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Alices Walking - Photo by Sophie Kahn

Sculptural Opera: Claudia Hart’s Alices (Walking) at EyeBeam

In Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice falls into a fantasy world populated by s…
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Jennifer Stock
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Modernism Out of Season: Adam Roberts’ “Leaf Metal” on Tzadik

Does the word “modernism” still mean anything? The Uptown-Downtown wars of the Eighties are fast fad…
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Matt Mendez
MOBIUS TRIO - Videography by Gabriel Zuniga

Mobius Trio Video Premiere: Nick Vasallo’s Dark Matter

By Daniel L. Muñoz Bay Area composer Nick Vasallo smelts heavy metal aesthetics with Western classic…
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Meredith Monk

This week: concerts in New York (March 31 – April 6, 2014)

Musica Sacra and Kent Tritle present Meredith Monk and the NY Premiere of Jocelyn Hagen’s amass [cap…
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Sam Reising
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The Spring 2014 Mixtape is out!

The Spring 2014 Mixtape is out and here is what you’ll hear: 1. Tilman Robinson – Lines;…
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Thomas Deneuville
Bang on a Can All-Stars - Photo by Monika Graff

Ecstatic Music Festival 2014: Bang on a Can All-Stars

Before Kickstarter, before buzz words like “crowd-funding” and even before the internet was introduc…
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Daniel Garrick
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Magellan’s Playlist: On Tour in China with The Athens Guitar Duo

Magellan’s Playlist: On Tour in China purports to create a volume of music representing the “sense o…
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Kendra Leonard
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5 questions to Dana Jessen (Bassoonist, Improviser, Entrepreneur)

In true modern musical artist fashion, Dana Jessen has her fingers and her feet planted in multiple…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
Robert Sirota - Photo by Brian Hatton

5 questions to Robert Sirota (composer) about Pange Lingua Sonata

On Wednesday, March 26, Hyeyung Julie Yoon (violin, Chiara Quartet) and Soyeon Kate Lee (piano) will…
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David Dies
Alvin Lucier

This week: concerts in New York (March 24 – March 30, 2014)

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Sam Reising
Rene Hell

Harmonic Series presents a one-off special PAN showcase night at the Southbank Centre

Over the last five years, Bill Kouligas’ independent record label, PAN, has grown to be an incredibl…
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Daniel Emmerson
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Kate Soper “Voices From the Killing Jar” on Carrier Records

Kate Soper seems this season to be especially concerned with the rights of fictional women. Her wond…
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Kurt Gottschalk
Jennifer Walshe

5 questions to Jennifer Walshe (composer)

THMOTES, a project by Irish composer Jennifer Walshe, involved a number of text scores sent via Snap…
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Paul Kilbey
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App Review: Radiohead’s PolyFauna for Android and iOS

It’s not every day that Radiohead releases a free smart-phone app, but when they do, it’s downloaded…
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Nick Arner
Ben Connor (Amazonier), Rupert Enticknap (Europäer) and members of the Wiener KammerOrchesters - Photo by Armin Bardel

Mare Nostrum is child’s play at Theater an der Wien Kammeroper

There is a quaintness to Mauricio Kagel’s Mare Nostrum (1975, rev. 1997). Its heavy-handed metaphors…
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Caitlin Smith
Brooklyn Youth Chorus at the Bang on a Can Marathon 2013

This week: concerts in New York (March 17 – March 23, 2014)

A Tribute To Robert Ashley With the sudden passing of Robert Ashley, Dorian Wallace’s The Free Soun…
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Sam Reising
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Time Management for Music Entrepreneurs: 4 Strategies to Achieve Your Goals by Focusing On What’s Important

Musicians need a lot of help with time management since they have so much going on and they have to…
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Astrid Baumgardner
Kronos Quartet - Photo by Jay Blakesberg

Kronos Quartet premieres Mary Kouyoumdjian’s Under 30 commission at Z-Space

The extended weekend of February 6 thru 9 was a particularly exciting one for the Bay Area, as the m…
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Danny Clay
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Berkeley Symphony Premieres Samuel Carl Adams’ Violin Concerto

The Berkeley Symphony’s concert on Thursday, February 6 in UC Berekely’s Zellerbach Hall featured th…
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Kelsey Walsh
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App Review: TC-11 Multi-Touch Synthesizer

Kevin Schlei, a composer and developer, releases iOS music apps under the name Bit Shape. Schlei’s s…
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Nick Arner
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This week: concerts in New York (March 10 – March 16, 2014)

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Sam Reising
Composer Fausto Romitelli

An Index of Metals at Theater an der Wien not quite a furnace of sensations

The late composer Fausto Romitelli, who passed away in 2004 at the age of 41 from a tragic illness,…
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Caitlin Smith
Tracy Silverman

5 questions to Tracy Silverman (violinist, composer, producer)

The recent release of “Between the Kiss and the Chaos” on Delos was a great opportunity to ask five…
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David Dies
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Defining Communicating: David Van Tieghem x Ten “Fits & Starts”

RVNG Intl.’s release of X Ten – Fits & Starts is the 10th volume of the FRKWYS series, and is th…
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George Heathco
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