Ballparks: A Ranking
After receiving a text message from a close friend and conductor colleague (as well as baseball fanatic and epic-stadium-tour compatriot, H/T: Dave Day), I was inspired to catalog my "collection" of baseball stadiums. Having grown up a Red Sox fan, and then since lived in two Major League cities, I have a special place in my heart for a few specific cathedrals of the sport, but have had the opportunity to visit nineteen ballparks, and counting. This unscientific ranking is ba
Musings on a Musical Drive
Driving north to the family homestead in Connecticut, I often remark to myself (or to my unfortunate passengers) of the musical significance as we pass over the George Washington Bridge, the span over the Hudson River connecting Fort Lee, New Jersey, to upper Manhattan. Once I leave New Jersey, the prominent musical landmarks abound (Manhattan alone features a seemingly infinite number of composers, significant locales, and programmatic whereabouts), but the sixty miles of hi