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Society of Composers, Inc. Flux Vol. 33

Flux, Volume 33 Features Society of Composers, Inc.

The Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) has been promoting its members and their music since 1965. SCI…
Author
Jarrett Goodchild
Erin Gee

This week: concerts in New York (February 3, 2020 – February 9, 2020)

Double Takes Argento’s The Double Take Project explores two works: Arnold Schoenberg’s V…
Author
Sam Reising
Afro Yaqui Music Collective's Mirror Butterfly album, recently released on ACF's innova label

Mirror Butterfly: Afro Yaqui’s Call to Action for Migrant and Climate Justice

Human migration from gentrification, conflict and economic hardship, and increasingly climate change…
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
Photo by Aman Upadhyay on Unsplash

Out of Context #1: Diversifying Programming with Integrity

“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation…
Author
Shruthi Rajasekar
~Nois--Photo by Nick Zoulek

“Playfully Serious” Music: The Furies and ~Nois Take Scholes Street Studio

On Thursday, January 16, 2020, The Furies and ~Nois warmed Scholes Street Studio with a double-bille…
Author
Aaron Wolff
Katherine Balch--Photo by Ted Moore

This week: concerts in New York (January 27, 2020 – February 2, 2020)

Voices and Piano Peter Ablinger and Eric Wubbels will perform selections from Peter Ablinger’s…
Author
Sam Reising
Maija Hynninen Dawn Breaks

Dawn Breaks (Ravello Records): Maija Hynninen’s Debut Album

Composing with electronics presents a unique set of creative challenges. Rather than presenting chal…
Author
Adam O’Dell
Paul David Flood

New Voices Essay Contest Third Place Winner: Paul David Flood

Last year, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN partnered with 21CM to hold the second annual “New Voices” essay con…
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Magdalene--Photo by Maria Baranova

Magdalene Wrests Control from the Male Gaze in a Complicated Production at PROTOTYPE

Mary Magdalene is famous for her intimate position in Jesus’ inner circle at a time women were not c…
Author
Lana Norris
Zosha Di Castri Tachitipo

Tachitipo: Zosha Di Castri’s “Challenging and Satisfying” Debut Album

Zosha Di Castri is on top of the world. Born in 1985, she is a professor of composition at an Ivy Le…
Author
Colin Holter
Jessie Montgomery--Photo by Jiyang Chen

This week: concerts in New York (January 20, 2020 – January 26, 2020)

The Music of Sir Karl Jenkins | DCINY DCINY presents the 20th Anniversary of The Armed Man, A Mass f…
Author
Sam Reising
Devonté Hynes and Third Coast Percussion Fields

Fields: Devonté Hynes’ Debut Classical Album with Third Coast Percussion

On October 11, 2019, pop music star Devonté Hynes (a.k.a. Blood Orange) released his debut classical…
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Sierra Wojtczack

New Voices Essay Contest Second Place Winner: Sierra Wojtczack

Last year, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN partnered with 21CM to hold the second annual “New Voices” essay con…
Author
I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Erin Busch--Photo by Matthew Genders

5 Questions to Erin Busch (Founder and Artistic Director, Young Women Composers Camp)

Leia Sofia Mendez, a 2018 alumna of the Young Women Composers Camp (YWCC), remarked that the camp, “…
Author
Megan Ihnen
Gleb Kanasevich performs inti-figgis-vizueta's no words

Video Premiere: Gleb Kanasevich performs inti figgis-vizueta’s no words

Today’s video premiere features clarinetist Gleb Kanasevich performing inti figgis-vizueta&#82…
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String Orchestra of Brooklyn

This week: concerts in New York (January 13, 2020 – January 19, 2020)

Magdalene | PROTOTYPE This meditation on transformation and desire is scored by the collective voice…
Author
Sam Reising
Anaïs Maviel in the garden

Anaïs Maviel’s “Visceral and Beautiful” in the garden (Gold Bolus)

Anaïs Maviel is an experimental composer working primarily in New York. From the composers website,…
Author
Clover Nahabedian
John Carroll

New Voices Essay Contest First Place Winner: John Carroll

Last year, CARE IF YOU LISTEN partnered with 21CM to hold the second annual “New Voices” essay conte…
Author
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Ring Out

Jessica Meyer Asserts Her Composer-Performer Identity on Ring Out

Sometimes the narrative just melts away. In spaces devoted to classical and new music, murkily curta…
Author
Nick Stevens
thingNY--Photo by Brian McCorkle

Music and Language Converge at thingNY’s “Hello. My Name Is…”

On December 18, 2019, enthusiasts of the playful, theatrical, and uncannily poignant thingNY (Jeffre…
Author
Tristan McKay
Esa-Pekka Salonen

This week: concerts in New York (January 6, 2020 – January 12, 2020)

Parker Quartet & Anthony McGill | Music Mondays The Parker Quartet and clarinetist Anthony McGil…
Author
Sam Reising
Patricia Brennan

This week: concerts in New York (December 23, 2019 – December 29, 2019)

John Zorn Presents: The Stone Commissioning Series The John Zorn Commissioning Series celebrates The…
Author
Sam Reising
Vivian Fung--Photo by Charles Boudreau

5 Questions to Vivian Fung (composer)

Vivian Fung has attained the kind of success that is the result of a strong, not easily confined mus…
Author
Bruce A. Russell
HEART CHAMBER, Director: Claus Guth, World premiere on 15 November 2019, Deutsche Oper Berlin, copyright: Michael Trippel

Deutsche Oper Berlin Stages Czernowin’s Heart Chamber

At one point in Heart Chamber, Chaya Czernowin’s fourth and latest opera, a filament bulb casts rust…
Author
Nick Stevens
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