Help Wanted: Composer-in-Residence, Opera Company of Philadelphia
Hello Jerry Bowles, Kyle Bartlett here, I am a composer and also the New Works Administrator for the Opera Company of Philadelphia. I am hoping you may post information about…
Listening to Istanbul
Turkish pianist Seda Röder has been around these parts more than a few times; sometimes for her wonderful playing and sometimes for her wonderful podcasts. Now an Associate at Harvard,…
Two Short Concerts, One Long Review
This past Friday and Saturday gave Ann Arbor new music seekers two compact and powerful concerts: the final concert of the year for the University of Michigan Contemporary Directions Ensemble…
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Reich on Reich
Steve Reich turns 75 this coming October, and the celebrations have already begun. Later this month is a concert at Carnegie Hall on April 30th. It features the Kronos Quartet…
Anne-Sophie Gives an Award (and I was there)
Sunday was a big day for the brilliant young Slovakian contrabassist Roman Patkoló. First, he played two new works commissioned especially for him by the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation–Duo concertante for…
Baltimore’s Figaro Project premieres three new one-act operas
Not even two years old by students and alumni of Peabody Conservatory, the Figaro Project is one of several new opera companies that have sprouted up around the country, and…
Switchboard Music Festival
This Sunday, April 3rd, 2-10pm, the Switchboard Music Festival will present their fourth annual 8-hour music marathon at the Brava Theater in San Francisco (a new venue to accommodate the…