Dr Amy Zigler
@dramyzigler.bsky.social
Ethel Smyth scholar, new music pianist; Asst Professor of Musicology, UNC Greensboro; she/her; my views are my own and mostly have to do with women composers
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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Applications are open until Tuesday 31 March for the RPS Ambache Fund, offering grants of up to £5,000 to support performers, ensembles, venues and festivals putting music by historic women composers at the heart of their programming. Find out more: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/performers/r...
January 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Applications are open until Tuesday 31 March for the RPS Ambache Fund, offering grants of up to £5,000 to support performers, ensembles, venues and festivals putting music by historic women composers at the heart of their programming. Find out more: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/performers/r...
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This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 1:39 AM
This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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friends and colleagues, a new AMS update: if you signed the petition, you should've received an email outlining what has happened in the last month, communications w Council and the Board, & new info. for everyone, there's new info regarding JAMS & its editorial independence
December 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
friends and colleagues, a new AMS update: if you signed the petition, you should've received an email outlining what has happened in the last month, communications w Council and the Board, & new info. for everyone, there's new info regarding JAMS & its editorial independence
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Re AMS: In case you think you'd heard it all, there's a new memo from the editors of JAMS, the flagship journal. It is striking imo that the AMS didn't provide any financial data to support their perceived threat to close it down. amsaccountabilityarchive.carrd.co?fbclid=IwY2x...
AMS Accountability Archive
Grassroots membership response to a professional society in crisis
amsaccountabilityarchive.carrd.co
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Re AMS: In case you think you'd heard it all, there's a new memo from the editors of JAMS, the flagship journal. It is striking imo that the AMS didn't provide any financial data to support their perceived threat to close it down. amsaccountabilityarchive.carrd.co?fbclid=IwY2x...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times.
Jason Isbell
Frank Turner
Ben Folds
Smyth - The Wreckers
Daughters of the Revolution
Jason Isbell
Frank Turner
Ben Folds
Smyth - The Wreckers
Daughters of the Revolution
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times.
Jason Isbell
Frank Turner
Ben Folds
Smyth - The Wreckers
Daughters of the Revolution
Jason Isbell
Frank Turner
Ben Folds
Smyth - The Wreckers
Daughters of the Revolution
Excited to present my research on #ethelsmyth 's Der Wald today!
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Excited to present my research on #ethelsmyth 's Der Wald today!
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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in case this hasn’t made it over here yet amsaccountabilityarchive.carrd.co
AMS Accountability Archive
Grassroots membership response to a professional society in crisis
amsaccountabilityarchive.carrd.co
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
in case this hasn’t made it over here yet amsaccountabilityarchive.carrd.co
Looking forward to presenting my paper, 'Love has the Victory!': Musical Representations of Female Power in Ethel Smyth's Der Wald at the AMS-SMT Joint Annual Meeting! #AMSMT25
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Looking forward to presenting my paper, 'Love has the Victory!': Musical Representations of Female Power in Ethel Smyth's Der Wald at the AMS-SMT Joint Annual Meeting! #AMSMT25
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A Cuban man deported by the U.S. to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security prison having been held there for more than three months without being charged or having access to legal counsel under the Trump administration’s third-country program.
A Cuban man deported by the US to Africa is on a hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says
A lawyer representing a Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini says he is on a hunger strike after being held at a maximum-security prison for more than three months without charge or access to legal counsel.
bit.ly
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A Cuban man deported by the U.S. to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security prison having been held there for more than three months without being charged or having access to legal counsel under the Trump administration’s third-country program.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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FYI - Samantha Ege and I have a new article on Julia Perry arriving online in the latest issue of @oxfordamerican.bsky.social next Tuesday! I'm so excited for this piece to be published, I think it is one of the best writing projects I've ever been a part of
August 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
FYI - Samantha Ege and I have a new article on Julia Perry arriving online in the latest issue of @oxfordamerican.bsky.social next Tuesday! I'm so excited for this piece to be published, I think it is one of the best writing projects I've ever been a part of
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35 years ago today, Deee-Lite released “Groove Is in the Heart,” a kaleidoscopic dance-floor explosion blending Herbie Hancock samples, Bootsy Collins funk, and a Q-Tip verse. With its trippy video and infectious beat, it became an instant club classic.
August 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
35 years ago today, Deee-Lite released “Groove Is in the Heart,” a kaleidoscopic dance-floor explosion blending Herbie Hancock samples, Bootsy Collins funk, and a Q-Tip verse. With its trippy video and infectious beat, it became an instant club classic.
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Genuinely, if any SE Michigander wants a tuba for this purpose, my brother bought a tuba exactly for this reason (I am not joking) and then realized he's not great at playing it.
So if you want a tuba, DMs open.
(A reasonable offer would be appreciated, probably.)
So if you want a tuba, DMs open.
(A reasonable offer would be appreciated, probably.)
If you really want to drive the point home about how fucked up ICE is then people should start forcing Star Wars themes on ICE. Protesters should start playing the imperial march whenever ICE shows up and should also start dressing like the rebel alliance.
