Some upsetting news out of upstate NY: several dozen pianos at Ithaca College's Whalen School of Music have been vandalized this weekend. From the Ithaca Journal: The damage was discovered at about 9 a.m. Sunday in the practice rooms on the first floor...

There's gotta be a story behind this... Ran into Steve Buscemi today at work. Someone asked him if he was an accompanist. He said he was an accompanot. My life is always amusing.--@MissCarlyPants on Twitter

Nicole Tubman sends along the following info about a fascinating event coming up this Thursday morning at Discover Times Square Exposition in NYC, featuring Leonardo da Vinci's hypothetical-but-never-built Harpsichord Viola: On Thursday, December 10,...

If you're in the Sudbury area on December 19, you might want to check out Silver Bells, an evening of popular and seasonal favorites performed by soprano Renée Salewski, baritone Anthony Cleverton, and pianist Charlene Biggs. From the event's press...

Often readers send me questions to ask publicly on the blog, since the superior hive mind of the CPB readership is incredibly diversified and eager to hold forth on matters of interest to the collaborative field. Doug MacNaughton asked the following...