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Tristan McKay

Tristan McKay (he/him) is a pianist, visual artist, and scholar based in NYC. His research interests include semiotics and graphic notations, and he teaches at SUNY New Paltz. Tristan plays ice hockey in his free time.
Stardust--Photo courtesy Helios Opera

Helios Opera Presents Stardust by Felix Jarrar and B.L. Foxley

As the performing arts continue to suffer from the ongoing repercussions of COVID-19, presenting org...
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Tristan McKay
Terri Winston--Photo courtesy of Women's Audio Mission

5 Questions to Terri Winston (Founder & Executive Director, Women’s Audio Mission)

Terri Winston is the Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Audio Mission (WAM), a San Francisco/...
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Galya Bisengalieva’s Aralkum is an Energizing and Haunting Escape

Kazakh-British composer Galya Bisengalieva creates a dynamic and immersive ambient world with her la...
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Strange Intimacy in the Uncanny Valley: Bang on a Can Marathon June 2020

Since its 1987 inauguration at Exit Art in SoHo, the annual Bang on a Can Marathon has been a New Yo...
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Tristan McKay
Kate Amrine This is My Letter to the World

A Musical Manifesto: Kate Amrine’s This is My Letter to the World (innova)

In her second album, This is My Letter to the World, Kate Amrine explores an array of current social...
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Tristan McKay
Du.0--Photo by Will Marshall

Texture, Trance, Trash: Du.0 at Tenri Cultural Institute

Aimée Niemann and Charlotte Munn-Wood are the artists behind Du.0 (du-point-oh), a self-described fe...
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Tristan McKay
thingNY--Photo by Brian McCorkle

Music and Language Converge at thingNY’s “Hello. My Name Is…”

On December 18, 2019, enthusiasts of the playful, theatrical, and uncannily poignant thingNY (Jeffre...
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Tristan McKay
Jen Shyu--Photo by Lynn Lane

5 Questions to Jen Shyu (multi-disciplinary artist)

Jen Shyu is a multilingual vocalist, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and dancer with a pe...
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Tristan McKay
The Living Earth Show--Photo by Roger Jones

5 Questions to The Living Earth Show (Travis Andrews & Andy Meyerson)

The Living Earth Show (Travis Andrews and Andy Meyerson) is a San Francisco based percussion-guitar...
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Tristan McKay
Chelsea Music Festival 2019--Photo by Fadi Kheir

Chelsea Music Festival Celebrates 10 Years of Music + Visual and Culinary Arts

This year at the Chelsea Music Festival, there were many reasons to celebrate: 2019 marks the tenth...
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Tristan McKay
Attacca Quartet performs an all-Caroline Shaw program at The Crypt Sessions--Photo by Steven Pisano

Attacca Quartet Performs Caroline Shaw Program at The Crypt Sessions

A hip group of concertgoers dressed mostly in black met on a chilly spring evening at the border of...
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Tristan McKay
New York Festival of Song

“Hyphenated-Americans” at NYFOS Features Multicultural Vocal Music

On February 20th at Merkin Hall, the New York Festival of Song‘s “Hyphenated-Americans&#...
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Tristan McKay
Wavefield Ensemble

Wavefield Ensemble: “Visible Traces” at National Sawdust

You may not be familiar with Wavefield Ensemble, but if you’ve spent any amount of time attending co...
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Tristan McKay
Ursula Oppens

5 Questions to Ursula Oppens (pianist) on her 75th Birthday

You can’t tread very far into the world contemporary classical music without coming across legendary...
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Tristan McKay
loadbang

loadbang Kicks off 10th Anniversary Celebration with “Music That Defines”

What do Charles Wuorinen, Reiko Füting, Eve Beglarian, Alexandre Lunsqui, Hannah Lash, and Andy Akih...
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Tristan McKay
Kate Soper's IPSA DIXIT at Miller Theatre

Kate Soper’s IPSA DIXIT at Miller Theatre Composer Portraits Series

The 2018-29 Composer Portraits series at Miller Theatre kicked off on Saturday, October 27th with Ka...
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Tristan McKay
Nathalie Joachim performs at Resonant Bodies 2018--Photo by Gretchen Robinette

Resonant Bodies Festival: Jen Shyu, Nathalie Joachim, and Caroline Shaw

The second evening of the Resonant Bodies Festival took place on Wednesday, September 12th at Roulet...
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Tristan McKay
Matt Haimovitz--Photo by Christopher Lane

Matt Haimovitz: Overtures to Bach’s Cello at the Chelsea Music Festival

In the gorgeous General Theological Seminary in Chelsea, cellist Matt Haimovitz paired classic works...
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Tristan McKay
Margaret Leng Tan

Margaret Leng Tan Performs “Cage, Crumb, and Beyond” at Ecstatic Music Festival

On Thursday, April 26, 2018 at Merkin Hall, Margaret Leng Tan performed a program entitled “Cage, Cr...
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Tristan McKay
Bang on a Can All Stars

Bang on a Can: The 2018 People’s Commissioning Fund Concert

Merkin Hall was completely packed on Thursday, February 15, 2018 for the Bang on a Can All-Stars 201...
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Tristan McKay
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Piano, Percussion, and Video: Vicky Chow and Ben Reimer at Roulette

On December 16, 2017, pianist Vicky Chow and percussionist Ben Reimer presented a program of music b...
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Tristan McKay
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Bearthoven’s Debut Album Trios (Cantaloupe Music)

Bearthoven’s Trios (Cantaloupe Music) is an imaginative and aesthetically well-defined debut album b...
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