THINKING ABOUT HONORING OTHERS AND NEW BEGINNINGS AFTER YEAR'S END 2024

"NOT INDIFFERENCE, BUT DETACHMENT" (OLIVER SACKS)

A NOTABLE EVENT IN MUSIC: SEATTLE SYMPHONY HAS A NEW FEMALE MUSIC DIRECTOR, XIAN ZHANG

TWO MORE REASONS WHY WOMEN - AND MEN - SHOULD SPEAK AND ACT UP CONSISTENT WITH HUMANIST AND PRO-FEMINIST VALUES IN MUSIC, MEDICINE, AND LIFE

LONELINESS AND MUSIC

IN 2024 THE MUSIC WORLD (and AI) HAS NOT "COME A LONG WAY...BABY"...AS THE 1969 VIRGINIA SLIMS' CIGARETTE COMMERCIAL SAID (image created by AI*)

MUSIC - "FROM MY VERY FIRST CONTACT ... AND UNWAVERINGLY EVER SINCE..."

FURTHER THOUGHTS ON "WAR WORDS" AND ON "NO" AS A "COMPLETE ANSWER"?

THE WONDER OF BUTOH DANCE, ORIGINAL MUSIC -- AND HAPPY GAY PRIDE MONTH!

COULD YOU HOST A GROUPMUSE PERFORMER IN YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT AND SUPPORT LOCAL MUSICIANS?

BEYOND PONTIFICATING: ACTIONS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT MUSIC AND PEACE

ROCKSTARS, MEDICINE, AND MUSIC: LAUREN RISSMAN, MD

INTRODUCING NEW LATIN AMERICAN GENRES OF FOLK MUSIC, NEW GUITAR, AND NEW GROUPMUSE MUSICIAN TO THE BAY AREA AUDIENCE

RUTH SLENCZYNSKA: "MAKE A PIECE YOURS - THEN PLAY IT!"

MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE: ALONDRA DE LA PARRA - SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY'S NEXT MUSIC DIRECTOR/CONDUCTOR?

DEAR FRIENDS: WOULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK UP FOR WOMEN IN MUSIC IN SAN FRANCISCO & YOUR CITY?