Is there a way to teach counterpoint that is less of a drag?

The other night, the family and I went to a Handel’s Messiah singalong at Lincoln Center. This is an enjoyable holiday tradition where professional singers, conductors and musicians perform the Messiah, and the audience sings along for all the choral parts. You have to bring your own score, and this attracts a very specific kind …

New podcast episode on McCoy Tyner and the fourths chord

Making my first podcast episode really lit a fire under me, so I quickly produced a second one, about quartal harmony in jazz, classical and film music. The Fourths Chord by Ethan Hein The sound that connects McCoy Tyner, Erik Satie, Miles Davis and Star Trek Read on Substack