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The GRAMMY Nominations: A Classical Music Smorgasbord!

virgomusic wrote 6 days ago: Christmas comes early to Music Nerd Land! The GRAMMY® nominations are out, and boy, do I feel like a … more →

Tags: 20th Century, 21st Century, Choral Music, Classical, contemporary classical, contemporary music, Grammy Awards, Music, new music

Calling all orchestras

ashbydesign wrote 10 months ago: Please, please, please, if you enjoy listening to contemporary classical music, listen to the work o … more →

Tags: Music, Classical

Interview: Stars of the Lid

seewhatyouhear wrote 1 year ago: Stars of the Lid – Music For Twin Peaks Episode #30 Part I As scientists of sound, Stars of th … more →

Tags: interviews, Music Interviews, Stars of the Lid, Twin Peaks, Adam Wiltzie, ambience

A Lucky Day for Detroit!1 comment

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: Cross-posted at the Detroit Symphony Blog, because I am so famous and in demand! If you’re sup … more →

Tags: Classical, News, Concerts, contemporary classical, contemporary music, 20th Century, Music, 8 Days in June, Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Happy Birthday, György!

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: NaBloPoMo Day 28! I was just reading the Composers Datebook (like a good little Music Nerd ) and I n … more →

Tags: 20th Century, Classical, contemporary classical, contemporary music, Music, Barbara Hannigan, gyorgy ligeti, Stanley Kubrick

A Little Housekeeping

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: NaBloPoMo Day 27! I found out recently that the audio hosting site I had been using isn’t work … more →

Tags: 30 days, Classical, Composition, contemporary classical, contemporary music, Music, new music, News

Media release - New music 22 May 2008

soundtravellers wrote 1 year ago: Media release 21 May 2008 Classical music is dead! Long live classical music! SOUND TRAVELLERS TAKES … more →

Tags: Sound travellers, Ensemble Offspring, aphids, MASSO, farrar

Media release - General - Sound Travellers, 20 May 2008

soundtravellers wrote 1 year ago: Media release 20 May 2008 ON THE ROAD Musical points of departure, arrival and the space between The … more →

Tags: Sound travellers, Sound Art, jazz, media, Electronica

Hard Thoughts: A Renaissance Woman's Dilemma (part 1)

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: NaBloPoMo Day 18! This afternoon I attended the Detroit Symphony’s performance of Gustav Mahle … more →

Tags: Classical, Concerts, contemporary classical, contemporary music, 20th Century, Music, music education, detroit symphony, Gustav Mahler

A Musical Interlude4 comments

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: NaBloPoMo Day 15! The conclusion to my little series on criticism continues to brew, so I thought in … more →

Tags: Classical, Composition, contemporary classical, contemporary music, Music, new music, Elvis Costello, Laurie Anderson

My Musical Conversion, Part 2

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: NaBloPoMo Day 7! Yesterday I recounted the story of a defining moment in my musical education, when … more →

Tags: Classical, Composition, contemporary classical, contemporary music, 20th Century, Music, music education, John Swackhamer, Béla Bartók

My Musical Conversion, Part 13 comments

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: NaBloPoMo Day 6! In yesterday’s post, I mentioned a few of the seminal composers and musical m … more →

Tags: 20th Century, Classical, Composition, contemporary classical, contemporary music, Milestones, Music, music education, Béla Bartók

Piccolo's Collected Works, vol. 1!1 comment

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: NaBloPoMo Day 5! (Happy Cinco de Mayo! ) It probably won’t come as a surprise that I have a mu … more →

Tags: Classical, new music, Composition, contemporary classical, contemporary music, 20th Century, Music, Humor, Piccolo

Keyboards of the World, vol. 3!

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: NaBloPoMo Day 4! A couple of pianos from my San Diego whirlwind Theremin Concerto première tour didn … more →

Tags: Classical, new music, Composition, Concerts, contemporary classical, contemporary music, Music, Keyboards of the World, Theremin Concerto

New Tabs for your Clicking Pleasure!

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: I direct your attention to the top of the page, where you’ll find two new tabs to click on! Li … more →

Tags: Classical, new music, News, Composition, contemporary classical, contemporary music, Music

Theremin Concerto Media Wrap-up!6 comments

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: Well, here I am back home in Michigan, but I’m still basking in the glow of last week’s … more →

Tags: Classical, Composition, Concerts, contemporary classical, contemporary music, Music, new music, News, Jung-Ho Pak

Theremin Concerto: T minus 95 minutes!1 comment

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: DATELINE: San Diego Real quick update, as I have only intermittent internet access! The rehearsals f … more →

Tags: Classical, News, Composition, Concerts, contemporary classical, contemporary music, Music

Greetings, CBC listeners!

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: O Canada! I recently sent a link to this blog to Tom Allen, who hosts the morning show Music and Com … more →

Tags: Classical, new music, News, Composition, Concerts, contemporary classical, contemporary music, Music, Canada

Theremin Concerto Sneak Preview!9 comments

virgomusic wrote 1 year ago: The première of my Concerto for Theremin and Chamber Orchestra (“Theremin Concerto” for … more →

Tags: Classical, new music, News, Composition, Concerts, contemporary classical, contemporary music, Music, theremin


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