 2): Postcolonialismoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2020
Diversity, Inclusive Programming, and Music Education (part 1)original ↗
1 Jun 2020
on singing while playing the cello (part 6: singing in multiple styles)original ↗
1 Apr 2020
Colonialistic Diversity: Decentering Eurocentric Orchestras and Normalizing *all* Compositionoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2020
2020 is the year of #NotBeethovenoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2020

2019

White Males Orchestras and America’s Other Orchestrasoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2019
Classical Music, the Perpetual Foreigner Trope, and Colonialismoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2019

2018

Interview answers for an Arabic Music thesis project by Ribal El Kallaboriginal ↗
24 Oct 2018
Diversity in Classical Music vs Diversity of Classical Musicoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2018
American Orchestras that already regularly play music by POCoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2018

2017

The Invisible Hand of the Great White Male Musical and Artistic Canonsoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2017
How Easy is it to Avoid the Art of Monstrous Men?original ↗
13 Dec 2017
The Art of Monstrous Menoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2017
Decolonizing the Musical Mindoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2017
Sharing the World Through Musicoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2017
Low Maintenance Giggingoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2017
There are covers and then, there are Coversoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2017
When bands waste time…original ↗
23 Jul 2017
Why I don’t release albumsoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2017
Knowing when to leave your band behindoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2017
The Parochialism of “Everything Except Rap and Country”original ↗
13 Jun 2017
When are too many bands a thing?original ↗
11 Jun 2017
Is Classical Music in the “Real World”?original ↗
18 Jan 2017

2016

On being a dance musicianoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2016
Classical Music discovers Clubbing just as Clubbing Declinesoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2016
Orchestras in the US formed since 2000original ↗
19 Sept 2016
All Orchestras are Ethnic Orchestrasoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2016
Classical Music Crisis is the “Tip of the Iceberg”original ↗
11 Sept 2016
What’s it like playing Pop Music when you’re not a Pop Superstar?original ↗
19 May 2016
“If you try to please everyone, you’ll end up pleasing no one.”original ↗
27 Mar 2016
Musical Thoughts, Reflections, Questions, and other Ephemera…original ↗
20 Jan 2016

2015

“…but, does that orchestra make any money?” and Life Cycles of Orchestrasoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2015
Pop Music Attritionoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2015
How to raise Orchestra revenue with Live-to-Projection eventsoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2015
What’s it like playing for 50,000 people?original ↗
5 Jun 2015
The Other Orchestras (part 1): Ethnic Orchestrasoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2015
The many types of Orchestras…and how they have evolvedoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2015
Classical Music is alive because it’s constantly evolvingoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2015
Who is Paul McCartney, part IIoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2015
On Faux Musical Quality, Popularity, and Relevanceoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2015
Essential Tools for the 21st Century Musician: Technologyoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2015

2014

R.I.P. Rachel Blanton (1974-2014)original ↗
31 Dec 2014
2014 in revieworiginal ↗
30 Dec 2014
Discovering your Band or Orchestra’s Rootsoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2014
“Last time I checked there isn’t an orchestra in the US that can fill an auditorium like major pop names.”original ↗
4 Dec 2014
Walking with Dinosaursoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2014
Essential Tools for the 21st Century Musician: Improvisationoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2014
Casino Gigs, Classical Music, and Younger Audiencesoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2014
The Growth of Classical Music in the 21st Centuryoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2014
The explosive growth of Soundpainting Orchestrasoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2014
Young Audiences (part 1): Hollywood, Classical Music, and the costs of Social Justiceoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2014
Live audiences for Movies matter less than for Classical Musicoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2014
5 Things Classical Musicians should know about being in a Bandoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2014
The Zombie Apocalypse is like the Classical Music Crisisoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2014
“[W]hy not do pieces more accessible, more traditional and more ‘musical’?”original ↗
13 Sept 2014
[Music] entrepreneurship will favor the very few and marginalize the vast majorityoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2014
Superstar Economy (reblog)original ↗
21 Aug 2014
When Ticket Revenue Doesn’t Equal Attendance: What’s Opera Doc?original ↗
31 Jul 2014
Unexpected non-standard cello techniquesoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2014
All Opera Companies in the USoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2014
Jim Carrey, Steve Martin, Classical Music, and why you might not want to follow your passion…original ↗
18 Jun 2014
Opera in the 21st Centuryoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2014
New Music for Kids!original ↗
9 Jun 2014
Covers vs. Originals: Why classical musicians might not want to think like rock bandsoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2014
Survivorship Bias: Why classical musicians might not want to think like rock bandsoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2014
Why haven’t you started your own music group?original ↗
2 Jun 2014
New Opera Companies and New Operas since 2000original ↗
31 May 2014
Embarrassment of New Operatic Richesoriginal ↗
26 May 2014
on dancing while playing the cello (part 3: Performers as Co-Creators)…original ↗
22 May 2014
Vampire shows, Fragmentation & Oversupply, and the “Classical Music Crisis”original ↗
14 May 2014
Myth of the “General Audience,” Classical Music, and Token Activismoriginal ↗
10 May 2014
The Hazards of Drawing Conclusions about Median Ages from Orchestra Audience Surveysoriginal ↗
8 May 2014
Myth of the Monolithic Pop Cultureoriginal ↗
2 May 2014
Pop Audience expectations – “No, you can’t put your fingers there!”original ↗
1 May 2014
Crisis of “Populism” in Classical/Pop: Non-Public Performances and Audiencesoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2014
Dvořák, Twerking, Sexism, and Race Fetishisationoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2014
“Trash-Metal” is not the future of Orchestras | Dave Mustaine and the San Diego Symphonyoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2014
Fragmentation and Specialization: Video Game Music Orchestrasoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2014
Anatomy of a Marathon Show: Deano’s Vino Restaurant and Wine Baroriginal ↗
8 Apr 2014
Musicians with or without Day Jobsoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2014
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