Anthony McGill, New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist, launched a new mini-genre of musical protest on May 28 when he tweeted a video of himself playing "America the Beautiful," transposed into a minor key, in honor of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and "the struggle for justice and decency." David Patrick Stearns surveys some #TakeTwoKnees responses and […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PM on June 12, 2020