Jeffrey Nytch

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 discussion for another tim...

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, much to see -- and ...

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A provocative piece of news came out from Oberlin College recently, and it’s caused quite a stir within music higher education. The article, Oberlin Eyes Enr...

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 something so filled...

Last night I had the pleasure of attending a concert presented by Tafelmusik, the Toronto-based early music ensemble. The program, "A Tale of Two Cities: the...

Earlier this month I was fortunate to help lead the College Music Society's "Summit 2.0: Re-imaginging the Undergraduate Music Curriculum." One of the sessio...

Last year the Pittsburgh philanthropic community tried something new with the notion of "Giving Tuesday," an initiative that's gained tremendous traction ove...

The last couple of days at the Winter Olympics have featured on of my favorite of all sports events: the bobsled! And the timing is fortuitous, because bobsl...

A recent article in Blue Review by scholars Amanda Ashley and Leslie Durham (“How Universities Train Artists as Makers, Creators, and Doers” Blue Review, Jan...

Andrea Moore’s article, “Neoliberalism and the Musical Entrepreneur” (Journal of the Society for American Music (2016), Vol. 10, number 1, pp. 33-53) is maki...

You’ve probably heard about the Newport Contemporary Music Series, recently launched (if that’s the appropriate term) in Rhode Island and crashing to an igno...

If you glanced at the opening program of the Colorado Symphony’s 2017-18 season, playing this weekend in Denver, you might be tempted to make the assumption ...

As I begin 2017, I'm wrapping up Phase One of my sabbatical year and reflecting on how action-packed the last five months have been! Since September I’ve wri...

This week while I was in residence at Michigan State University, I had a student come up to me and ask a great question: What can I do after I graduate to co...

College Music Society Summit on 21st-century Music School Design Morning Remarks: Will May – Dean, Baylor University School of Music Mary Ellen Poole – Direc...

Colorado Arts Advocacy Day Address “Money and the Muses: The Economic Impact of the Arts” Jeffrey Nytch, DMA Asst. Professor & Director of The Entrepreneursh...

We've had two big losses in the music world this week. First was news of the passing of Gunther Schuller, a giant of American music and a teacher/mentor to s...

I read with great interest – and, frankly, great irritation – the article on NPR’s “Deceptive Cadence” blog about a young Estonian composer whose work was ca...

Because I delight in irony, I thought I’d post this blog on Valentine’s Day and in conjunction with the premiere weekend of the much-hyped “50 Shades of Grey...