Flash Gordon and His Universal Serial Compatriots:  An in-depth appraisal of the four Universal sci-fi adventure serials of the 30s: the three Flash Gordons and the one Buck Rogers--which remain the most popular, and in many ways best chapterplays produced in the sound era - 1930 to 1956. (Written solely for Web posting)

Bukiet - A Remembrance: A chronicle of one of US table tennis's most charismatic players during the era when I was an active player. (Written for USATT publishing and Web posting)

The C-Word Monologues: A discussion of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues extended to include the vulva and the infamous C-word, their relationship to other so-called "dirty" words and the power they possess--beyond that encompassed in Ensler's production. (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis Click here for that version, which is slightly edited and was retitled.)

Smelling the Roses: A final interview with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) music director Raymond Leppard, who's retiring at age 73 after 14 years in that post. A Briton born in London, raised in Bath, Leppard became internationally famous in his association with the English Chamber Orchestra, from which came numerous recordings, and his revival of 17th-century opera. Coming to the U.S. in 1976, his only music directorship on this side of the Atlantic has been with the ISO. (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis. Click here for that version, which is slightly cut from my original.)

Historical Tunings and Temperaments: derivations of:  A mathematical discussion of historical tunings and temperaments of fixed key instruments, including the evolution from medieval Pythagorean Tuning to present-day 12-tone Equal Temperament.Discusses pure harmonic intervals and the necessary deviations from them to produce usable scales. (Written solely for Web posting)

Contemporary Art Music - Is it Relevant?:  An essay on the issues facing the programming of modern, symphonic music--especially contemporary music (i.e the last two or three decades)--as regards the schism following music's evolutionary progress up to around 1930, and the haphazardness of styles having occurred since then.  (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis. Click here for that version, which is slightly cut and was retitled from my original.)

Mandy Patinkin Concert:  A review of an Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra sponsored special event, featuring two straight hours of the veteran entertainer holding his large audience captive with songs mostly from bygone periods of the 20th century--along with comic interludes. (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis.)

Another Heifetz:  A wrap up of the Sixth Quadrennial International Competition of Indianapolis--in which young Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan took the event by storm--yet was awarded only the Silver Medal. Older, more seasoned Barnabas Kelemen, won the Gold Medal, but in the eyes of no one present stood out from the caliber of the remaining four Finalists.  (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis Click here for that version, which is essentially the same as my original.)

A Fascinating Interlude:  A retrospective of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's 2001-2002 season, with an emphasis on Mario Venzago, the present ISO conductor designate, and other topics not previously discussed during this season (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis, but was never posted on their Website)

Eugene Onegin:  A review if a recent local production of Tchaikovsky's "Lyric Scenes in Three Acts." (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis. Click here for that version, which was published verbatim from my original.)

Don Giovanni: A review of a recent local production of Mozart's great opera.  (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis. Click here for that version, which is slightly cut from my original.)

The Flying Dutchman: A review of a recent local production of Wagner's earliest standard repertoire opera. (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis)

Charles Staff - A Memoir: A remembrance of the recently deceased music critic--for 44 years--of The Indianapolis News, and a friend and mentor for nearly 30 of those years. (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis)

Tosca: A review of a local production of Puccini's verismo 100 year-old opera. (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis)

A Wagner Concert: A review of an Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra all-Wagner concert of several years ago. (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis)

ISO Plays Mahler's Fourth: A review of an Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra concert of 1997 featuring Gustav Mahler's finest, most accessible symphony. (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis)

Renaissance Rock: A review of the Festival Music Society of Indiana's engagement of Horacio Franco, the "world's greatest recorder player"--plus a capsule of the FMS' concluding concert featuring New York's Concert Royal. (First appeared in NUVO Newsweekly of Indianapolis)