Articles, Lectures, Panels
“O Pioneers!” (1:02:00) (3/07/2004)
Moderator Tom Duffy leads panelists Gunther Schuller and David Amram through a fascinating, free-wheeling discussion of their lives and careers in music.
The conference centered on the theme of "Crossing Over" and featured the many different kinds of music we now perform, influenced by jazz, world, ethnic, techno, pop, fusion. As New England Conservatory President, Gunther Schuller steered NEC through one of the most turbulent and formative decades of American and Conservatory history, beginning with NEC’s centennial year. During his tenure as President from 1967–1977, as the Western world rocked to the rhythms of social upheaval and burgeoning youth culture, Schuller formalized NEC's commitment to jazz by establishing the first fully accredited jazz studies program at a music conservatory. Schuller hired Carl Atkins as founding chair of the department, and worked with Atkins to develop the first curriculum and secure such legendary faculty as Jaki Byard and George Russell. Shortly thereafter, he instituted the Third Stream department (which lives on today as Contemporary Improvisation) to explore the regions where the two musical "streams" of classical and jazz meet and mingle, and hired the iconic Ran Blake to be its chair.
Moderator Tom Duffy leads panelists Gunther Schuller and David Amram through a fascinating, free-wheeling discussion of their lives and careers in music.
The conference centered on the theme of "Crossing Over" and featured the many different kinds of music we now perform, influenced by jazz, world, ethnic, techno, pop, fusion. As New England Conservatory President, Gunther Schuller steered NEC through one of the most turbulent and formative decades of American and Conservatory history, beginning with NEC’s centennial year. During his tenure as President from 1967–1977, as the Western world rocked to the rhythms of social upheaval and burgeoning youth culture, Schuller formalized NEC's commitment to jazz by establishing the first fully accredited jazz studies program at a music conservatory. Schuller hired Carl Atkins as founding chair of the department, and worked with Atkins to develop the first curriculum and secure such legendary faculty as Jaki Byard and George Russell. Shortly thereafter, he instituted the Third Stream department (which lives on today as Contemporary Improvisation) to explore the regions where the two musical "streams" of classical and jazz meet and mingle, and hired the iconic Ran Blake to be its chair.
“Common Core, Music Standards, and Assessments for Partnerships” (23:00)
Yale Symposium on Music in Schools June 6, 2015. Morse Recital Hall
Program. I was asked to assess the issues associated with the implementation of a new Common Core of Instruction in Music Education. This was my presentation to the assembled Class of ’57 fellows, all of whom had been discussing novel approaches to music education advancement.
Yale Symposium on Music in Schools June 6, 2015. Morse Recital Hall
Program. I was asked to assess the issues associated with the implementation of a new Common Core of Instruction in Music Education. This was my presentation to the assembled Class of ’57 fellows, all of whom had been discussing novel approaches to music education advancement.
“Who Has Agency To Write Music with Cultural References?”
Diversity in Arts and Action Conference. Mar. 25, 2022 - Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford.
• Panel: Thomas C. Duffy, moderator. Composers Valerie Coleman, Omar Thomas, Carlos Simon, Kevin Day. (1:31:00)
Noted arts educators and administrators were on hand to discuss such topics as the intersection of arts, policy, and community; the need for art to reflect modern times; and other intriguing issues. The Composer/Performer Series featured discussions with several award-winning professionals, such as Carlos Simon, composer-in-residence at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Valerie Coleman, a Grammy-nominated flutist often described as a musical entrepreneur; and other notables. Thomas C. Duffy – moderator.
Diversity in Arts and Action Conference. Mar. 25, 2022 - Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford.
• Panel: Thomas C. Duffy, moderator. Composers Valerie Coleman, Omar Thomas, Carlos Simon, Kevin Day. (1:31:00)
Noted arts educators and administrators were on hand to discuss such topics as the intersection of arts, policy, and community; the need for art to reflect modern times; and other intriguing issues. The Composer/Performer Series featured discussions with several award-winning professionals, such as Carlos Simon, composer-in-residence at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Valerie Coleman, a Grammy-nominated flutist often described as a musical entrepreneur; and other notables. Thomas C. Duffy – moderator.