June 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Genuinely, if any SE Michigander wants a tuba for this purpose, my brother bought a tuba exactly for this reason (I am not joking) and then realized he's not great at playing it.
So if you want a tuba, DMs open.
(A reasonable offer would be appreciated, probably.)
So if you want a tuba, DMs open.
(A reasonable offer would be appreciated, probably.)
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we all know how hard i support the democracy tuba movement
If you really want to drive the point home about how fucked up ICE is then people should start forcing Star Wars themes on ICE. Protesters should start playing the imperial march whenever ICE shows up and should also start dressing like the rebel alliance.
June 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
we all know how hard i support the democracy tuba movement
Just finished my first year teaching at UNCG School of Music! Huge congrats to all the students, including MM composition grads Kevin Leroy Grant Jr and Westly Heflin.
And many kudos to my first-year mentor, Joan Titus!
One year down, many more to go!
And many kudos to my first-year mentor, Joan Titus!
One year down, many more to go!
May 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Just finished my first year teaching at UNCG School of Music! Huge congrats to all the students, including MM composition grads Kevin Leroy Grant Jr and Westly Heflin.
And many kudos to my first-year mentor, Joan Titus!
One year down, many more to go!
And many kudos to my first-year mentor, Joan Titus!
One year down, many more to go!
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I wrote a letter to the editor of Music Analysis about a 39-page review of Phil Ewell's book that they published. I think it could have used some … editing. It's open access for now while it's pre-print so enjoy while you can. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I wrote a letter to the editor of Music Analysis about a 39-page review of Phil Ewell's book that they published. I think it could have used some … editing. It's open access for now while it's pre-print so enjoy while you can. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Music folks (not just AMS): We have to be in this together. “There is no government agency or large foundation coming to save us. If the ecosystem of music scholars, teachers, performers, and organizations is to survive, we will have to save ourselves.”
www.amsmusicology.org/coalition-of...
www.amsmusicology.org/coalition-of...
Coalition of Music Organizations to Help Address Lost Grant Access
The AMS launches a voluntary association of music organizations designed to strengthen the music and education sector.
www.amsmusicology.org
April 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Music folks (not just AMS): We have to be in this together. “There is no government agency or large foundation coming to save us. If the ecosystem of music scholars, teachers, performers, and organizations is to survive, we will have to save ourselves.”
www.amsmusicology.org/coalition-of...
www.amsmusicology.org/coalition-of...
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Cannot even imagine being this poor kid, one minute you're dicking around with your friends in NYC and the next you're brought to a prison in a foreign country despite having no previous run-ins with the law or anything.
www.newsweek.com/merwil-gutie...
www.newsweek.com/merwil-gutie...
ICE agents realize they arrested wrong teen, say 'take him anyway'
Merwil Gutiérrez, was deported to El Salvador's notorious super prison, despite his family's insistence that he has no gang ties or criminal history.
www.newsweek.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Cannot even imagine being this poor kid, one minute you're dicking around with your friends in NYC and the next you're brought to a prison in a foreign country despite having no previous run-ins with the law or anything.
www.newsweek.com/merwil-gutie...
www.newsweek.com/merwil-gutie...
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“While in the interrogation room, Makled said, a man in plain clothes entered and began speaking to him. He said he recalls the man telling him: ‘We know you're a lawyer. We know you take on big cases.’”
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“While in the interrogation room, Makled said, a man in plain clothes entered and began speaking to him. He said he recalls the man telling him: ‘We know you're a lawyer. We know you take on big cases.’”
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60,000 North Carolina voters now have 15 days to cure their ballots. Not to be crazz but: are there 1000 volunteers on this site willing to track down 60 voters each & help them do it? I kind of think there are? Literally, here's the .xls file (& explanation): www.ncsbe.gov/information-...
Information for Voters Challenged in Election Protest | NCSBE
The State Board of Elections is providing the following information, in response to messages received from voters asking about a mailing they received concerning an election protest.
www.ncsbe.gov
April 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
60,000 North Carolina voters now have 15 days to cure their ballots. Not to be crazz but: are there 1000 volunteers on this site willing to track down 60 voters each & help them do it? I kind of think there are? Literally, here's the .xls file (& explanation): www.ncsbe.gov/information-...
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Breaking News: Thousands of voters must verify their eligibility or have their ballots in the 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court race thrown out, a court ruled, a win for the Republican candidate who narrowly lost the election in November and challenged the result.
Appeals Court Orders Thousands of Voters to Verify Information in Contested N.C. Election
The ruling was a win for the Republican who narrowly lost a State Supreme Court race in November. The case has tested the boundaries of post-election litigation.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Breaking News: Thousands of voters must verify their eligibility or have their ballots in the 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court race thrown out, a court ruled, a win for the Republican candidate who narrowly lost the election in November and challenged the result.
Generally how I'm feeling these days.
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
media.tenor.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Generally how I'm feeling these days.
