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On February 12, the Brentano String Quartet will perform the world premiere of a composition by Ste…
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Thomas Deneuville
Kids, Graphic Scores, & How Music Education is a Two-Way StreetI suppose I should open with a di…
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Danny Clay
None of the works on this compilation disc, composed from 1993 to 2009, are particularly adventurous…
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Don Clark
Tomorrow, Friday, February 1, Iktus Percussion kicks off The Firehouse New Music Series with Cadilla…
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Thomas Deneuville
Do you dream? I do. My dreams are like bizarre television shows, and, unfortunately, I only sometime…
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Will Roane
This is a review that I hadn’t intended to write. I’ve had the pleasure of hearing Bruce Brubaker pe…
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Andrew Lee
One night after an impressive performance by the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble at DiMenna Cent…
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Marina Kifferstein
As a composer, scholar, and teacher, Martin Boykan’s influence pervades the spectrum of recent compo…
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Christian Gentry
FOCUS! 2013: The British Renaissance Chamber Concert George Benjamin – Copyright F. Hoffmann-L…
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Sam Reising
Last October, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN featured a video of the freshly deployed new music ensemble Hotel…
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Daniel Garrick
I don’t think there is any other place in the world quite like the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. It…
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Marina Kifferstein
I just finished reading Joel Sachs’ new book, Henry Cowell: A Man Made of Music for the third time.
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Kelsey Walsh
coLABoratory: Playing It UNsafe (Workshop III) | American Composers Orchestra This season, coLABora…
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Sam Reising
The New Zealand String Quartet has shown much care and attention to detail in bringing to life the m…
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David Pearson
Classical music and warfare have always been covert bedfellows. Mozart’s forgeries of the Alla turca…
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Matt Mendez
On Friday, January 11, 2013, Chilly Gonzales gave the US premiere of Piano Concerto No. 1, written f…
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Thomas Deneuville
One of the most pleasing aspects of listening to solo string repertoire, from Bach to Bartók, is its…
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Caitlin Smith
Here’s a story I hope is true. Years ago, Laurie Anderson contacted Thomas Pynchon via snail mail to…
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Sam Zelitch
For much of his lifetime, Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991) enjoyed a stellar international reputatio…
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Don Clark
While there is perhaps an over-abundance of saxophonists capable of playing blaring high notes, blaz…
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David Pearson
Having been appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture by the incumbent pope, Arvo Pär…
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Daniel Emmerson
