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ShoutHouse Cityscapes

ShoutHouse Explores New York City’s History on Debut Album Cityscapes

Cityscapes (New Amsterdam Records) is the first full-length album from ShoutHouse, a collaborative a…
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Brianna Matzke
Wu Fei--Photo by Shervin Lainez

5 Questions to Wu Fei (composer, vocalist, guzheng virtuoso)

Nashville-based composer, vocalist, and guzheng virtuoso Wu Fei recently found an unlikely spark of…
Author
Douglas Shadle
Steven Schick and ICE perform George Lewis' Soundlines: A Dreaming Track--Photo by Ian Douglas

Soundlines: Engaging Performances from ICE, Lewis, & Schick

Over the past decade, numerous projects have drawn composer George Lewis, percussionist Steven Schic…
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Jacob Kopcienski
Gavin Chuck

5 Questions to Gavin Chuck (Executive Director, Alarm Will Sound)

Gavin Chuck is Executive Director and a composer for Alarm Will Sound, a 22-member ensemble known fo…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
Jen Shyu--Photo by Steven Schreiber

This week: concerts in New York (October 28, 2019 – November 3, 2019)

Chris Grymes Open G Series Honors George Crumb George Crumb Chris Grymes and Open G present a concer…
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Sam Reising
Carolina Eyck Elegies for Theremin & Voice

Carolina Eyck: Elegies for Theremin & Voice (Butterscotch Records)

If you’re a certain kind of listener, you might place Carolina Eyck’s Elegies for Theremin & Voi…
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Colin Holter
Pauline Kim Harris Ambient Chaconne II

Video Premiere: Pauline Kim Harris’ Ambient Chaconne II

Today’s video premiere, “Ambient Chaconne II,” comes to us from violin-composer Pa…
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Donnacha Dennehy's The Hunger

The Hunger: Dennehy and Alarm Will Sound Confront the Legacy of The Famine

2019 has been a banner year for composer Donnacha Dennehy. He collaborated with playwright Enda Wals…
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Kathleen McGowan
Sphinx Virtuosi--Photo by Stephanie Berger

Sphinx Virtuosi “For Justice and Peace” Confronts Social Justice Issues

Music happens in real time. On Friday, October 11th, 2019, the Sphinx Virtuosi string orchestra conc…
Author
Lana Norris
Composer John Luther Adams

This week: concerts in New York (October 21, 2019 – October 27, 2019)

The Crypt Sessions presents the JACK Quartet’s Lines Made by Walking The Crypt Sessions presen…
Author
Sam Reising
John Schaefer--Photo by Marco Antonio

Humanity is Not an Algorithm: What We Lose with WNYC’s Cancellation of New Sounds

Late last week, the news broke that WNYC, New York City’s flagship NPR station, was cancelling all o…
Author
Katy Henriksen
Photo by Denin Lawley on Unsplash

Where Are the Operas About People Like Me? Imagining a Trans-Inclusive New Music World

Last June, I participated in a panel called “New Voices: Composers of Today” at the Leag…
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Alex Temple
Anne Lanzilotti in manus tuas

in manus tuas: Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti’s Solo Album Debut

Out on New Focus Recordings is in manus tuas, the debut solo album from composer and violist Anne Le…
Author
Tracy Monaghan
Jen Shyu--Photo by Lynn Lane

5 Questions to Jen Shyu (multi-disciplinary artist)

Jen Shyu is a multilingual vocalist, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and dancer with a pe…
Author
Tristan McKay
Momenta Quartet

This week: concerts in New York (October 14, 2019 – October 20, 2019)

Fifteen Years of Momenta | Momenta Festival V Momenta Festival V opens with a celebration of Momenta…
Author
Sam Reising
Zeena Parkins Three Harps, Tuning Forks, & Electronics

Three Harps, Tuning Forks & Electronics: Zeena Parkins Pushes Sonic Possibilities

Zeena Parkins’ Three Harps, Tuning Forks & Electronics (Good Child Music) explores both the expr…
Author
Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Katherine Balch--Photo by KateL Photography

5 Questions to Katherine Balch (composer)

The 2019-20 season is filled with a number of exciting commissions and residencies for Katherine Bal…
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Lauren Ishida
Land's End Ensemble

Video Premiere: Land’s End Ensemble & Ben Reimer Perform “Twister” by Vincent Ho

Today’s video premiere features Land’s End Ensemble and percussionist Ben Reimer perform…
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Indre Viskontas--Photo by Kirsten Lara Getchell

5 Questions to Indre Viskontas (neuroscientist, soprano)

Indre Viskontas is nothing short of a renaissance woman. She completed her PhD in neuroplasticity re…
Author
Jay Derderian
Robert Sirota - Photo by Brian Hatton

This week: concerts in New York (October 7, 2019 – October 13, 2019)

Jessica Pavone String Ensemble: Brick and Mortar This concert celebrates the first album release fro…
Author
Sam Reising
Ensemble Pamplemousse's Chance and Circumstance Festival--Photo by Natacha Diels

Chance & Circumstance Festival: Absurdist Theater + Experimental Noise

The Chance & Circumstance Festival finished its three-night run on Saturday, September 21st with…
Author
Justin D. Wright
Music from SEAMUS Vol. 28

Music from SEAMUS, Vol 28: Electro-Acoustic Possibilities and Limitations

The festival compilation is an album format especially particular to the New Music community; an ins…
Author
James May
Members of the Boston Children's Chorus in I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams--Photo by Kathy Wittman | Ball Square Films

I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams: White Snake Projects’ Immigration Opera

The stage opens in silence to a bleak jail cell, brightly lit by abrasive fluorescents–a woman…
Author
Kevin Baldwin
Héloïse Werner--Photo by Emma Werner

5 Questions to Héloïse Werner (soprano, composer)

French-born and London-based Héloïse Werner is a soprano, composer, improviser, and cellist. Her man…
Author
Aaron Wolff
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