Articles by Deborah Kirshner

National Magazine Award Nominee

A Pianist in Rwanda

A University of British Columbia music professor brings the Western classical canon to Kigali. NMA nominee: Travel

Meditation

String Theory

As a classical violinist I have learned, over many years, that great music performances are more than a matter of physics and technique.

Feature

The Genius Django

Fifty years after Django Reinhardt’s death, his music keeps him alive in Samois-sur-Seine

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Death Takes a Holiday
Death Takes a Holiday
by Alisa Roth | NOVEMBER 2004
beijing — Controlling the use of highly toxic pesticides, Dr. Michael Phillips is saying, is the single most

January 20, 2003
January 20, 2003
by Juliana Spahr | OCTOBER 2004
In the summer of 1970, Shelly Grimson, a twenty-two-year-old university student with long hair, an army jacket, and a