“Contemporary.” When it comes to the arts, it’s a concept that tends to evoke the difficult, the austere, the grave. But we are here now, together with time, and–despite the times–we don’t feel that way at all.

There is a lightness, too, to contemporary music. Maybe the old contexts are weighing us down. Maybe we need new contexts. Context is everything. 

How does a pop diva react to free improvisation? Does Bach sound different in the car garage? What shall we wear to the baroque disco?