Jeffrey Nytch
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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Jeffrey Nytch
- Aug 16, 2019
- 1 min
Letter from the Fringe, 2019: An evening stroll
One thing that's particularly nice about summer evenings in Scotland: the light lasts well past 9:00pm! And even on rainy days the skies...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Aug 14, 2019
- 3 min
Letter from the Fringe, 2019: A Day Off!
Monday was our first day off in two weeks. I don't think I fully realized how precious that day was until I realized that I didn't need...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Aug 10, 2019
- 1 min
Portraits from Edinburgh
Some portraits of me and my beloved husband! From his first night arriving in Edinburgh, and the wonderful Hungarian restaurant we went...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Aug 10, 2019
- 7 min
Letter from the Fringe, 2019: Geology and History go Hand-in-hand
One of the things that I have always loved about geology, and keeps me learning about it, is the myriad ways it influences human history....
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Aug 4, 2019
- 4 min
Letter from the Fringe, 2019: Up and Running!
Having experienced them for the first time this week, I can now say I’m a big fan of the “Preview” show. In the musical world there’s the...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jul 31, 2019
- 4 min
Letter from the Edinburgh Fringe 2019: First days - July 25-30
Getting Settled In The first few days in Edinburgh have bounced between manic and relaxed, a cycle I hope and expect will relax a bit in...
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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 20, 2019
- 7 min
Reflections on my journey...
When Christopher Columbus made his first journey to the Caribbean one of the entries in his journal, written in the form of a letter to...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jun 18, 2019
- 3 min
Day Seven: Avatar Grove and Big Lonely Doug
Today I rose at a more reasonable hour, made another hearty breakfast, and once again set out up the Gordon River Valley. Though it was...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jun 18, 2019
- 8 min
Day Six: Wear Comfortable Shoes
When asked her secret for singing the huge operas of Richard Wagner so successfully, the famous soprano Birgit Nilsson reportedly said,...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jun 15, 2019
- 2 min
Day Three, part II: Pics as Promised!
Today was spent driving...from Trinidad, California all the way to Olympia, Washington. Thanks to some accidents which resulted in my...
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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 13, 2019
- 4 min
Day Two of Jeff's Old Growth Forest Expedition: Redwood State and National Parks
After a night of deep sleep – accompanied by the serenades of sea lions resting on a rock offshore – I set out yesterday to begin...
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Jeffrey Nytch
- Jun 12, 2019
- 3 min
Jeff's Old Growth Forest Expedition: Day One
Day 1: Drive from Portland to Trinidad, CA Well I’ve hardly begun and have already seen sights to take my breath away. The drive from...
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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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