Jonathan Howard Katz
@jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social
Composer and pianist, NYC
Programs and Initiatives, Composers Now
https://linktr.ee/jonathanhowardkatz
Programs and Initiatives, Composers Now
https://linktr.ee/jonathanhowardkatz
NYFA. There's a strong NYC focus, but there's a decent number of listings from elsewhere.
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
NYFA. There's a strong NYC focus, but there's a decent number of listings from elsewhere.
Adobe keeps offering AI summaries of my own scores. I never take them because, well, obviously, but I'm honestly curious how it thinks (or rather "thinks") it could create a prose summary of a piece of music.
June 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Adobe keeps offering AI summaries of my own scores. I never take them because, well, obviously, but I'm honestly curious how it thinks (or rather "thinks") it could create a prose summary of a piece of music.
"Our other album covers have been really down to earth, so for this one we'd like something more heady."
May 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"Our other album covers have been really down to earth, so for this one we'd like something more heady."
That's what I'd assume, yes. It's such a weird concept to begin with, though, and only works because they shared a similar degree of baldness.
May 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
That's what I'd assume, yes. It's such a weird concept to begin with, though, and only works because they shared a similar degree of baldness.
Their pre-Photoshop graphics department was really working overtime.
May 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Their pre-Photoshop graphics department was really working overtime.
You used to be able to play his piano at Montfort-l'Amaury, but apparently they don't let you anymore. But that's probably about as close as you can get now . . .
April 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You used to be able to play his piano at Montfort-l'Amaury, but apparently they don't let you anymore. But that's probably about as close as you can get now . . .
Hang in there. I've heard it's awful, but it does pass.
April 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Hang in there. I've heard it's awful, but it does pass.
It's a thing, don't worry.
April 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
It's a thing, don't worry.
Feel better!
March 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Feel better!
I see this all the time, and the quote is usually attributed generically to Shakespeare. The farewell speech to Laertes, in full, was carved in stone inside one of my undergrad university's dorm cafeterias.
March 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I see this all the time, and the quote is usually attributed generically to Shakespeare. The farewell speech to Laertes, in full, was carved in stone inside one of my undergrad university's dorm cafeterias.
I have something based on Mozart's starling, as he dictated its song, with some invented birdsong and incorporated Mozart quotes alongside it. A little hard to describe . . .
March 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I have something based on Mozart's starling, as he dictated its song, with some invented birdsong and incorporated Mozart quotes alongside it. A little hard to describe . . .
They started the performance in 1977, and now they're almost to the end of act II.
February 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They started the performance in 1977, and now they're almost to the end of act II.
Hi! Feel free to ask about piano writing.
January 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Hi! Feel free to ask about piano writing.
I wrote him a letter once, and he wrote me back!
January 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I wrote him a letter once, and he wrote me back!
January 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM