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Any concert of recently composed orchestra music by young composers, as the American Composers Orche…
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Jeremy Howard Beck

Brian Elias (b. 1948) spent his early life in Bombay before moving to London. Three of his later orc…
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Steven Berryman
It wasn’t until well after the show began that I realized how right it felt: an after-hours new-musi…
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Jeremy Howard Beck
For the unfamiliar, it’s often easier to describe what the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)…
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Jeremy Howard Beck

It is incredible to think that minimalism – be it the aesthetic, compositional technique or style -…
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Steven Berryman

Hailing from The Hague, Ensemble Klang brought its unique blend of sounds and grooves to Symphony Sp…
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David Pearson

Camerata Aberta boasts some of São Paulo’s most dedicated musicians. Seven of the group’s sixteen me…
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Rob Wendt

With composers hailing from France, Germany, England or the US, this fourth night of SONiC Festival…
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Thomas Deneuville
The titular composition of Lisa Moore’s new EP, composed in 2008, refers to a telegraph operator. T…
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Rob Wendt

The Extended Play Marathon concert on October 16th at Columbia’s Miller Theatre was just that, a mar…
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Neil Prufer

What a treat for the second night of SONiC Festival to get to see eighth blackbird at the Miller The…
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Thomas Deneuville

The Sonic Festival opened with five solid new compositions performed by the American Composers Orche…
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David Pearson

SONiC – Sounds of a New Century A Festival of 21st Century Music by Composers Age 40 and Under
Oct 15, 2011
One of the most anticipated New Music events of this season has started yesterday night (David Pears…
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Thomas Deneuville
Phantasm is a collection of eleven recent compositions for saxophone and computer, sourced from a ca…
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George Heathco

Kings Place has a wonderfully electric programme of events and the concert, in its smaller hall, of…
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Steven Berryman

Bank holiday here in the US today (Columbus Day) so you will get two MP3s for the price of one. This…
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Thomas Deneuville

For people interested in the idea of craftsmanship in the 21st century, Niels Shoe Meulman is a drea…
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Thomas Deneuville

Exquisite Labyrinth series: The music of Pierre Boulez / Saturday October 1st 2011 There was somethi…
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Steven Berryman

When I was an undergrad saxophone major, I became very aware of a divide in academia between the “ja…
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Tai Livingston

Yesterday night, So Percussion was having a release party for Steven Mackey’s It Is Time (Cant…
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Thomas Deneuville

This week’s composer might be more famous among movie buffs than concert goers. Indeed, in 198…
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Thomas Deneuville
The third installment of Stellar Frequencies this weekend in Fort Greene Park was the ideal opportun…
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Thomas Deneuville

One of my biggest concerns in classical music today lies in the area of education. While most kids h…
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Tai Livingston