Musical Update: 2022 National YoungArtsEarlier today, the results for 2021–2022 National YoungArts competition just came out at this link.Dec 6, 2021Dec 6, 2021
Liszt Ballade no. 2 in B minorLiszt’s Ballade no. 2 is undoubtedly one of his finest works. Thematically and structurally, it is similar in many ways to his larger B…Nov 16, 2021Nov 16, 2021
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.90 in E minorBeethoven’s Op.90 sonata occupies a very interesting position in his output.Nov 16, 2021Nov 16, 2021
Vine Piano Sonata №1Carl Vine’s Piano Sonata no.1 (there are currently 3—maybe even 4—of them) is perhaps my favorite work by a living composer.Nov 14, 2021Nov 14, 2021
A Musical Update: Speaking at a Wallis Concert “Prelude”Just under 2 weeks ago, I was invited to speak at the prelude for Ory Shihor’s Beethoven: Darkness and Light concert.Oct 19, 2021Oct 19, 2021
Researching Vaccine Willingness, Part IV: Political DividesFollowing my initial data collection trials in Part 3, I sent out two new batches of survey, resulting in a total of 147 observations — 52…Oct 7, 2021Oct 7, 2021
Researching Vaccine WTP, Part 3: Preliminary DataAfter learning the basics of using AMT — described in Part 3 — I released a few surveys into the wild (AMT’s actual digital marketplace)…Aug 16, 2021Aug 16, 2021
Studying Vaccine Willingness, Part II: Using AMTAmazon Mechanical Turk, or AMT, is a crowd-working platform that allows contractors (‘requesters’ in the AMT lingo) to set up Human…Aug 5, 2021Aug 5, 2021
Studying Vaccine Willingness, Pt.IHow much would you pay for a COVID-19 vaccine jab? This question seems a bit meaningless right now, given that many countries are fully…Aug 5, 2021Aug 5, 2021
The Basic Economics Of VaccinationWhy get vaccinated? Vaccination isn’t all about “me, me me!” When you get vaccinated, you aren’t just protecting yourself from COVID, or…May 30, 2021May 30, 2021
