Don Clark

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newEar Evolves with “Darwin” Chamber Opera in Kansas City

May 1, 2013

As a fitting finale for its 20th anniversary season, newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble departed f...

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Chihara Viola Music on Bridge Records

Apr 9, 2013

Born in Seattle in 1938, Paul Chihara's first musical experiences were in popular music forms. He ha...

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newEar Ensemble’s “Strangely Familiar” in Kansas City

Mar 8, 2013

Kansas City's major classical music ensembles have focused on melding visual and musical art for the...

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Don Clark

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Fire and Time, American works for orchestra on Navona

Feb 1, 2013

None of the works on this compilation disc, composed from 1993 to 2009, are particularly adventurous...

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Panufnik: Orchestral Works Volume 5 on CPO

Jan 10, 2013

For much of his lifetime, Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991) enjoyed a stellar international reputatio...

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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the SFS in the Opening Concert of the American Mavericks Festival.

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San Francisco Symphony: American Mavericks

Dec 11, 2012

Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison and Edgard Varèse were truly mavericks in their day, challenging conventi...

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newEar Contemporary Music Ensemble. Photo Credit: Scott Unrein

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newEar Contemporary Music Ensemble: “Hijinks”

Nov 15, 2012

Ask a typical concert patron to describe contemporary classical music in one word and the usual susp...

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Don Clark

newEar Evolves with “Darwin” Chamber Opera in Kansas City

Chihara Viola Music on Bridge Records

newEar Ensemble’s “Strangely Familiar” in Kansas City

Fire and Time, American works for orchestra on Navona

Panufnik: Orchestral Works Volume 5 on CPO

San Francisco Symphony: American Mavericks

newEar Contemporary Music Ensemble: “Hijinks”

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