by Jonni Turner | Dec 31, 2020 | Arts & Letters
Since early December this year I’ve been plagued by an earworm, and perhaps you have, too. This is hardly surprising amidst a global pandemic during a year like 2020. According to one article, “Earworms are a generally benign form of rumination, the repetitive,...
by Jonni Turner | Apr 29, 2020 | Arts & Letters
Life in a pandemic takes thought down intertwining paths. As spring approaches, I find myself in a peculiar headspace. Lament and exultation dance in counterpoint, as do death and life. Sometimes words are not enough to explain what I feel. It takes music to fully...
by Jonni Turner | Aug 31, 2019 | Arts & Letters
It may seem strange at the end of a long, hot, febrile summer to call to mind a piece of music from a chillier season half a year away. Written in the Middle Ages and traditionally sung in spring, the Hymn of Kassia is heard in public once in the church calendar,...
