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Our Winter 2012 Mixtape is out!

Our new Winter 2012 Mixtape is live! It features music by Missy Mazzoli, Florent Ghys, The Ericksons…
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Thomas Deneuville
The Empty Bottle

(Un)Familiar Music’s (Re) New Amsterdam Benefit Concert

“Why are we holding a new music fundraiser in a Chicago rock bar?” Organizer Doyle Armbrust was the…
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Sam Zelitch
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MuSE Sounds of Arts Festival a Multimedia Extravaganza

The new music scene in New York offers plenty of premieres, ensembles, and concerts, yet there are s…
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David Pearson
So Percussion

This week: concerts in New York (December 17 – December 23, 2012)

A Winter Solstice Landscape | Yarn/Wire This concert—another installment of Amelia Lukas’ Ear Heart…
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Sam Reising
Matthias Pintscher

Matthias Pintscher at The Phillips Collection

Like the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, or the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia before…
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Paul Moon
Henry Vega and Anat Spiegel perform Wormsongs

Exploring Futurism With Henry Vega’s Wormsongs

Composer Henry Vega’s latest work, Wormsongs, blends live vocals, real-time electronic audio, and vi…
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Dana Wen
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Liquid Room for John Cage: Ictus Ensemble in Luxembourg

The Brussels-based Ictus ensemble brought a three-hour marathon of music to Luxembourg on Thursday,…
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Xenia Pestova
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the SFS in the Opening Concert of the American Mavericks Festival.

San Francisco Symphony: American Mavericks

Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison and Edgard Varèse were truly mavericks in their day, challenging conventi…
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Don Clark
Jeffrey Milarsky

This week: concerts in New York (December 10 – December 16, 2012)

Juilliard’s AXIOM | Toru Takemitsu, John Adams [caption id=”attachment_5075″ align=”aligncenter” wid…
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Sam Reising
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Flexible Music in Ear Heart Music Series at Roulette

Writing in 2009, Peter Adriaansz once compared his ideal conception of music to that of a tree. “Aki…
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Sasha Tartikovsky Jones
Chaya Czernowin - Photo Schott Promotion/Astrid Ackermann

5 Questions to Chaya Czernowin (composer)

Israeli-born Chaya Czernowin is one of the most sought-after composers in the world, receiving commi…
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Andrew Tham
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Chaya Czernowin: Metaphors Unlock the Imagination

It is hard to imagine a contemporary composer of more exhilarating artistry and warmhearted spirit t…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Mantra Percussion Rehearses Michael Gordon’s Timber

httpv://youtu.be/5tIV2au8vGU In preparation of the New York premiere of Michael Gordon’s Timbe…
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Thomas Deneuville
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New Amsterdam Benefit in Chicago on December 16 (Preview)

When composer Marcos Balter heard the news that Superstorm Sandy had ransacked the headquarters of N…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
Olga Neuwirth - Photo by Marion Kalter

5 questions to Olga Neuwirth (composer)

Stylistically, your writing covers a wide range of sounds, and you often use juxtaposition a composi…
Author
Caitlin Smith
Jenni Olson

Dreaming High and Low: Jenni Olson’s The Dreams of Birds

The goal of Jenni Olson’s new album, Dreams of Birds, is to utilize the “full array of tone colors”…
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Matt Weber
Nico Muhly - Photo by Matthew Murphy

This week: concerts in New York (December 3 – December 9, 2012)

New York release show for Nico Muhly’s “Drones” [caption id=”attachment_5713″ align=”aligncenter” wi…
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Sam Reising
Jenny Q Chai

5 Questions to Jenny Q Chai (pianist)

Jenny Q Chai is a pianist currently based in New York, where she is receiving her Doctor of Musical…
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Andrew Tham
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Seth Woods: A Concert More Experienced Than Heard

I’m not sure I’ve been to a solo instrumental recital as wide-ranging in its exploration of sounds a…
Author
David Pearson
Wadada Leo Smith

Wadada Leo Smith Headlines Edgefest 16 in Ann Arbor

  Avant-garde composer/trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith delivered a stirring midwest premiere of his…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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MuSE: Keepin’ It Real in Queens

Finally. A new music festival in NYC without the shi shi Manhattan vibe or hipster Brooklyn pretenti…
Author
David Pearson
So Percussion

Sō Percussion and Grey McMurray: Where (we) Live

A makeshift model of the Brooklyn Bridge built out of old cardboard boxes resides on the front of th…
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Justin Rito
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Minimalism is Boring (and that’s OK)

Last May, I had the wonderful opportunity to present at a conference on time and the arts in Caen, F…
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Andrew Lee
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Update: Bringing Technology Into the Mix

Dana Wen, Technology Editor. As you’ve probably noticed from our site tagline, the mission of…
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Dana Wen
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