Teddy and Jecorey Arthur Featured on NPR's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

Teddy and longtime collaborator Jecorey Arthur (rapper, classical percussionist, educator, and Louisville Metro Councilman for District 4) talked to Ari Shapiro on NPR’s All Things Considered in advance of the Louisville Orchestra’s March 27 performance featuring Jecorey in a program exploring the story of Black Music in America. Here’s the interview and article: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/26/981694099/music-is-music-a-rapper-and-a-conductor-cross-centuries-in-louisville

Teddy Releases "FOURTH MODE" - a Track for World Sleep Day

Happy #WorldSleepDay! I just released a new track called FOURTH MODE to celebrate... I definitely didn't have the best sleep habits growing up and didn't factor healthy sleep into my routine (and I didn't have much of a healthy routine anyway). As my roommates from my San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Curtis Institute of Music days can attest, sleep mostly meant the moment when you literally couldn't practice or work another minute. There are still face marks on my Brahms symphonies scores from where I would just kind of expire each night in front of the heater in my Sunset neighborhood apartment in SF.. So to recognize World Sleep Day I took one of my favorite pieces - and a work that I used to practice late at night - Bach's Goldberg Variations - and "launched" the famous melody of the Aria up into the sky. Bach wrote this work to placate the insomnia of a wealthy Count, giving it the odd position of simultaneously entertaining and soothing its commissioner. His Variations ended up reflecting the ideals of "cosmic music" - contrapuntal perfection that never loses its humanity and expressivity. Playing the Goldberg Variations once served my own insomnia, so I offer my little FOURTH MODE as a gift back to Bach and as a spaced-out, relaxing moment for you all to enjoy as you consider the importance of a healthy sleep cycle!

Listen here: https://fanlink.to/e3yf

"Be Embraced" - A Lecture on Beethoven!

Teddy released a lecture on the creative process of Beethoven called “Be Embraced: The Struggle and Transcendence of Beethoven.” He delves into the choices Beethoven made to create some of his best-known piano works, including Für Elise and the Op. 109 piano sonata. Here’s the lecture, which was created for the Ross McKee Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deBhh2ZIRCI

Vogue Features the Louisville Orchestra's Opening Concert

Vogue just featured the Louisville Orchestra in a piece about our opening concert of the 2020-21 Virtual Edition season. The article centers on our world premiere of Davóne Tines’ VIGIL, a piece written in memory of Breonna Taylor. The concert serves as both a healing and memorial performance for our city. Here is the article: https://www.vogue.com/article/louisville-orchestra-breonna-taylor

"Lift Up Louisville" featured on PBS NewsHour

Teddy helped lead an effort to bring dozens of Louisville musicians together, including Jim James, Will Oldham, Ben Sollee, Jecorey Arthur, Dani Markham, and Scott Carney, to create a song that belongs to the city of Louisville and its people during a time of tragedy and uncertainty. PBS NewsHour covered the release of the song, called Lift Up Louisville: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/louisville-musicians-make-a-song-for-the-city-amid-crisis

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