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Amanda Gookin's Forward Music Project 2.0--Photo by Jill Steinberg

Amanda Gookin Brings Forward Music Project 2.0 to National Sawdust

New York-based cellist Amanda Gookin is injecting the often-abstract world of new music with human e…
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Aaron Wolff
Thomas Buckner--Photo by Chris Bowen

5 Questions to Thomas Buckner (Founder and Artistic Director, Interpretations Series)

One of the most famous male voices in contemporary music in the United States, Thomas Buckner is a b…
Author
Colin Holter
Photo by Dayne Topkin on Unsplash

The Myth of the Composer-Genius

The following is an abridged version of a lecture given at the Overnight Composers Series at SUNY Fr…
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Evan Williams
Ashley Jackson performs Danielle Eva Schwob's The Long Way Down

Video Premiere: Ashley Jackson Performs Danielle Eva Schwob’s “The Long Way Down”

Today’s Four/Ten Media video premiere features harpist Ashley Jackson performing Danielle Eva…
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Tyshawn Sorey (photo: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

This week: concerts in New York (March 25, 2019 – March 31, 2019)

CompCord Big Band CompCord Big Band runs amok on a program featuring premieres by Aaron Alter, John…
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Sam Reising
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir Vernacular

VERNACULAR: Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir Performs Cello Works by Icelandic Composers

Cellist Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir dreams in Icelandic. Despite having spent the majority of her life ou…
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Jillian DeGroot
Cara Tolmie and Stine Janvin--Photo by Thor Brødreskift/Borealis

Borealis 2019 Encourages Two-Way Dialogues and Evokes Visceral Reactions

“Borealis is not a transaction, but a conversation,” reflected Artistic Director Peter Meanwell afte…
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Amanda Cook
Saariaho X Koh

Saariaho X Koh: Kaija Saariaho and Jennifer Koh Multiply Their Talents

The title graphics of this Cedille CD are more than appropriate: it is not titled Saariaho & Koh…
Author
Don Clark
Jennifer Walshe's The Site of an Investigation at New Music Dublin--Photo by Joanne Taaffe

New Music Dublin 2019 Celebrates the Irish Contemporary Music Scene

I’ve had the privilege of spending the last six months living and studying experimental sound practi…
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James May
Amanda Gookin

This week: concerts in New York (March 18, 2019 – March 24, 2019)

Cecilia Lopez: Dos (tres) / Bifurcations with Aki Onda For the first concert of her 2019 Roulette re…
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Sam Reising
Claire Chase's Density 2036: part vi--Photo by Karen Chester

Claire Chase Prophesies What’s Possible in “Density 2036, part vi” at The Kitchen

Claire Chase‘s last “Density 2036“ episode, Marcos Balters’ Pan, was a 90-mi…
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Lana Norris
Inbal Segev--Photo by Jill Steinberg

Inbal Segev Celebrates 21st Century Women (and One Man) at Roulette

On Thursday, February 28, 2019, an intimate group assembled within Brooklyn’s Roulette Intermedium t…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Joe Bergen

5 Questions to Joe Bergen (Mantra Youth Percussion)

Mantra Percussion hasn’t stopped moving since they were founded in 2009. Now heading into thei…
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Jay Derderian
Argus Quartet performs Andrew Norman's Peculiar Strokes

Video Premiere: Argus Quartet Performs Norman’s Peculiar Strokes

Today’s video premiere of Peculiar Strokes by Andrew Norman features Argus Quartet in collabor…
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Marilyn Nonken

This week: concerts in New York (March 11, 2019 – March 17, 2019)

Marilyn Nonken | Pop-Up Concerts Pianist Marilyn Nonken explores the relationship between teacher an…
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Sam Reising
Dai Fujikura Diamond Dust

Dai Fujikura’s Diamond Dust Explores Diverse Textures (Minabel Records)

What does it mean to write music of substance in 2019? In olden days, the turn of phrase separated “…
Author
Nick Stevens
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5 Questions to Peri Mauer (composer, cellist, conductor)

We first met Peri Mauer as our standmate in the back-row chorus for the world premiere of Marcos Bal…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
David Smooke

Active Listening #4: H8 Speech by David Smooke

Active Listening is a series that unites composers with audiences who care about social justice. The…
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Lior Willinger
New York Festival of Song

“Hyphenated-Americans” at NYFOS Features Multicultural Vocal Music

On February 20th at Merkin Hall, the New York Festival of Song‘s “Hyphenated-Americans&#…
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Tristan McKay
Contemporaneous

This week: concerts in New York (March 4, 2019 – March 10, 2019)

Contemporaneous IMAGINATION Presents In a snapshot of the endlessly varied forms of musical expressi…
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Sam Reising
Gemma Peacocke Waves and Lines

Gemma Peacocke’s Waves and Lines Amplifies Stories of Afghan Women

The evocation of place is central in Gemma Peacocke’s Waves and Lines (New Amsterdam Records). Her n…
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Hannah Rosa Schiller
Kate Sheeran

5 Questions to Kate Sheeran (Executive Director, Kaufman Music Center)

Kate Sheeran, a hornist and brilliant educational administrator, succeeded the retiring Lydia Kontos…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Ljova Solo Opus

Ljova’s SoLò Ópus Explores Improvisation with Fadolín and Loop Pedal

Composer, arranger, and violinist/violist Lev Zhurbin, a.k.a. Ljova, has a diverse array of musical…
Author
James May
Ayça Çetin--Photo by Jabez Co

5 Questions to Ayça Çetin (flutist) about Cosmos New Music

Cosmos New Music is an ensemble dedicated to contemporary music that incorporates multiple genres an…
Author
Jarrett Goodchild
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