How Would You Define American Music? (And, BTW, Why Do You Care?)
(ArtsJournal)

What is American music? And, perhaps more to the point, why do we care so much? `I remember being asked in Prague not so long ago, `What is your obsession, you Americans, with American music?´ ` said Robert Spano, the music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, which will perform at SHIFT on March 31. […]