Consists of promotional materials for events featured in the 2015-2016 season of the University of Michigan's University Musical Society.

This case profiles the Hartford Symphony Orchestra (HSO), which serves residents in the state of Connecticut and southern Massachusetts and represents one of the largest orchestras in New England. Several unique elements of its organizational structure are revealed, before focusing on a set of contract negotiations that hinge on its “core” of 33 members.

Consists of notes to be used when teaching the case study entitled At the Core: Contract Negotiations at the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.

This article discusses the need for harpists to be properly balanced when playing.

Anthology of writing by the ten winners of the 2016 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The pieces are published in order of places awarded: Barry, “The Boys in the Bunkhouse,” (1st place); Goffard, “The Favor,” (2nd place); McCrummen, “A Father’s Scars,” (3rd place), and runners-up, Bomey, Gallagher and Stryker, “How Detroit was Reborn”; Hesse, “Love and Fire”; Schweitzer, “Chasing Bayla”; Varble, “Then the Walls Closed In”; Kimberlin and Bryant, “Dangerous Minds”; Harbarger, “Fred Nelligan”; and Johnson, “Murray's Problem."

Bernard A. Booker, wry old Maine codger and unofficial mayor of Ell Pond, is the subject of Booker’s Point, an oral history-inspired portrait-in-verse. Weaving storytelling, natural history, and the poetry of place, the collection evokes the sensibility of rural New England and the pleasures of a good story.

This article discusses how to engage with the musical structure of a work to enhance a musician's performance.

Convict Cowboys is the first book on the nation’s first prison rodeo, which ran from 1931 to 1986. At its apogee the Texas Prison Rodeo drew 30,000 spectators on October Sundays. Mitchel P. Roth portrays the Texas Prison Rodeo against a backdrop of Texas history, covering the history of rodeo, the prison system, and convict leasing, as well as important figures in Texas penology including Marshall Lee Simmons, O.B. Ellis, and George J. Beto, and the changing prison demimonde. Over the years the rodeo arena not only boasted death-defying entertainment that would make professional cowboys think twice, but featured a virtual who’s who of American popular culture. Readers will be treated to stories about numerous American and Texas folk heroes, including Western film stars ranging from Tom Mix to John Wayne, and music legends such as Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. Through extensive archival research Roth introduces readers to the convict cowboys in both the rodeo arena and behind prison walls, giving voice to a legion of previously forgotten inmate cowboys who risked life and limb for a few dollars and the applause of free-world crowds. The contents include: Texas prisons: a pattern of neglect -- A cowboy's a man …

This article discusses the use of white space between notes to enhance a harpist's technical skills.

his case profiles the merger between the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and The Music School. Completed in 2000, the merger of the two organizations represents the first and largest successful merger of a professional orchestra with an existing community music school in the United States.

Consists of notes to be used when teaching the case study entitled Culture Shock: The Merger of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School.

Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall. This video is shot from the orchestra's perspective, showing the conductor.

Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Studio Recital performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Harp ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Brass band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.