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Jason Charney

Jason Charney is a composer and sound artist currently based in Bowling Green, Ohio.
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5 Questions to Aeryn Santillan and Andrew Noseworthy (People Places Records)

Aeryn Santillan and Andrew Noseworthy started independent record label People Places Records in 2017...
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Jason Charney
Meerenai Shim

5 Questions to Meerenai Shim (flutist, Aerocade Music founder)

Meerenai Shim takes on many roles in new music. As a flutist, she has release three solo albums: Som...
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Jason Charney
Scott Wollschleger

5 Questions to Scott Wollschleger (composer)

Brooklyn composer Scott Wollschleger describes the piano as his “personal diary,” and hi...
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Jason Charney
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Mariel Roberts Expertly Navigates Four Premieres on Cartography

The monochromatic cover art of Mariel Roberts’ Cartography is cryptic and arresting: a figure strugg...
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Jason Charney
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Meredith Monk Speaks “On Behalf of Nature” (ECM Records)

In her liner notes to On Behalf of Nature (ECM), Meredith Monk cites poet Gary Snyder’s essay “Write...
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Jason Charney
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Eighth Blackbird Presents Hand Eye on Cedille Records

Eighth Blackbird is an ensemble of big projects and high concepts and their album Hand Eye on Cedill...
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Jason Charney
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5 Questions to Kate Nordstrum (curator, Liquid Music)

Kate Nordstrum is the curator of St. Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music Series, which just kicked...
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Jason Charney
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SPLICE Ensemble Presents Stockhausen and More

The SPLICE Institute finished its second year as a unique festival and training ground for musicians...
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Jason Charney
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Dal Niente and Deerhoof Present Balter/Saunier

Rarely do such distinct musical voices come together to make a perfect hybrid as Ensemble Dal Niente...
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Jason Charney
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Introducing bitKlavier: Dan Trueman’s Nostalgic Synchronic

The piano is limited in its conventional mode of playing– pianists can only use their fingers...
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Jason Charney
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Morton Feldman’s Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello on Bridge Records

As in much of Morton Feldman’s late music, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello (1987) repeats and varies a s...
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Jason Charney
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Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble: Realign the Time

Since their formation in 2010, Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble has dedicated itself to commission...
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Jason Charney
Paul Dresher - Photo by Andrew Constantini

5 Questions to Paul Dresher (Composer)

At Roulette, on Sunday, October 26, the Paul Dresher Double Duo will perform Double Ikat Part 2, Dre...
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Jason Charney
Facts About Water - Guy Barash (Innova)

Guy Barash: Facts about Water on Innova Recordings

Facts About Water - Guy Barash (Inno...
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Jason Charney
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Scott Worthington, Even the Light Itself Falls on Populist Records

Scott Worthington is a busy and visible figure in LA's tight new music scene, both as a composer and...
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Jason Charney
Meerenai Shim's The Art of Noise album cover

Meerenai Shim’s Art of Noise: Sophisticated, yet Accessible

Luigi Rossolo’s 1913 manifesto, “The Art of Noises,” advocated for the inclusion of a wide variety o...
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Jason Charney
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34th Annual Bowling Green New Music Festival

Every autumn since 1980, Bowling Green State University has transformed into an  international hub o...
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Jason Charney

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