Brooklyn Diasporism

A fabled downtown NYC epicenter of Black creative music returns to life in a new concert series | Gothamist

“What is it that makes you conceive whatever it is that you are conceiving? I should say, first of all, sticking purely to musical matters, the memory of all music you’ve ever heard before.” —Leonard Bernstein

23 for ’23: Composers and performers to watch this year | Michael Brodeur for The Washington Post

Samuel Fosso’s Century in Selfies | The New Yorker

Review: Carnegie Hall Makes an Intimate Space More Intimate – The New York Times

An artist does not owe their audience beauty. It is, rather, the audience’s responsibility to find beauty in the art.

On this day in 1958, Leonard Bernstein conducted his first Young People’s Concert | @leonardbernsteinofficial Instagram

A New Flame for Black Fire | Ishmael Reed | The New York Review of Books