Why do talented musicians commit suicide?
During the 1980s, when Beverly Sills ran the place, a debilitating 54-day strike by the orchestra musicians forced the cancellation of the company's first summer season, and another musicians' strike wiped out the entire fall season in 1989, just as the conductor Christopher Keene, a dynamic musician committed to presenting challenging 20th-century works, arrived to take over from Ms. Sills.
They need to have the musicians fully committed, on their toes and playing their hearts out.
After the two members of Arkady Kots were taken away, a reporter observing the scene asked a policeman what crime the musicians had committed.
A number of grindcore musicians are committed to political and ethical causes, generally leaning towards the far left in connection to grindcore's punk roots.
One thing is certain, though, the day producer King Jammy and musician Wayne Smith committed Under Mi Sleng Teng to 7", having used a Casio MT-40 keyboard, digitally produced dancehall was established for good.
Mr. Perez did it in December at the Bowery Ballroom with a large cast of musicians, but such shows are logistically hard to pull off, and it's hard to get so many musicians to commit to such performances.
Certain great performances can come only from dedicated musicians who commit themselves over many years to a full-time ensemble.
Shortly after the action begins, Rufus Scott, a black jazz musician, commits suicide, impelling his friends to search for the meaning of his death and, consequently, for a deeper understanding of their own identities.
