Hi, my name is Dr. Maggie Rizzi. I am a philosopher, musician, educator, writer, and documentary film maker. I am currently working on a documentary series about Ann Maguire and a Circle of Heroes, some of the greatest heroes that you have never heard of. But chances are you have been impacted by their work. […]
SYMPATICO is an eclectic and diverse jazz ensemble, all veterans of the Boston jazz scene. Sympatico, the ensemble, has at its core three people with a vast and varied musical experience, particularly with the many types of jazz that make up this truly American art form. Bob, Maggie and Steve have been coming together to […]
Abstract: Its time to jettison the Romantic approach to life and art for a Neo-Renaissance approach exemplified by at least one multifaceted practitioner of music, technology and business, Steve Thomas. Occasionally, there is a major paradigm shift that changes the set of ground rules we share and perceptions of the nature of who we are […]
It is generally a given that music, and other arts, reflect the life and cultural context from which they spring. Some art and artists speak to something more universal than a particular temporal context only, and those are the works that last for generations and become classics. We cherish such classics from as long ago […]
Ever since our Newcastle friends, Mike and Joanne, told us about The Last Ship, and showed us the British telecast of the concert reading of the album by Sting and some of his musical friends when we were in Newcastle in July, we had been looking forward to seeing it. When we found out that […]