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David Pearson

David Pearson is the author of Rebel Music in the Triumphant Empire: Punk Rock in the 1990s United States (Oxford University Press, 2021). He is a saxophonist and composer and teaches music history as an adjunct assistant professor at Lehman College.
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Patricia Caicedo--Photo by Carlos Muñoz

5 Questions to Patricia Caicedo (soprano, musicologist)

Patricia Caicedo is a soprano and musicologist whose scholarship and performances center Latin Ameri...
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David Pearson
Coming Together/Attica - Photo by Julie Lemberger

Coming Together / Attica Shows Dignity in the Face of Atrocities

Over a year ago I heard Arundhati Roy barraged with a series of idiotic questions from a couple coll...
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David Pearson
Rebecca Lazier - Photo by Bentley Drezner

5 questions to Rebecca Lazier (dancer, choreographer, teacher)

On June 13-15, 2013, Rebecca Lazier and her performers will team up with Newspeak to present the NY...
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David Pearson
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ICE Presents Gubaidulina Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre

When I discovered that the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) was putting on an all-Gubaiduli...
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David Pearson
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I Sing Beijing at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall

Despite it being the year 2013, the notion of art music is generally equated exclusively with the We...
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David Pearson
New Zealand String Quartet

Asian Music for String Quartet

The New Zealand String Quartet has shown much care and attention to detail in bringing to life the m...
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David Pearson
Emerging Voices - Zach Herchen, saxophone & Elisabeth Halliday, soprano

Emerging Voices: Blend and Beauty from Saxophone/Soprano Duo

While there is perhaps an over-abundance of saxophonists capable of playing blaring high notes, blaz...
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David Pearson
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MuSE Sounds of Arts Festival a Multimedia Extravaganza

The new music scene in New York offers plenty of premieres, ensembles, and concerts, yet there are s...
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David Pearson
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Seth Woods: A Concert More Experienced Than Heard

I’m not sure I’ve been to a solo instrumental recital as wide-ranging in its exploration of sounds a...
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David Pearson
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MuSE: Keepin’ It Real in Queens

Finally. A new music festival in NYC without the shi shi Manhattan vibe or hipster Brooklyn pretenti...
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David Pearson
Chihiro Shibayama

5 questions to Chihiro Shibayama about the MuSE Festival

Multicultural Sonic Evolution (MuSE) is holding its 2012 Sounds of Arts Festival, a 5-day multi-medi...
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David Pearson
Cadillac Moon Ensemble

Cadillac Moon Ensemble’s Debut Album Drops

With the plethora of new music ensembles out there and the various instrumentations they employ, it’...
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David Pearson
Build - Photo by Jen McManus

Contemporary Classical Meets Rock Band Format at Drom

June 12th at Drom in NYC was a meeting of contemporary art music sensibilities with a rock/pop forma...
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David Pearson
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Cornelius Dufallo’s Journaling: Solo Violin, Seven Unique Composers

Violinist Cornelius Dufallo’s new CD Journaling presents the music of six contemporary composers liv...
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David Pearson
Tilt Brass - Photo J. Christenson

A Blast of Brass on a Block of Greenwich Townhouses

New York’s West Village, once a center of radicalism in the arts and politics, is now home to a lot...
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David Pearson
Eclipse Quartet - Photo by Stanford Lee Wilson

Eclipse Quartet’s Concert Full of Clarity and Conversation

What was most captivating about Eclipse String Quartet’s March 22 performance at Roulette in Brookly...
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David Pearson
Marie Incontrera

Marie Incontrera’s Riot Girl Opera (A First)

Marie Incontrera’s At the Other Side of the Earth, a riot girl opera, received its exciting premiere...
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David Pearson

Trio Elego’s Cosmopolitan: Music by Glinka and Schnyder

The young German musicians in Trio Elego give fine presentations of music by Daniel Schnyder and Mik...
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David Pearson

A Tribute to Robert Muczynski

Two years ago today composer Robert Muczynski passed away. He left behind a strong output of mostly...
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David Pearson
Prism Quartet

Solid Performance of New Compositions by Prism Saxophone Quartet

Prism Saxophone Quartet gave a solid performance of new works by Curtis Institute students and facul...
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David Pearson
Ilona-Then-Bergh-Michael-Schaefer-Wen-Sinn-Yang-Leonid-Sabaneev-Piano-Trios

Sabaneev’s Tumultuous Piano Trios Finally Get Their Day in Court

There are rare moments in history when political and social upheaval come together with artistic inn...
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David Pearson
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Kickin’ It Old School: Brooklyn Rider’s 7 Steps

The versatile Brooklyn Rider String Quartet is one of a number of chamber groups seeking to take the...
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David Pearson
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Hits & Misses at Zankel Hall

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho is in residence at Carnegie Hall this season, and this past Monday n...
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David Pearson
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Artistry that Runs in the Blood

Pianist Ursula Oppens and the Jack String Quartet provided insightful performances of music by two o...
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David Pearson
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