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    Two Years
    Jeffrey Nytch
    • Mar 13
    • 3 min

    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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    Field Notes, Vol. 4 no. 1: The Vitalness of Space
    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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    Field Notes, Vol. 3, no. 1: We need a bail-out for the arts -- and not just for economic reasons
    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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    Field Notes, Vol. 2 no. 2: Resilience...
    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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    Field Notes are back! Vol. 2 no.1: Ongoing lessons in difficult times
    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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    More Memories from PNME Summers Past
    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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    An Opening Night to Remember
    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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    Thoughts Upon Visiting My 50th State on the Fourth of July
    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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    Field Notes Vol. 1, no. 6: A few thoughts as the semester comes to a close
    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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    Understanding geology can save your life...
    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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    Day Three: Forest Maintenance...and the Joys of Tourists
    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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    Some thoughts on those eyeglasses at San Francisco's MoMA
    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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    "What-If Wednesdays" return with thoughts on Oberlin's recent announcement...
    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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    A musician's thoughts on Notre Dame
    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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    Tafelmusik takes us to another land and time
    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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    What If Wednesdays are here!
    Jeffrey Nytch
    • Jan 30, 2019
    • 2 min

    What If Wednesdays are here!

    Earlier this month I was fortunate to help lead the College Music Society's "Summit 2.0: Re-imaginging the Undergraduate Music...
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    Once again, it's all about relationships
    Jeffrey Nytch
    • Nov 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    Once again, it's all about relationships

    Last year the Pittsburgh philanthropic community tried something new with the notion of "Giving Tuesday," an initiative that's gained...
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    The Winter Olympics brings to mind a great example of opportunity recognition
    Jeffrey Nytch
    • Feb 22, 2018
    • 5 min

    The Winter Olympics brings to mind a great example of opportunity recognition

    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...
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    Where is classical music in the new arts economy?
    Jeffrey Nytch
    • Jan 16, 2018
    • 9 min

    Where is classical music in the new arts economy?

    A recent article in Blue Review by scholars Amanda Ashley and Leslie Durham (“How Universities Train Artists as Makers, Creators, and...
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    Neoliberalism & Music Entrepreneurship: A response
    Jeffrey Nytch
    • Dec 1, 2017
    • 17 min

    Neoliberalism & Music Entrepreneurship: A response

    Andrea Moore’s article, “Neoliberalism and the Musical Entrepreneur” (Journal of the Society for American Music (2016), Vol. 10, number...
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