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Colin Holter

Colin Holter is a composer, collaborator, administrator, and occasional writer on music based in Cleveland.
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Luna Composition Lab Fellows 2019-20, Olivia Bennett, KiMani Bridges, Madeline Clara Cheng, Ebunoluwa Oguntola, and Sage Shurman

5 Questions to the 2019-20 Luna Composition Lab Fellows

The Kaufman Music Center’s Luna Composition Lab is a program that brings together a cohort of...
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Colin Holter
Arturo O'Farrill--Photo by Laura Diliberto

5 Questions to Arturo O’Farrill (composer) about Mending Wall

Composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrill has contributed a new piece entitled SOMETHING TO DECLAR...
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Colin Holter
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...
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Colin Holter
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
Tim Parkinson Pleasure Island

Tim Parkinson’s Pleasure Island (Slip): Junky Little Epiphanies

To describe what Tim Parkinson‘s Pleasure Island sounds like would be doubly unwise: it would...
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Colin Holter
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...
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Colin Holter
Esther Lamneck Tárogató Constructions

Esther Lamneck’s Tárogató Constructions: Sonic Environments and Improvisation

On her recent release from Innova, Esther Lamneck trades her clarinet for its country cousin (the co...
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Colin Holter
Bob Lord

5 Questions to Bob Lord (CEO, Parma Recordings) on PARMA’s 10th Birthday

PARMA Recordings CEO Bob Lord is a producer, composer, and bassist. Founded on the notion that the v...
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Colin Holter
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Alarm Will Sound Performs Johnson’s Mind Out of Matter on Tzadik

Scott Johnson’s Mind Out of Matter (Tzadik) is, among other things, an atheist oratorio. Most (but n...
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Colin Holter
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Transient Canvas’ Debut Album Sift Features New England Composers

In the sweepstakes of contemporary music, the marimba and the bass clarinet have—for different reaso...
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Colin Holter
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Mario Diaz de Leon and TAK Ensemble Team Up on Sanctuary

For better or worse, Sanctuary is the perfect title for Mario Diaz de Leon’s most recent record. Thi...
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Colin Holter
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Binary Canary and Guest Improvisers on bc+1

What must it be like when Jeffery Kyle Hutchins (saxophone) and Ted Moore (laptop) invite you to joi...
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Colin Holter

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