Reposted by Cullan LucasSam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Aaron Copland wrote a ballet set in central Pennsylvania, called it Appalachian Spring after a poem set in the Adirondacks, and got decades of credit for perfectly capturing the spirit of "Appalachia", so I think sometimes music is just about whatever you want it to be about. 4574
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Erasing marks from rental parts to Appalachian Spring today, and no one wrote "fuck this conductor" on their parts, so maybe I did alright 010
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Sent out an anonymous survey to players from our recent large, mixed chamber ensemble concert. Said my conducting "pretty clear but sometimes hard to follow" and y'all, that's going in my press kit of my non-existent website. 010
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Soooooo how are the AI bros liking the new 007 game??? 000
Reposted by Cullan Lucas🎹 sharon su @doodlyroses.com · 28/05/2026Classical music has gotten too far from its roots. We need to bring back traditional practices like: - performers cutting passages they don’t feel like playing - putting random pieces of unrelated music in between movements of a multi-movement work - hiring audience members to faint 1919928
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 28/05/2026If you remember the Street Sharks cartoon, I'm just wondering how your back is holding up lately?static.klipy.comStreet Shark FlexingALT: Street Shark Flexing 220
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Every once in a while, I think about my time as a grad student where I picked up a guest conductor who has a pretty big career now, and I asked them "so what do you do when you aren't focused on music?" 110
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Meant to study appalachian spring today for a performance in a few weeks; accidentally drank two pina coladas and a mai tai instead 🤷 Hope the players forgive me when I drop a beat somewhere 020
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Happy to announce I completely a mostly successful tenure track job interview. No further questions. 130
Reposted by Cullan LucasThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 22/05/2026Elim Chan has been hired as the first female music director of the San Francisco Symphony.bit.lyElim Chan hired as San Francisco Symphony's first female music directorElim Chan has been hired as the first female music director of the San Francisco Symphony. She will start with the 2027–28 season and has been given a six-year term. 110119
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Everyone bitches about Facebook, but let's all collectively reserve some hate for the absolute dumpster fire that is LinkedIn 020
Reposted by Cullan LucasMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Very rich people getting booed during commencement speeches is my new favorite genre of entertainment. 223123681632
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 19/05/2026could I just elect to not open up my work email today? 010
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Zoe the Beagle could also sniff out 100 meat sandwiches 140
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Man, I thought I was depressed after a job application went the other way, but then I found the AskAcademia and Interviews subreddits. Y'all, those stories are BLEAK. 110
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Electrode Diglett Nidoran Mankey Venusaur Rattata (Fearow, Pidgey) 000
Reposted by Cullan LucasQuest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Dress for the job you want 281229248
Reposted by Cullan LucasSarah Fritz @sarahfritz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Madame Composer: The Virtuosic Genius of Clara Schumann is (finally) available for pre-order! In book stores Sept. 29... www.simonandschuster.com/books/Madame... 54616
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Regret to inform my 4 followers that forcing myself to drink two bottles of water drastically improved my brains outlook on the world 020
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 07/05/2026job search results (and some mild nepotism) got me like 010
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 06/05/2026good afternoon to everyone except for the person that pushed the announcement of the job results on social media before actually notifying final candidates 🙃 010
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 01/05/20263ish weeks post on-campus interview, and I haven't been rejected yet, so I guess thats still something? Solidarity vibes to all in the higher ed job job process rn!media.tenor.coma man is talking to a woman and saying `` so you are telling me there is a chance ... yea! ''Alt: "so you are telling me there is a chance" meme from Dumb and Dumber 010
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Me on a college campus for the day that I'm not teaching atmedia.tenor.coma man wearing a music band shirt is carrying a skateboard and asking how do you do fellow kidsALT: a man wearing a music band shirt is carrying a skateboard and asking how do you do fellow kids 020
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 23/04/2026The absolutely unhinged power trip of seeing an emails that says "PLEASE READ" in the subject and you hit delete 010
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Me to the higher ed interview gods (search chairs) rn:youtu.beCarly Rae Jepsen - Call Me MaybeYouTube video by CarlyRaeJepsenVEVO 010
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I feel like the mere mention of a Diamond Rio has unlocked something ancient and mysterious in my brain 010
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 15/04/2026lol is it bad that I can't even remember which jobs these were for? 000
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Totally, blissfully forgot about the part of the higher ed application process where your soul jumps out of your body every time the phone rings for the next week (or two or three or 010
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 02/02/2026I had two very different job interviews in the span of 24 hours at the end of last week, so now we've entered the Very Normal Hellscape of every single email notification setting off waves of panic/anticipation. Super neat! 010
Reposted by Cullan LucasRobert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 09/12/2025This is why the USA guarantees paid maternity leave for new mothers *touches earpiece* … what?? 0554
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 18/11/2025So a tree fell on our house two months ago, and getting USAA to agree to cover the last $460 (of abou 5k) of the quoted repair cost has been the most agonizing, mind numbing experience I can remember (not inclusive of academia hiring processes) 010
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 12/11/2025I'm lucky to have a lot of awesome creative friends doing amazing things in the world, but only ONE has written a whole-ass book and put it out into the world! Everyone needs to go check out "If I'm Ever Murdered" by Betsy Hardi available on Amazon 110
Reposted by Cullan LucasThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/11/2025Musk is paid $1tn. Nvidia’s worth $5tn. Yet America’s poor are struggling to eat | Steven Greenhousetheguardian.comMusk is paid $1tn. Nvidia’s worth $5tn. Yet America’s poor are struggling to eat | Steven GreenhouseWe may be in a golden age for the super-rich – but it doesn’t feel that way for the 42 million Americans who use Snap 1420178
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 10/11/2025me, seeing a bunch of outraged posts about politicians caving 010
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Happy fall to everyone except search committees who request three letter of reference PDFs for a prescreen round 010
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 30/10/2025ugh, completely forgot how soul crushing the higher ed job application process is after several years away from it, 0/10 do not recommend 020
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 05/08/2025the musical equivalent of "reading the card explains the card" ppl from MTG 👎 020
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Finally a message that will resonate with the masses 030
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Happy Mario Kart Release Day to all who celebrate! May your green shells strike straight and true. 🐢 000
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Everyone, meet my morning workout buddy, Snoot. Snoot enjoys staying out of the rain, peanut butter. Snoot does not enjoy mousetraps. 🐭🪤 020
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Is it worth calling your senators office about things like arts funding and public radio and Medicaid when they're just one of the biggest bootlickers around. It all just feels really useless, which I guess is the point, but damn. What's actually useful now? 010
Reposted by Cullan LucasDr. Manhattan @thenewthinker.bsky.social · 31/05/2025how it sounds arguing with die hard capitalists. 561854461
Cullan Lucas @cullanconducts.bsky.social · 29/05/2025So excited to premiere this at MMEA this summer! 010