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Revamping the String Quartet: Matthew Barnson’s Sibyl Tones

At some point, whether it be for reasons personal, professional, or purely psychological, most compo…
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Danny Clay
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“Dreams and Yearnings:” Martin Bresnick’s Prayers Remain Forever

Composer Martin Bresnick’s Prayers Remain Forever seems to rest at the apex of nihilistic thought an…
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Jarrett Goodchild
Composer and conductor Tania León

5 Questions to Tania León (composer, Composers Now)

Cuban-born composer, conductor, and educator Tania León founded Composers Now in 2010 to celebrate a…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Video Premiere: Chance the dog (the song)

Alright, I’ll just say it: I love percussion ensembles. From So Percussion, to Ensemble, et al…
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Thomas Deneuville
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RighteousGIRLS’ Gathering Blue Breaks Creative Ground

Riding along the highway at 70 mph, the air conditioning chilling you to the bone, RighteousGIRLS’ n…
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Jackson Cooper
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5 Questions to thingNY (composer/performer collective)

Three years of work will unfold when the artist collective thingNY premieres their new opera This Ta…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Video Premiere: Talking In Circles

We’re excited to premiere a new music video by Evan Monroe Chapman: Talking In Circles (2014),…
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Thomas Deneuville
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George Benjamin’s Written on Skin and Into the Little Hill at Mostly Mozart Festival

The lyric tale Into the Little Hill (2006) and the opera Written on Skin (2009-2012), both joint eff…
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Rebecca Lentjes
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5 Questions to Ian Ding (New Music Detroit, percussionist)

There’s a resurgent arts scene in Detroit, and New Music Detroit is in the heart of it. NMD presents…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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5 Questions to Ben Folds (composer)

Ben Folds is a singer-songwriter and record producer known mostly for his solo work and his early ro…
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Sam Reising
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5 Questions to Christopher Rountree

wild Up is described in most reviews as a contemporary classical ensemble, but Artistic Director Chr…
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Gavin Gamboa
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN Magazine Hits Pause

After two years and 12 issues, I am very sad to announce that I CARE IF YOU LISTEN Magazine is going…
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Thomas Deneuville
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Taktus Dazzles with Glass Houses for Marimba

The late Ann Southam (1937-2010) is an iconic figure in Canadian composition, and the solo piano cyc…
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Bruce A. Russell
Ted Hearne--Photo by Nathan Lee Bush

5 Questions to Ted Hearne (composer)

Composer, singer, and bandleader Ted Hearne is one sixth of the composer collective Sleeping Giant a…
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Amanda Cook
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This week: concerts in New York (September 7 – September 13, 2015)

Sven Helbig LPR will host Sven Helbig’s New York City premiere of his recent project, Pocket S…
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Sam Reising
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Hand Eye: a Collaboration Between Giants

It’s no secret that world premieres by early-career composers can often be extremely special events.
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Justin Rito
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NOW Ensemble Defies Genre Labelling on Dreamfall

Set aside any preconceived notions of what is “classical music” and listen to Dreamfall, NOW Ensembl…
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Don Clark
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Taktus Raise Their Mallets for Ann Southam

On Friday, July 17, 2015, percussion duo Taktus hosted the launch of their CD Glass Houses for Marim…
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Bruce A. Russell
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Clio Em Premieres GRAVITY WING in Montreal

Do you know Clio Em? If so, perhaps you know her as a writer, or a poet? Oh no, you’re right, she’s…
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Maurice Du Berger
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Celebrating Expressionism: Eric Moe’s Of Color Braided All Desire

In today’s eclectically-aural world, rarely is a reviewer afforded the opportunity to rectify the mi…
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Norman Cahn
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5 Questions to Nathalie Joachim (eighth blackbird, Flutronix)

Flutist and composer Nathalie Joachim, perhaps best known as half of the funky genre-blurring duo Fl…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Sound, movement and truly strange wigs with Herbert Fritsch at the Wiener Festwochen

Speaking in a post-show chat about his opera Ohne Titel No. 1, which was performed as part of the Wi…
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Caitlin Smith
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Margaret Brouwer’s Blue Streak Ensemble at The National Opera Center

On Monday, July 13, 2015 the National Opera Center hosted Margaret Brouwer’s Blue Streak Ensem…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Anna Thorvaldsdottir

ICE performs Anna Thorvaldsdóttir’s In the Light of Air

Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, the recipient of the prestigious Nordic Council Music Prize 2012 for her work…
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Thomas Deneuville
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