Jeffrey Nytch
Field Notes Vol. 5 no 3: Logo Soup
I realize I'm biased when I say this, but my husband is pretty amazing. Take for instance the work he does as Asst. Vice President for...
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Jeffrey Nytch
Nov 214 min read
Field Notes, Vol. 5 no 2: "More than ever..."
Earlier this week I woke up in a bad space. I’m talking, “I can’t bear facing the world” kind of bad space. The feeling was probably made...
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Jeffrey Nytch
Nov 131 min read
Interview in La Scena Musicale
I was humbled and pleased to be interviewed for this article on leading arts entrepreneurship centers in the United States, published in...
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Jeffrey Nytch
Oct 11 min read
"Lessons from the Woods"
College Music Symposium, Volume 64, no. 2 I was pleased to have been invited to contribute to the latest issue of the College Music...
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Jeffrey Nytch
Jun 288 min read
Field Notes, Vol. 5 no 1: "We are ancestors, too"
Hello, friends! I know it’s been a while since I last wrote. I’ve been on a full-year sabbatical, which has not only given me the...
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Jeffrey Nytch
Nov 16, 20232 min read
A Special Edition of "Field Notes": MacDowell Discoveries
Some Introductory Thoughts I’m just off a three week residency at MacDowell, and it was nothing short of transformational. As I post this...
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Jeffrey Nytch
Apr 25, 20238 min read
Field Notes, Vol. 4 no. 3: But will it scale?
On April 12, we here at The University of Colorado-Boulder had our New Venture Challenge Championships, the culminating event in a...
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Jeffrey Nytch
Jan 23, 20236 min read
Field Notes, Vol. 4 no. 2: The Next Birds and Mammals
A month or so ago I posted the first part of two-part edition of “Field Notes” in which I began contemplating what’s next for the...
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Jeffrey Nytch
Nov 16, 20224 min read
Field Notes, Vol. 4, no. 1: Dinosaurs and Killer Astroids
The other day I read the latest research on the effects of the Chicxulub asteroid that crashed into Earth approx. 66 million years ago....
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Jeffrey Nytch
Mar 13, 20223 min read
Field Notes: Vol. 3, no. 2: 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, 20215 min read
Field Notes, Vol. 3 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, 20216 min read
Field Notes, Vol. 2, no. 4: 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, 20217 min read
Field Notes, Vol. 2, no. 3: 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 27, 20214 min read
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
Jan 16, 20214 min read
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
Oct 27, 20201 min read
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, 20205 min read
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, 20205 min read
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, 202018 min read
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, 20207 min read
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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