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Topics include lethargy versus creativity, staying apprised of our colleagues' work, the politics and fashion of the orchestral tailcoat, and more. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, and Tim Rosenberg.

Topics include the Library of Congress’s National Jukebox project, Google’s new music service, revising scores, and more. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, and Nate Bliton.

Topics include streaming opera performances, the future of American orchestras, rethinking digital distribution, the existential crisis of glockenspiel vibrato, and more. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, and David Daniels.

The h2 quartet’s Kim Goddard joins us this week as we discuss our trip to the New Music USA town hall meeting in Chicago, composer Elliot Cole’s rap EP, corporate sponsorship of the arts, and more. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, and Kim Goddard.

Topics include Q2’s list of 100 composers under 40, Zhou Long’s Pulitzer, grooving robots, the future of the avant-garde, and more. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, and Roger Petersen.

Topics include the Brazilian Symphony concert walkout, the rebirth of a Honolulu orchestra, Eric Whitacre’s YouTube choir, music volume wars, new-music in musicology, and more. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, and Nate Bliton.

Oh no! We lost most of our episode this week to the computer gremlins. We had a great conversation with composer Ken Ueno (@dj_moderne), but you’re going to have to take our word for it because we can’t show it to you. We’re pretty bummed about it. On a brighter note, the Detroit Symphony strike has ended, and Patrick and Nate were there for their season opener.

NewMusicBox’s Molly Sheridan joins us to discuss the American Music Center-Meet the Composer merger. We also discuss the latest from the DSO, the RIAA’s suit against Limewire, and Rob Deemer’s article about architects and chefs. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, and Molly Sheridan.

Topics include the standardization of musical competence, visual art vs. music, ethnic diversity in young audiences, and pick of the week: Nico Muhly’s “Mothertongue”. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, and Nate Bliton.

Topics include the DSO’s latest musician loss, how not to use social media, the YouTube symphony, copyrighting pi, and more. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, and Nate Bliton.

Orchestra consultant and blogger Drew McManus joins us on the show this week. Topics include the business of a big orchestra, the DSO’s current status, the impact of new and social media on performing arts groups, and more. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, and Drew McManus.

Composer Matt Schoendorff joins us on the show this week. Topics include Matt’s music for wind ensembles and young musicians, the DSO musician’s offer to end the strike, the economics of classical music, the NEA’s study on the public’s interaction with the arts, and more. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, and Matt Schoendorff.

Topics include Meerenai Shim on patronage and commissioning Daniel Felsenfeld, New York Philharmonic new fundraising ideas, sexy marketing in classical music, diversity in the Vienna Philharmonic, the Detroit Symphony administration’s latest threats, and more. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, and Meerenai Shim.

Topics include the Detroit Symphony’s big cancellation, NEA budget cuts, controversial remarks from the NEA chair and Kennedy Center president, Michael Daugherty’s Grammy, Anna Nicole up in Lights, Radiohead’s new album, Spider-Man’s broadway spectacle, and more. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, and Nate Bliton.

Topics include Bachtrack’s report on programming in 2010, the New York Philharmonic’s omission of female composers in the coming season, NY Times columnist Max Frankel’s take on John Adams’s Nixon in China, and more. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, Sam Merciers, and David MacDonald.