An Opera based on the life of Oliver Willcox Norton, the first bugler to sound Taps. Commissioned by Loudoun Lyric Opera Company in honor of…
Taps Bugler: Jari Villanueva
Happy 2014! Well, we ended last year’s holiday letter by saying we hoped 2013 wouldn’t be as busy as 2012, but if anything it…
The original November 25, 1963 evening radio broadcast by Jean Shepherd of WOR radio. The legendary broadcaster spent 45 minutes talking about the impact of…
“Accurate Listing of Funeral Music” by Irving Lowens, Washington Star music critic (Reprinted from the Washington Star, 12/1/63.) Last Monday, millions watched the solemn procession…
The Newseum in Washington, DC has asked me to sound Taps this Friday at 2:38 PM, the time of the announcement of the death…