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Tilt Brass - Photo J. Christenson

A Blast of Brass on a Block of Greenwich Townhouses

New York’s West Village, once a center of radicalism in the arts and politics, is now home to a lot…
Author
David Pearson
Sleeping Giant - Line drawing by Timo Andres. Yes, Timo Andres.

Under the influence: Deviant Septet commissions Sleeping Giant

Igor Stravinsky once said that “A good composer does not imitate; he steals.” In Histories, a new pi…
Author
Adrianne Koteen
Eclipse Quartet - Photo by Stanford Lee Wilson

Eclipse Quartet’s Concert Full of Clarity and Conversation

What was most captivating about Eclipse String Quartet’s March 22 performance at Roulette in Brookly…
Author
David Pearson

This week: concerts in New York

Margaret Leng Tan “SATIEfaction” Margaret Leng Tan will perform music by John Cage, Toby Twining, Fe…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Darcy James Argue

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society @ Le Poisson Rouge

We all know, deep down, that classifying music is a fool’s game, yet we can’t seem to stop ourselves…
Author
Evan Burke
Marie Incontrera

Marie Incontrera’s Riot Girl Opera (A First)

Marie Incontrera’s At the Other Side of the Earth, a riot girl opera, received its exciting premiere…
Author
David Pearson
Bryce Dessner accompanies BYC on guitar in two of his own works - Photo by Robert Maass

Double treat: Brooklyn Youth Chorus at BAMcafé and Roulette

What I find most interesting about the Brooklyn Youth Chorus is the elegance with which the ensemble…
Author
Evan Burke
Eli Keszler performing Cold Pin

5 questions to Eli Keszler (composer, artist and multi-instrumentalist)

Can you tell us more about your new piece, L-Carrier, that premieres on June 7 at Eyebeam? I’m reall…
Author
Thomas Deneuville

Trio Elego’s Cosmopolitan: Music by Glinka and Schnyder

The young German musicians in Trio Elego give fine presentations of music by Daniel Schnyder and Mik…
Author
David Pearson
Liam Robinson, Vincent Raikhel, Christopher Cerrone, Scott Wollschleger

Red Light New Music at Symphony Space

Red Light New Music, a composer collective and new music ensemble now in its seventh season, present…
Author
Adrianne Koteen
Tanya Tagaq

Kronos Quartet: Women’s Voices at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

The Kronos Quartet’s recent concert at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ Novellus Theater was unquest…
Author
Kelsey Walsh
Ensemble SOLI

Everything is Bigger in Texas: San Antonio’s SOLI Chamber Ensemble Matches High Ambition with Huge Results

There were two wonderful opportunities over the past month for chamber music fans in Texas to experi…
Author
George Heathco

A Tribute to Robert Muczynski

Two years ago today composer Robert Muczynski passed away. He left behind a strong output of mostly…
Author
David Pearson

Announcing our partnership with the Huffington Post

As of today, the Huffington Post started reposting selected articles from I Care if You Listen. The…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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Hanging out with Florent Ghys | Hang #5

Fifth installment in our Hang video series: Florent Ghys. Florent Ghys is a composer and upright bas…
Author
Thomas Deneuville

Thresholds – the healing power of music

Saturday night at St. Paul the Apostle on Manhattan’s west side, the Schola Cantorum on Hudson (SCH)…
Author
Rob Wendt
Prism Quartet

Solid Performance of New Compositions by Prism Saxophone Quartet

Prism Saxophone Quartet gave a solid performance of new works by Curtis Institute students and facul…
Author
David Pearson

Erdem Helvacioğlu, Eleven Short Stories

Let’s play a word association game. If I say, “prepared piano,” many of you might think “John Cage.”…
Author
Andrew Lee
Gaving Bryars and his ensemble performing

The Sinking of the Titanic: Gavin Bryars Ensemble @ Barbican

Just over one hundred years since the sinking of the Titanic. The tragedy was immortalized with emot…
Author
Steven Berryman
Brett Dean - Photo by Mark Coulson

SFCMP Zone 5: in which discussing a plan leads to some confusion

Artistic director Steven Schick and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (SFCMP) concluded t…
Author
Kelsey Walsh
Brooklyn Phil and Melissa Hughes - Photo by Joshua Simpson

Brooklyn Village at Roulette, by the Brooklyn Philharmonic (Est. 1857)

Last March, and for two nights only, Brooklyn Village was performed in Downtown Brooklyn. Advertised…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Marjane Satrapi

Kronos Quartet with Rula Jebreal, Marjane Satrapi, and Tony Kushner @ the Metropolitan Museum

One would think that music and spoken word are two of the most complimentary art forms. They seem li…
Author
Evan Burke

5 questions to Lynn Bechtold (violinist, member of Zentripetal Duo)

With three more concerts to go, the 26th season of North River Music at Greenwich House Music is not…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Old First Presbyterian Church in San Francisco

Composers Inc: Season Finale at Old First Presbyterian Church

The concluding concert in Composers Inc.’s season took place on April 24 at San Francisco’s Old Firs…
Author
Kelsey Walsh
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