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Cool Stuff I’m Listening To: May 5, 2013

Many of these are from various friends’ recitals this past semester, including those of some fellow composers at Redlands. Although they are not what I’ve listened to most recently, I woul… more →

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Cool Stuff I'm Listening To: May 5, 2013

Sakari D. wrote 1 week ago: Many of these are from various friends’ recitals this past semester, including those of some f … more →

Tags: contemporary music, Cool Stuff I'm Listening To, Barry M. Lawrence, Cello, Clarinet, Djembe, flugelhorn, flute, Guitar

The New York Virtuoso Singers: Celebrating 25 Years!

Suzanne Schwing wrote 3 months ago: Harold Rosenbaum For 25 years, The New York Virtuoso Singers have been on the vanguard of contempora … more →

Tags: 25th Anniversary Season, Bruce Adolphe, Chen Yi, John Corigliano, David Del Tredici, John Harbison, Stephen Hartke, Jennifer Higdon, Fred Lerdahl

PUBLIQuartet at 92YTribeca Mainstage

Dr. Claire wrote 5 months ago: Saturday, Nov 24, 2012 8:00 PM-10:00 PM 92YTribeca 200 Hudson Street New York, NY from their website … more →

Tags: New York City, Juilliard School, String Quartet, Eastman School of Music, banff centre, Alberta, Mannes College The New School for Music

(Oct 28, 2012): Joan Tower - Concerto for Orchestra (Nashville Symphony - Slatkin, cond.)

danton1066 wrote 6 months ago: From the 2005 album, Made in America. This concerto was commissioned in 1991 by a consortium of orc … more →

Tags: song of the day, Classical

Creating a MOSAIC

Chamber Project Saint Louis wrote 7 months ago: Our concert this week is called “MOSAIC”. Every piece on the program is by an American, … more →

Tags: Concerts, Music, Behind the Scenes, chamber music, Evan Chambers, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Mason Bates, aaron copland

Cool Stuff I'm Listening To: September 30, 2012

Sakari D. wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been looking for a contemporary piece to put on my junior recital, hence the bundle of vi … more →

Tags: contemporary music, Cool Stuff I'm Listening To, Viola, Percussion, violin, Cello, String Quartet, Derek Bermel, Orchestra

Joan Tower ~ Interview/Preview of Her Birthday Concert at Symphony Space — 1 comment

Chris McGovern wrote 8 months ago: Composer Joan Tower had a few minutes to speak with me about her birthday concert on…her birth … more →

Tags: new classical music, Interview, Composers, Concert Previews, symphony space, Blair McMillen, Carol Wincenc, Escher Quartet

Cool Stuff I'm Listening To: July 8, 2012

Sakari D. wrote 10 months ago: Oops! I missed a week. Still trying to get back in the groove of things though–here are a few … more →

Tags: contemporary music, Cool Stuff I'm Listening To, violin, flute, String Quartet, Orchestra, Piano, concerto, Strings

Walter’s World: RIOULT Premieres The Violet Hour — 2 comments

Harlem World Magazine wrote 11 months ago: By Walter Rutledge RIOULT presented their 2012 New York season May 10 through 13 at John Jay Colleg … more →

Tags: Dance, Walter's World, Rioult, The Violet Hour, Raman Ramakrishnan, Firebird, Celestial Tides, J. S. Bach, T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"