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‘Art is a process, not a product. A book is only the ending of a process perhaps, for the time being, a process which will continue through another work.’

Apr 11

The Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra conductor discusses the two unprecedented programs of music by Black composers he'll lead in March with the New York Philharmonic.

The Courant's arts picks for Feb. 19-25 include multiple shows that originated during or are about the 1980s. For more modern tastes, there is an afternoon of punk bands in New Haven, a night of post-hardcore in Hartford and country music star HARDY in Wallingford.

The writing lies between prose and poetry, fiction and non-fiction, telling and showing, image and word, poem and prayer.

Rita Dove, whose many accomplishments include the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and a stint as United States Poet Laureate, will appear at Missouri University of Science and Technology as the

Six rising stars in arts leadership curated this special episode.

Simply Quartet are, simply, ‘one of the brightest quartets of its generation’ says Vladimir Balshin. As cellist of one of the world’s oldest and most distinguished chamber groups, he should know.