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Leah Coloff's ThisTree at PROTOTYPE 2019

Leah Coloff’s ThisTree: Storytelling and Song at PROTOTYPE

When the new year has just begun to settle in, the PROTOTYPE festival emerges to remind us of the ad...
Author
Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
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...
Author
Tristan McKay
Spitalfields Festival Ringside Symphony

Spitalfields Festival, London: “Ringside Symphony”

‘Is the pool open tonight as normal?’ It’s not a question you expect to hear on entering a concert v...
Author
Caroline Potter
Julia Wolfe's Anthracite Fields

Labor and Belief: Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields at Carnegie Hall

Julia Wolfe’s Pulitzer-prize winning oratorio Anthracite Fields returned to New York City and a full...
Author
Lana Norris
p r i s m--Photo by Noah Stern Weber

In Ellen Reid’s p r i s m, an Abstract Story Communicates Concrete Truths

Content warning: sexual assault In the opening act of Claude Debussy’s 1902 opera Pelleas et Melisan...
Author
Catherine Womack
Du Yun--Photo by Matt Zugale for Miller Theare

Du Yun Composer Portrait: Seeking the Personal and Profound

The auditorium was still only half-full at 8 PM on November 15 as Du Yun’s loyal fans were making th...
Author
Lauren Ishida
Red Wierenga and Kamala Sankaram in Experiments in Opera's Modularias

Experiments in Opera’s Modularias Fuses Voice and Modular Synthesizer

On November 2nd and 3rd, Experiments in Opera‘s “Modularias” presented four new wo...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
The Young People's Chorus of New York City

Young Voices Shine in Young People’s Chorus of NYC New Commissioning Project

What is it like to be a young person in today’s world? “Vocal Currents: Music in Our Changing World,...
Author
Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
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...
Author
Tristan McKay
Momenta Festival IV

Momenta Festival IV: “Ocean Breakup” Curated by Stephanie Griffin

The Momenta Festival, an innovative series of four performances, showcases the Momenta Quartet’s abi...
Author
Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Paolo Bortolameolli

LA Phil Kicks Off its 100th with Young Composers and LA’s Newest Music

America’s “most important” orchestra may technically be turning 99 this month –– they performed thei...
Author
Catherine Womack
Dario Calderone

Opening La Biennale di Venezia: Focus on Zappa, Carter, & Double Bass

The yearly International Festival of Contemporary Music staged by La Biennale di Venezia opened its...
Author
Thea Derks
Dito and Aeneas

Opera Philadelphia’s O18 Festival: A Company at a Crossroads

Over the past couple of years, Opera Philadelphia has taken bold steps toward positioning itself at...
Author
Amanda Cook
High Zero Festival

High Zero 20th Anniversary Tour Brings Improvised, Experimental Music to Roulette

On Wednesday, September 19, 2018, New York’s downtown music scene was invigorated by a fresh a...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Tan Dun at Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival

Joy in Memorial: Tan Dun at Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival

Let’s sit Tan Dun on a couch between Beyoncé, Mozart, and Solange. Her Louvre takeover, his operas,...
Author
Lana Norris
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...
Author
Tristan McKay
Helga Davis at Resonant Bodies 2018

Resonant Bodies Festival: Paul Pinto, Helga Davis, and Lucy Dhegrae

Each year, the Resonant Bodies festival gathers for three nights of immersive soundscapes, daring vo...
Author
Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
KHORIKOS performs in Go Blue: Wolverine New Music

“Go Blue: Wolverine New Music” Features U-M Composers at National Sawdust

Michigan did New York a solid. The U-M School of Music, Theatre, & Dance sent distinct compositi...
Author
Lana Norris
Megan Ihnen and Alan Theisen

Megan Ihnen and Alan Theisen Present: “This World of Yes” in Boston

On Sunday, August 12, 2018, the Second Sunday Concert Series featured “Megan Ihnen and Alan Th...
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Lucy Dhegrae in Lincoln Center’s production of The Force of Things at the 2018 Mostly Mozart Festival

Ashley and Adam Fure’s The Force of Things at Mostly Mozart Festival

“I feel like I’m inside a glacier,” my friend commented to me as we made our way out of Ashley and A...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
International Contemporary Ensemble

Jubilant Performances by ICE and Friends at Mostly Mozart’s Grand Pianola Music

Each summer, the Lincoln Center hosts the Mostly Mozart Festival, “a celebration of Mozart’s c...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
Alexa Dexa at The Slowdown

Omaha Under the Radar 2018: New Music Meets Midwestern Sensibility

A new music festival possesses a certain Midwestern sensibility to begin with, really. Smart and ter...
Author
Megan Ihnen
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...
Author
Tristan McKay
Tigue performs at New Amsterdam Records' 10th anniversary celebratio

New Amsterdam Records and Le Poisson Rouge Celebrate 10th Anniversary

New Amsterdam Records put on a rollicking showcase of its vibe and vision at Le Poisson Rouge on Jun...
Author
Lana Norris
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