Is the NFT Revolution a Bubble?
Is the NFT Revolution a Bubble? Foreword Most of the articles in Reflection Attitude were written between one and thirty years ago. The following article was written just before the book was published. The world of crypto, DAOs, DeFi, FinTech, NFTs, and metaverse is changing rapidly. I have commented on each of these in this […]
Russian National Orchestra
It was a great evening at the Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida. The Russian National Orchestra was founded in 1990 and has been described as “a living symbol of the best in Russian art” (Miami Herald) and “as close to perfect as one could hope for” (Trinity Mirror). The orchestra maintains […]
Conducting Beethoven
Three and a half years after conducting Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 in 2003, I was again fortunate — for a second time in a lifetime — this time to conduct Beethoven’s Prometheus Overture. The late Maestro Sidney Rothstein, my friend and mentor, suggested a more complex piece this time and Creatures of the Prometheus filled the […]
Doo-Wop: Why They Keep Going
Most of my posts in the music category are about classical music, but there are a few about Doo-Wop. Last night at the Flagler Auditorium in Bunnell, Florida was was a different kind of “classical” music. The Pop, Rock & Doo-Wop Live! Concert featured Shirley Alston Reeves, original lead singer of The Shirelles, Dennis Tufano, […]
Conducting Mozart
It was a real treat in St. Augustine last Saturday night when Music Director Gerard Schwarz conducted the Mozart Orchestra New York. They performed Mozart’s great last three symphonies, No’s 39, 40, and 41. The 41st, known as the Jupiter Symphony, is my favorite. Mozart composed this great trilogy in a remarkably short time between […]
