Congratulations, Alex Ross!

I have been wanting to congratulate Alex Ross From the Rest Is Noise, of Whom I am a faithful reader, for being included in this truly amazing group of people by the MacArthur Foundation, and winning one of their 2008 fellowships. it is not possible to comment on Alex’s blog, so I am allowing myself a personal word here.

This is what they say about him:

Music Critic offering both highly specialized and casual readers new ways of thinking about the music of the past and its place in our future.

The people on this list are truly amazing (I know this is the second time that I have used that exact phrase, I am at a lack of words) in their accomplishments, and being around the same age of most of the fellowship winners I am even more amazed that my peers so to speak, have accomplished so much, and are leading in both research and art.

So, Alex, Heartfelt congratulations!