Jeffrey Nytch
Two Years
It was two years ago today – Friday the 13th, as it turns out – that we got that fateful email: the campus was closing for the rest of...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Oct 12, 2021
- 5 min
Field Notes, Vol. 4 no. 1: The Vitalness of Space
Two weeks ago the CU-Boulder College of Music officially opened its new wing to the Warner Imig Music Building, a 50,000 square-foot...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- May 20, 2021
- 6 min
Field Notes, Vol. 3, no. 3: A Virtual Trip to Vienna
May 18, 2021 It was 1:00 am and my body did not appreciate the chiming of my alarm waking me up out of a deep sleep. I’d gone to bed as...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Feb 23, 2021
- 7 min
Field Notes, Vol. 3, no. 2: Preparing for What's Next
As I wrote last month, a critical component of our nation’s recovery from the pandemic – both economically and socially – will be to fund...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jan 16, 2021
- 4 min
Field Notes, Vol. 3, no. 1: We need a bail-out for the arts -- and not just for economic reasons
In 2008, the Federal government deemed an $83 billion bailout of the automotive industry essential to stabilizing an economy in freefall....
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jan 6, 2021
- 4 min
Field Notes, Vol. 2 no. 2: Resilience...
"I honestly don't know how we come out of this. If I were a student again I'd be leaving music school to do something else." My colleague...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Oct 27, 2020
- 1 min
Field Notes are back! Vol. 2 no.1: Ongoing lessons in difficult times
After a long summer and a tumultuous Fall, here's the latest "Field Notes" -- originally intended for September...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jul 17, 2020
- 5 min
More Memories from PNME Summers Past
Last week I wrote about a PNME opening night to remember in which I fell off a ladder in the City Theatre lobby and shattered my wrist....
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jul 10, 2020
- 5 min
An Opening Night to Remember
Since my beloved Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's summer season was cancelled this year, we decided to ask members of the PNME family to...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jul 7, 2020
- 18 min
Thoughts Upon Visiting My 50th State on the Fourth of July
This past weekend, I visited my 50th state. A few things to get out of the way first before I get to what I really want to talk about:...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- May 12, 2020
- 7 min
Field Notes Vol. 1, no. 6: A few thoughts as the semester comes to a close
Oh my: the last few months have been quite something, haven’t they? It’s hard for me to believe that the last edition of these Field...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Feb 11, 2020
- 5 min
Field Notes Vol. 1, no. 5: The Joy of Teams
Say the word “team” to me and the first thing I’m likely to think of is getting picked last in gym class when teams were being chosen,...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jan 29, 2020
- 1 min
Keynote address: Center for Teaching & Learning at CU-Boulder
I was honored to address about 80 graduate students last week at the Spring conference of the Center for Teaching & Learning at The...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jan 15, 2020
- 1 min
Field Notes Vol. 1 no. 4: Entrepreneurship Pedagogy...with a side of Jazz!
This edition of "Field Notes" takes us to the U.S. Assn. of Small Business and Entrepreneurship conference in New Orleans.
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jan 14, 2020
- 1 min
Interview with Philip Bouchard in "Trusted Peer"
I was honored to be featured in the latest issue of "Trusted Peer," one of the most widely-read entrepreneurship blogs in the country....
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Dec 3, 2019
- 1 min
Field Notes, Vol. 1 no. 3: "Jazz with a side of chicken and waffles"
Here's my latest installment of "Field Notes from the Entrepreneurship Center for Music."
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Nov 22, 2019
- 1 min
Field Notes, Vol. 1 no. 2: Can art be "entrepreneurial"?
Check out my latest "Field Notes" here!
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Oct 29, 2019
- 1 min
Introducing "Field Notes from the ECM"
Check out this new series I'm launching, "Field Notes from the Entrepreneurship Center for Music." My first entry is here. Let me know if...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Aug 27, 2019
- 6 min
Letter from the Fringe, 2019: Reflections on the experience...
Home! It’s hard to know how to summarize the experience of spending an entire month in Edinburgh performing at the Festival Fringe, the...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Aug 20, 2019
- 3 min
Letter from the Fringe, 2019: A day trip to the Highlands!
Our last day off for our run at the Edinburgh Fringe was last Monday, where me and some friends took a bus tour up into the Scottish...
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