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Dark Music Days 2016 Recap: Day Two

The wind screams and howls in Reykjavík. It is strong enough to disturb your gait and to push you ar...
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Gavin Gamboa
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Dark Music Days 2016 Recap: Day One

The Dark Music Days Festival takes place within Harpa, a 21st century space of giant proportions; a...
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Gavin Gamboa
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Nkeiru Okoye’s Opera in Praise of Harriet Tubman

In her opera Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed that Line to Freedom, composer-librettist Nkeiru Okoye d...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Sō Percussion in Seattle and in Your Living Room

An excited audience waited in anticipation for the 7:30 pm downbeat by Sō Percussion in Meany Theate...
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Kevin Baldwin
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PROTOTYPE Presents David T. Little’s Dog Days

The PROTOTYPE festival in New York City has quickly emerged as a rite of the New Year. Founded in 20...
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Sam Reising
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Vancouver Opera Presents Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters

Thursday, December 10, 2015 marked the penultimate performance of Nico Muhly‘s Dark Sisters fo...
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Joanne Lam
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Meredith Monk and Anne Waldman Conjure Old New York at Danspace

On Friday, December 18, 2015, Danspace Project — a forum for experimentation in choreography — prese...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
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Steel Hammer: An American Legend Brought to Life at BAM

In the realm of American folklore, almost nothing quite compares to the tale of John Henry. The Appa...
Author
Sam Reising
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An Eclectic Night of Premieres at Wayward Music Series

A large and eager crowd attended the Good Shepherd Center’s Wayward Music Series for a concert of pr...
Author
Kevin Baldwin
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Vancouver New Music: Tim Hecker

Vancouver New Music‘s concert series for the 2015-2016 season opened with Tim Hecker‘s s...
Author
Joanne Lam
Julia Bullock

Deutsche Oper’s Premiere of Saariaho’s La Passion de Simone

November 25-26, 2015 in Berlin, Germany, was the premiere of the 2013 version of Kaija Saariaho’s La...
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Kelsey Walsh
Third Sound ensemble in Plaza de San Francisco, in Havana, Cuba

New York-based Third Sound ensemble debuts in Old Havana

When American Composers Forum was invited by festival director  Guido López-Gavilán to bring an arti...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Momenta Quartet Festival Struts Its Stuff

As the old saying goes, “if you want something done right, do it yourself.” From Septemb...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
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ETHEL Celebrates Women Composers

On November 4, 2015, the string quartet ETHEL presented a concert at National Sawdust in New York Ci...
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Sam Reising
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Noise and Driftwood: A Pairing of Improvisation Ensembles

“Is this the real life?” “If you’re happy and you know it…” “Is this just…” “CLAP YOUR HANDS!” “Carr...
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Kevin Baldwin
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Tim Brady’s Atacama: Symphony #3 at National Sawdust

It’s a dramatic moment when the doors open at National Sawdust. After standing in a slim black lobby...
Author
Lana Norris
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American Composers Orchestra Performs 21st Firsts

Nothing quite compares to the American Composers Orchestra. It is the only orchestra that exists wit...
Author
Sam Reising
John Luther Adams

John Luther Adams’s In the White Silence in New York

“For many years now, I’ve been obsessed with the notion of music as place, and place as...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
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Kontakte Festival 2015: Akademie der Künste, Berlin

September 25-27 was the 2015 Kontakte Festival of new classical electronic, electro-acoustic, and so...
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Kelsey Walsh
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thingNY’s This Takes Place Close By at The Knockdown Center

Remember the noise of Hurricane Sandy, and you’ll probably remember not just the storm itself—with i...
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Jennifer Stock
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George Benjamin’s Written on Skin and Into the Little Hill at Mostly Mozart Festival

The lyric tale Into the Little Hill (2006) and the opera Written on Skin (2009-2012), both joint eff...
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Rebecca Lentjes
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Hand Eye: a Collaboration Between Giants

It’s no secret that world premieres by early-career composers can often be extremely special events.
Author
Justin Rito
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Taktus Raise Their Mallets for Ann Southam

On Friday, July 17, 2015, percussion duo Taktus hosted the launch of their CD Glass Houses for Marim...
Author
Bruce A. Russell
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Clio Em Premieres GRAVITY WING in Montreal

Do you know Clio Em? If so, perhaps you know her as a writer, or a poet? Oh no, you’re right, she’s...
Author
Maurice Du Berger
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