Belonging for Whom? Seeing Class in Classical Music Institutions

22 April 2026 Editor’s note: This essay is based on the author’s talk at the CMS Think-Tank Summit—Ideas into Action: Reimagining Music Schools for 2026 and Beyond at the Moores School of Music, University of Houston on January 16-18, 2026. Proceedings of the Summit...

The Basset Clarinet of Anton Stadler

01 October 1982 Anton Stadler was a clarinet virtuoso of Vienna and close friend of Mozart (Fig. 1).1 Figure 1. Silhouette of Anton Stadler. Courtesy of the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, East Berlin. Stadler and Theodor Lotz (who was Royal Instrument Maker to the...

Sketch Study and Analysis: Berg's Twelve-Tone Music

01 October 1993 The usefulness of sketch studies for analysis has been a topic of some controversy in recent years, particularly since the exchange that took place in 19th Century Music in 1978 between Douglas Johnson and others.1 In his arguments against the use of...

A Brief History of Composers' Groups in the United States

01 October 1980 From a hasty perusal of this year's CMS program (1979), I can only conclude that there are but few of us reckless generalists still about, ready to cover the entire history of a country's musical activity, or at least one part of it, in something like...

Analyzing Improvised Jazz

01 October 1992 Now that jazz is achieving respectability in educational circles and analysts are applying their diverse techniques to improvised solos, it is appropriate to review what is being done in jazz analysis and to suggest a direction for the future. The...

Crossing Over with Integrity

04 November 2013 “And when his hand he had stretch’d forth To mine, with pleasant looks, whence I was cheer’d, Into that secret place he led me on.”1 Venturing across disciplines in musical practice and pedagogy is often seen as a path fraught with peril, yet the...

Staying Relevant: How a Radio Behemoth has Weathered the Storms of Change to Survive in the New Media Market of the 21st Century

01 May 2020 Abstract Any company that expects to survive in the 21st century – especially in the music industry – will need to adapt to the ever-changing business landscape. Few companies have exhibited the survival instincts that iHeart Media has over their...