Over the past few years Joseph Herbst has busied himself with a variety of projects including his sextet’s debut album, This is Our Environment - a fourteen-track LP combining original compositions, spoken word, and an acute awareness of one’s social/global environment. The album is in turns joyful, fiery, heartfelt, fun, and moral, but above all it is a celebration of creativity. Read on!
Read MoreThis week marks the one-year publication anniversary of the NewMusicShelf Anthology of New Music for Alto Saxophone, Volume 1, curated by yours truly. To celebrate this occasion, I am dedicating Issue No. 13 of The Theisen Journal to reflecting on this project’s inception, goals, composers, launch recital, and further developments!
Read MoreThis week my review of Quinsin Nachoff’s album Pivotal Arc was published through Megan Ihnen’s Sybaritic Singer. You’ll definitely want to go over and read my review and, while you’re there, explore all of the other musical goodies that Sybaritic Singer has to offer!
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