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Nico Muhly’s Two Boys on Nonesuch

In a recent article that briefly examines some of the lasting impact that Beethoven has had on weste...
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Justin Rito
Tristan Perich/Vicky Chow: Surface Image

Vicky Chow/Tristan Perich: Surface Image

The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) is a $140 million construc...
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Gavin Gamboa
Corey Dargel

Exclusive Preview: Corey Dargel’s There’s Nothing There

If, like me, you've been into Corey Dargel's music for a long time, you might have been wondering wh...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Anne Akiko Meyers - The American Masters

Anne Akiko Meyers: The American Masters

In this imaginatively programmed disc from eOne Productions, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and conduct...
Author
Don Clark
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Howard Hersh’s Inventivity : Angels and Watermarks

Angels and Watermarks is the latest self-released album (Snow Leopard Music) by Howard Hersh, an Ame...
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Joanne Lam
John Supko Bill Seaman s_traits

Supko & Seaman’s s_traits: Man + Man + Machine

When discussing arts and culture, one often hears the phrase "the work speaks for itself" thrown aro...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
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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
Glossolalia - Dosia McKay

Dosia McKay’s Glossolalia, an Achievement of Aural Antics

Dosia McKay is no stranger to success - her compositions have been premiered at universities and gal...
Author
Angelina Panozzo
Nils Bultmann Troubadour Blue

Troubadour Blue by Nils Bultmann on Innova

Often the viola is not thought of as a solo instrument. It is the connecting timbre between violin a...
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Jarrett Goodchild
yMusic Balance Problems

yMusic’s Balance Problems: Unveiling the Intimacy of Chamber Music

In the introduction to her 2013 book Chasing Sound, author Susan Schmidt Horning states: “The evolut...
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Amanda Cook
The Dublin Guitar Quartet Performs Philip Glass

Dublin Guitar Quartet Performs Glass on Guitars

Founded by students of the Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama in 2001, the Dublin Guitar Quartet...
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Norman Cahn
Philip Glass - Harpsichord Concerto Lewis Fallon Naxos

Transparent Mechanical: Lewis and West Side Chamber Orchestra Perform Glass, Rutter, and Françaix

Sure, it’s sort of a bromide, but it’s apt: what was once old is new again. Along with a resurgence...
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Thomas Dempster
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
Anthony Davis Notes From The Underground/BMOP

An Arresting Release: Anthony Davis “Notes from the Underground”

Practically every work by composer Anthony Davis could have been composed today. Long, overlapping r...
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Thomas Dempster
Xenia Pestova - Shadow Piano on Innova

Xenia Pestova’s Shadow Piano on Innova Recordings

Xenia Pestova is a pianist who actively promotes and performs new works of music. Additionally, she...
Author
Nick Arner
Duo Noire, Figments

Duo Noire: Where Classical Guitar Meets Minimalism

Duo Noire Figments, compos...
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Angelina Panozzo
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Flux Quartet Delivers a Reference Recording of Feldman’s String Quartet No. 1

The FLUX Quartet have masterfully laid claim to the complete string quartets of Morton Feldman, beco...
Author
Bruce A. Russell
Two x Four, Koh and Laredo

Jennifer Koh and Jaime Laredo: Two x Four

It wasn’t until seventh grade that I met my first violin teacher; before then, I was largely self-ta...
Author
Norman Cahn
Lewis Spratlan: Apollo and Daphne Variations

BMOP Delivers Stellar Performances on Apollo and Daphne Variations

It is an all too familiar scene: patrons travel to a grandiose hall to hear a major symphony orchest...
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Amanda Cook
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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
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Bora Yoon’s Sunken Cathedral on Innova Recordings

Recently, in one of those flights of randomness the internet inspires, I did a Google image search f...
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Jennifer Stock
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Third Coast Percussion’s Resounding Earth on New Focus Recordings

Resounding Earth was commissioned by the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center...
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Aaron Holloway-Nahum
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Darrett Adkins, Hypersuite 2: Music for Solo Cello on Oberlin Music

Darrett Adkins belongs to that rare breed of musicians who possess both the chops to do just about a...
Author
Marina Kifferstein
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present point passed by ensemble, et al. on Infinite Number of Sounds

present point passed is the debut album of Brooklyn's ensemble, et al., a percussion group comprised...
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Joanne Lam
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