Aweigh in A Major
A composer's thoughts about music and musicians
An die Musik Award
From The Schubert Club David Evan Thomas received the An die Musik Award "in recognition of outstanding dedication and commitment to the work and mission of The Schubert Club" at The Schubert Club Annual Luncheon on June 8, 2016 at the Ordway Center for the Performing...
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Sidewalk Poet
There is a sidewalk poet in my hood. live in the Stevens Square neighborhood of South Minneapolis. On my walks there and in bordering Whittier neighborhood I find pieces of his mind—it surely is a man—underfoot. And it must be an older guy,...
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Ladyslipper and Chives
Now! Hear the songs! I know not what are the words But they sing in my soul of the things our Fathers loved. number of the American modernists developed their art under the aegis of another profession. Poet William Carlos Williams...
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On Another’s Sorrow
Recently I attended a memorial service, a beautiful service for a man I didn’t know. That was my loss. He was dear to all present, had died suddenly and too young, and I wish I had known him. I knew his widow but a little; we had sung together in a choir. On this day,...
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A Welsh Bard in Saint Paul
his coming Wednesday, April 20, 2016, The Schubert Club will welcome the Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel back to Saint Paul. There is no better ambassador for Welsh song—for song, period—than Terfel. That’s “Terrrvel.” (For pronunciation help...
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A Solitary Place
. . . I love all waste And solitary places; where we taste The pleasure of believing what we see Is boundless, as we wish our souls to be. (Shelley, Julian and Maddalo) efore a concert on the campus of what used to be called Northwestern...
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