Glenn Branca and Reg Bloor -- Photo by Richard McCaffrey
Interview

Reg Bloor Steps Up to the Podium for the NYC Return of Glenn Branca’s Symphony No. 13

Glenn Branca, Glenn Branca Ensemble, Lincoln Center, Reg Bloor
When Glenn Branca’s Symphony No. 13 (“Hallucination City”) for 100 Guitars was first performed at the World Trade Center in June 2001, its soaring overtones flew through the doors and out to the city’…
Vanessa Ague
Char Jeré at Roulette Intermedium -- Photo by Aiden Li
Concert

Char Jeré and Guests Mold Time and Space in “Planet/Tear”

Braxton, C. Spencer Yeh, Char Jeré, Maggie Boyd, Michael Candy, pap souleye fall, Rena Anakwe, Roulette, Roulette Intermedium
“A shifting environment of unstable systems … Signals emerge, overlap, and dissolve, forming a temporary network that resists fixed structure or control.” Planet/Tear: Early Warning Systems curated by…
Lana Norris
Photo by Tosan Dudun, courtesy of Unsplash
Essay

Colgate Is Not Toothpaste: On Classical Music, Art Music, and the Theft of a Category

art music, Bad Bunny, classical music, Nirvana
I grew up in Bogotá in the late ‘80s. Toothpaste was no longer called “toothpaste” — it was Colgate. Soda was Coca-Cola. Cereal was Cornflakes. Jeans were Levi’s. Leading brands had become so dominant…
Alejandro Zuleta
TellTale Opera Theatre Team (L-R: Ben Ross, Meg Huskin, Elisheva Pront, and Michael Mills -- Courtesy of TellTale Opera Theatre
Interview

5 Questions to TellTale Opera Theatre

Ben Ross, Elisheva Pront, Magdelena Ensemble, Meg Huskin, Michael Mills, Mira Fu-en Huang, TellTale Opera Theatre
In the landscape of modern opera performance, everyone seems to be fighting an uphill battle. Composers without generational wealth have few opportunities to see their music workshopped and performed.
Clover Nahabedian
Lazyhorse -- Courtesy of artist
Interview

For Lazyhorse, Fragments of Ideas are Opportunities for Transformation

Andy Meyerson, Mali Obomsawin, Miriam Elhajli, Raven Chacon, Steve Hammond, The Living Earth Show, Travis Andrews
There’s often a moment in a group improvisation where musicians let go of trying to make sense of each other’s sound and begin to respond more fluidly. Lazyhorse, a new rotating collective ensemble, l…
Gemma Peacocke
Sanaya Ardeshir -- Photo by Sumaiya Sayed
Playlist

ListN Up Playlist: Sanaya Ardeshir (May 21, 2026)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mingus, Dimlite, Gustav Holst, Mount Kimbie, Nala Sinephro, Nils Frahm, Sanaya Ardeshir, Sandunes, Susanna Mälkki, Suzanne Ciani
Sanaya Ardeshir (she/her) is an Indian producer and composer, with a parallel practice in electronic music under the moniker – Sandunes. Like her naturally occurring namesake, her world of sound is in…
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Ashley DuBose -- Photo by Jayme Halbritter
Ashley DuBose — Photo by Jayme Halbritter

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Sivan Cohen Elias -- Photo by Patrick Pelham
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