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What better day to post this than on his birthday? Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28…
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Thomas Deneuville
This is a Golem monster of musical compilations, a crazy idea that got out of control. “We are kind…
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Sam Zelitch
While this reporter was not quite sturdy enough to make it through the entire seven-hour evening, th…
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Caitlin Smith
Berlin based composer and media artist Arnold Dreyblatt and North Carolina based psychedelic folk ba…
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Adrianne Koteen
Can gnarly, upmarket mid-century modernism really make nice with the populist mores of the “alt-clas…
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Matt Mendez
Yesterday, Sunday, March 3, the fourth New Music Bake Sale took place at Roulette in Brooklyn. A gre…
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Thomas Deneuville
Interval 6.2 | Solos, Duos, & Trios: Alex Mincek Curates Wet Ink The Wet Ink ensemble will prese…
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Sam Reising
Chicago’s flourishing contemporary music scene is not simply growing and expanding in its impact on…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
I invited David D. McIntire, composer and founder of Irritable Hedgehog, to review Leah Kardos’ soph…
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Andrew Lee
This season the New York City Opera presents 4 new productions: two at BAM, and two at New York City…
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Thomas Deneuville
The concept of combining visual and auditory elements to build a musical composition was highlighted…
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Caitlin Smith
If you ask a group of classical music fans to make a list of American masterworks, they might write…
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Justin Rito
Even as part of a scene where being more-eclectic-than-thou is a fundamental shibboleth and musical…
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Matt Mendez
I have uncles who fought in the Vietnam War, and I’ve never once talked to them about their wartime…
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Daniel Kushner
Jeffrey Milarsky Conducts World Premieres by Juilliard Composers [caption id=”attachment_5075″ align…
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Sam Reising
This season marks the 100th anniversary of the Vienna Concert House, a massive building with four st…
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Caitlin Smith
Mabel Kwan is a Chicago-based pianist who specializes in contemporary music. She is a frequent musi…
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Andrew Tham
Doyle Armbrust, creator and curator of the (Un)familiar Music Series, scored another hit for Chicago…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
When I discovered that the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) was putting on an all-Gubaiduli…
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David Pearson
Some albums are good. They are worthy of a listen, enjoyable, and an excellent way to pass the time.
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Andrew Lee
Despite it being the year 2013, the notion of art music is generally equated exclusively with the We…
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David Pearson
The recent 2012 Grammy awards highlighted the current trend in pop music towards the commercializati…
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Caitlin Smith
