“Elixir of Love” at the Met Opera: a Terrific Cast Freshens Up a Dowdy Production

Sacred Chants Reverberating Once Again August 4, 2010   |   The New York Times TBILISI, Georgia – On a swelteringly hot morning in this elegant capital city recently, worshippers crammed in the ornately frescoed sixth-century Anchiskhati Basilica. Women in colorful head scarves prayed and kissed icons as the venerable Anchiskhati Choir sang ...

Edna Golandsky working with Scott Cohen on the Taubman Approach at the Golandsky Institute at Princeton University. Photo by Laura Pedrick. Training Musical Athletes How to Stay Healthy July 19, 2012  |  The New York Times PRINCETON, N.J. — Like a coach teaching a gymnast how to land gracefully, the ...

Aliens Are Attacking. Cue the Strings. December 26, 2008  |  The New York Times In the video game BioShock turbulent Rachmaninoff-like music plays while an evil composer named Cohen shouts, “Presto, presto” before incinerating a hapless pianist and his instrument. In Battlefield: Bad Company gamers hear a string quintet playing ...