Pianist, Professor, Blogger - "tweeting about music is like twitching about architecture" (not that twitching about architecture is a bad thing....)
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To quote Sondheim: "I'm still here!" Check out my unique multimedia creations, many either visualizing or distorting (or both) the classics.
YouTube: youtube.com/MMmusing
Blog (16+ years): mmmusing.blogspot.com/
Random Sampler (spin the wheel!): thedoctorinspiteofhimself.co…
Happy Birthday from The Alcotts:
youtube.com/watch?v=9GH1i4Uk…
Blogged: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2026/0…
Birthday Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
Charles Ives Concord Sonata Happy Birthday Alcotts
August has been busy on the blog. Two Dvořák posts: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2025/0…
mmmusing.blogspot.com/2025/0…
including fun content like this: youtube.com/watch?v=lL1RudFi…
...and some Westernized Dvořák: youtube.com/watch?v=esMaxqBt…
...and, speaking of the "New World," a sort of mystical variation on "America the Beautiful" youtube.com/watch?v=vRcl2Adp…
Blog post:
mmmusing.blogspot.com/2025/0…
HAPPY AUGMENTED SIXTH DAY!! To celebrate, I wrote a little waltz featuring MANY augmented sixth chords.
Hear here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
Read more about it here: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2025/0…
When two students named Claire and Elise request a mashup of two famous Claire and Elise pieces, there's no saying no. youtube.com/watch?v=xupQTVme…
Read more about it here: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2025/0…
The mash-up of Chopin's Prelude in E Minor and Dr. Dre's Still D.R.E. you've been waiting for: youtube.com/watch?v=SVtbi2-m…
(even though you didn't know it)
Read more here: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2025/0…
...or, perhaps you prefer it more in Dre's key and tempo: youtube.com/watch?v=OQkYmYP6…
Just before 5/4 is over, a new re-working of a Star Wars theme in 5/4 time: youtu.be/uAF7GILA7mo
Read a little more about it here: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2025/0…
New interactive website for diving into the THREE dances Mozart combines in the Act One Finale of Don Giovanni. Get in there! thedoctorinspiteofhimself.co…
Read more about it here: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2025/0…
Strange new smash-up of Bernstein's "Officer Krupke" and Bizet's "Le bal." youtube.com/watch?v=6al-SNPT…
Read more about it here: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2025/0…
Oh, today is the 150th birthday for the great #Ravel. Made this a few years back: youtube.com/watch?v=1yK4lhqr…
It's March, but very much still Winter (projected to be below 20 tomorrow.). Here's a full Winterreise for you from...the previous century. With full text/translations to follow along to: youtube.com/watch?v=oiW9ybu2… Read a little more about it here: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2025/0…
New "Christmas Eve" anthem...for Christmas Eve. Hear here: youtube.com/watch?v=OPjRg1uE…
Read more about it here: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2024/1…
The blog is cookin' these days. Here, I present a little piano piece built from the musical notes in this staircase. Hear here: youtube.com/watch?v=x6j2fkHV…
Blog post here: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2024/1…
New blog post featuring a new recording (with scrolling score) of Fauré's perfect song, "Lydia" (as piano solo).
youtube.com/watch?v=6YHiTW1G…
Blog post here: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2024/1…
A new blog post featuring many takes on Messiaen's sublime motet "O sacrum convivium!" - including a few of my own. If you love this music and wish it lasted more than four minutes, I have good news! youtube.com/watch?v=f66hQWoc…
Read more about it here: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2024/1…
What happens when you combine music by the two most famous composers named Gustav? Something like this: youtube.com/watch?v=WaJ2HpAs…
Blogged about here: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2024/1…
New choral setting of The Prayer of St. Francis: "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace," here with voices sung by instruments: youtu.be/vscozK4PxJ8?si=9H77…
Read more about it: mmmusing.blogspot.com/2024/1…
