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Nico Muhly - Photo by Matthew Murphy

Certainly not outraged by Muhly’s curated weekend of new music at Barbican/LSO St Luke’s

Though I was certainly not outraged, I was yet somewhat disappointed of missing the other performanc…
Author
Brian Mark
Sean Hickey

5 questions to Sean Hickey (composer)

On May 28, 2013, Delos released Sean Hickey’s first album on the “Great American Label,” Concertos,…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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Big Farm’s Self-Titled Debut on New Amsterdam Records

The temptation to over-intellectualize Big Farm’s self-titled debut is hard to resist.—which isn’t t…
Author
Evan Burke
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5 questions to Alan Pierson (conductor, artistic director)

Alan Pierson is the conductor and artistic director of both the Brooklyn Philharmonic and Alarm Will…
Author
Matt Mendez
Daniel Wohl

This week: concerts in New York (June 3 – June 9, 2013)

Guy Barash httpv://youtu.be/UKPWwxx1gvQ Composer Guy Barash brings his new works to Turtle Bay Music…
Author
Sam Reising
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Corpus from Daniel Wohl’s Corps Exquis

As a prelude to Daniel Wohl’s CD release concert on Tuesday, June 4 at Roulette, here is the v…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Lesley Flanigan at 92Y

Instruments Unbound: Soloists with Electronics, Found Sounds, and Video [Slideshow]

On Saturday, May 25, Instruments Unbound: Soloists with Electronics, Found Sounds, and Video, a mult…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Dan Trueman

5 questions to Dan Trueman (composer)

Composer and innovator Dan Trueman tinkers with gadgets new and old in search of novel musical sound…
Author
Dana Wen
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Ensemble Dal Niente Closes (Un)Familiar Music with 7 World-Premieres

Chicago, May 22, 2013 — The (Un)Familiar Music Series closed its season by presenting seven world pr…
Author
Sam Zelitch
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Soundstreams Mixes Canadian and Chinese Music in Toronto

For the past 30 years, the Toronto new music presenter Soundstreams has been commissioning, developi…
Author
Caitlin Smith
Jacob Cooper

This week: concerts in New York (May 27 – June 2, 2013)

New York and The Netherlands | TRANSIT’s DoubleBill Festival [caption id=”attachment_8800″ align=”al…
Author
Sam Reising
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Gaudete Brass’ Chicago Moves on Cedille Records

The Chicago based quintet Gaudete Brass presents here a celebration of new, American music for brass…
Author
Justin D. Wright
Composer, soprano, and Parlour Tapes+ co-founder Jenna Lyle (photo credit: parlourtapes.com)

Chicago New Music Label Parlour Tapes+ Makes a Killing

Just like Jay Gatsby (the literary version, not the current Luhrmann fiasco), Chicago’s new music sc…
Author
Sam Zelitch
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W4 New Music: Ancient Instruments, Contemporary Sounds

In every musical era, composers have conversations with their instruments, and each conversation is…
Author
Sam Reising
Kate Dillingham

This week: concerts in New York (May 20 – May 26, 2013)

Conrad Tao Pianist Conrad Tao performs the music of Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Meredith Monk, and himself…
Author
Sam Reising
Donnacha Dennehy - Photo by Sophie Dennehy

5 questions to Donnacha Dennehy (composer, artistic director of Crash Ensemble)

Until I heard Alarm Will Sound perform scenes from The Hunger, your work-in-progress about the Great…
Author
Rob Wendt
Composer John Corigliano

Corigliano Stimulates the Mind in Fulcrum Point’s “Altered States”

Movie composer John Williams turned 81 in February, and no orchestra stepped up to celebrate the pas…
Author
Sam Zelitch
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Dan Visconti: Lonesome Roads on Bridge Records

My first encounter with Dan Visconti’s music was courtesy of the Aeolus Quartet and their debut albu…
Author
Andrew Lee
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Eve Egoyan Celebrates Ann Southam at Glenn Gould Studio

To celebrate the release of 5, a new album of posthumously discovered works by Ann Southam, the accl…
Author
Justin Rito
Julio Estrada

This week: concerts in New York (May 13 – May 19, 2013)

New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) 25th Anniversary Celebration The program will feature South Americ…
Author
Sam Reising
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5 Questions to Parlour Tapes+ (contemporary music recording label)

Chicago, the wellspring of collaborative artistic ventures like the Association for the Advancement…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
Happiness is the problem

Colloquial Opera: Jason Cady’s Happiness is the Problem

If  television’s IFC produced operas in addition to off-kilter films and quirky sitcoms, composer Ja…
Author
Daniel Kushner
Jenny Q Chai

This week: concerts in New York (May 6 – May 12, 2013)

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Author
Sam Reising
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Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar on New Amsterdam Records

In 1904 the Swiss adventurer Isabelle Eberhardt (born 1877) drowned in a flash flood in the Sahara,…
Author
Thea Derks
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