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John Adams conducting - Photo by Lambert Orkis

On the Transmigration of Jazz and Modernity: John Adams at the Lincoln Center Festival

John Adams conducted the Orchestra of The Juilliard School and the Royal Academy of Music in three w...
Author
Rob Wendt
Melvyn Tan - Photo by Eoin Carey

Melvyn Tan plays Variations for Judith at Cheltenham Festival

A new set of pieces Variations for Judith got its second complete performance during Melvyn Tan’s so...
Author
Richard Barnard
Chen Ye Yuan-(Chou-En-lai), Maria Kanyova (Pat-Nixon) and Brian Mulligan (Richard Nixon) - Photo by Cory Weaver

John Adams’ Nixon in China: full production at the San Francisco Opera

Nixon in China. John Adams' first opera. San Francisco Opera’s series of performances (which began J...
Author
Kelsey Walsh
The Box is Empty - Photo by Brad Pierson

The Box is Empty & Nat Evans: An evening of premieres at Seattle’s Century Ballroom

Located at the heart of Seattle's hip Capitol Hill neighborhood, the historic Century Ballroom is th...
Author
Dana Wen
Build - Photo by Jen McManus

Contemporary Classical Meets Rock Band Format at Drom

June 12th at Drom in NYC was a meeting of contemporary art music sensibilities with a rock/pop forma...
Author
David Pearson
Ashley Bathgate performing Daniel Wohl's Saint Arc

Bang on a Can 25th Marathon [live blogging]

Welcome to the first live blogging event on I Care if You Listen! We are at the World Financial Cent...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Tilt Brass - Photo J. Christenson

A Blast of Brass on a Block of Greenwich Townhouses

New York’s West Village, once a center of radicalism in the arts and politics, is now home to a lot...
Author
David Pearson
Sleeping Giant - Line drawing by Timo Andres. Yes, Timo Andres.

Under the influence: Deviant Septet commissions Sleeping Giant

Igor Stravinsky once said that “A good composer does not imitate; he steals.” In Histories, a new pi...
Author
Adrianne Koteen
Eclipse Quartet - Photo by Stanford Lee Wilson

Eclipse Quartet’s Concert Full of Clarity and Conversation

What was most captivating about Eclipse String Quartet’s March 22 performance at Roulette in Brookly...
Author
David Pearson
Darcy James Argue

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society @ Le Poisson Rouge

We all know, deep down, that classifying music is a fool's game, yet we can't seem to stop ourselves...
Author
Evan Burke
Marie Incontrera

Marie Incontrera’s Riot Girl Opera (A First)

Marie Incontrera’s At the Other Side of the Earth, a riot girl opera, received its exciting premiere...
Author
David Pearson
Bryce Dessner accompanies BYC on guitar in two of his own works - Photo by Robert Maass

Double treat: Brooklyn Youth Chorus at BAMcafé and Roulette

What I find most interesting about the Brooklyn Youth Chorus is the elegance with which the ensemble...
Author
Evan Burke
Liam Robinson, Vincent Raikhel, Christopher Cerrone, Scott Wollschleger

Red Light New Music at Symphony Space

Red Light New Music, a composer collective and new music ensemble now in its seventh season, present...
Author
Adrianne Koteen
Tanya Tagaq

Kronos Quartet: Women’s Voices at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

The Kronos Quartet’s recent concert at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ Novellus Theater was unquest...
Author
Kelsey Walsh
Ensemble SOLI

Everything is Bigger in Texas: San Antonio’s SOLI Chamber Ensemble Matches High Ambition with Huge Results

There were two wonderful opportunities over the past month for chamber music fans in Texas to experi...
Author
George Heathco

Thresholds – the healing power of music

Saturday night at St. Paul the Apostle on Manhattan’s west side, the Schola Cantorum on Hudson (SCH)...
Author
Rob Wendt
Prism Quartet

Solid Performance of New Compositions by Prism Saxophone Quartet

Prism Saxophone Quartet gave a solid performance of new works by Curtis Institute students and facul...
Author
David Pearson
Gaving Bryars and his ensemble performing

The Sinking of the Titanic: Gavin Bryars Ensemble @ Barbican

Just over one hundred years since the sinking of the Titanic. The tragedy was immortalized with emot...
Author
Steven Berryman
Brett Dean - Photo by Mark Coulson

SFCMP Zone 5: in which discussing a plan leads to some confusion

Artistic director Steven Schick and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (SFCMP) concluded t...
Author
Kelsey Walsh
Brooklyn Phil and Melissa Hughes - Photo by Joshua Simpson

Brooklyn Village at Roulette, by the Brooklyn Philharmonic (Est. 1857)

Last March, and for two nights only, Brooklyn Village was performed in Downtown Brooklyn. Advertised...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Marjane Satrapi

Kronos Quartet with Rula Jebreal, Marjane Satrapi, and Tony Kushner @ the Metropolitan Museum

One would think that music and spoken word are two of the most complimentary art forms. They seem li...
Author
Evan Burke
Old First Presbyterian Church in San Francisco

Composers Inc: Season Finale at Old First Presbyterian Church

The concluding concert in Composers Inc.’s season took place on April 24 at San Francisco’s Old Firs...
Author
Kelsey Walsh
Fazil Say

Fazil Say at the Met Museum

Throughout his career, much ink has been spilled concerning Fazil Say's place at a cultural crossroa...
Author
Evan Burke
Aisha Orazbayeva - Photo Thomas Deneuville

The Traces of Sound: Aisha Orazbayeva @ Kings Place

Violinist Aisha Orazbayeva presented a compelling programme of contemporary violin works on April 23...
Author
Steven Berryman
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