Jeffrey Nytch
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 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
- Jan 16, 2021
- 4 min
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, 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
- Jul 1, 2019
- 5 min
Understanding geology can save your life...
I was going to post about this during my forest trip last month, but the trees kept calling me...and so I set aside the geological...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jun 14, 2019
- 7 min
Day Three: Forest Maintenance...and the Joys of Tourists
Today was once again spent in the many parks that make up the combined "Redwood National and State Parks." There is, as one might expect,...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jun 1, 2019
- 2 min
Some thoughts on those eyeglasses at San Francisco's MoMA
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/a-pair-of-glasses-were-left-on-the-floor-at-museum-and-everyone-mistook-it-for-...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Apr 24, 2019
- 4 min
"What-If Wednesdays" return with thoughts on Oberlin's recent announcement...
A provocative piece of news came out from Oberlin College recently, and it’s caused quite a stir within music higher education. The...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Apr 16, 2019
- 3 min
A musician's thoughts on Notre Dame
Like so many around the globe, I’m positively heartsick over yesterday’s fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. To stand helplessly by as...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Mar 5, 2019
- 3 min
Tafelmusik takes us to another land and time
Last night I had the pleasure of attending a concert presented by Tafelmusik, the Toronto-based early music ensemble. The program, "A...
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