During my stay at Civitella Ranieri in May/June 2018, I made inroads into a new work for violin and piano. Provisionally titled White Lines, this work (still in progress) will draw on musical material from a 1983 rap song of the same name by Melle Mel (a song that...
The time and space that the Civitella Ranieri provides is absolutely essential for artists and scholars. The mix of disciplines and aesthetics represented among the fellows is uniquely inspiring. And an afternoon espresso will never quite be the same for me now that...
