June 2011 Archives

CDs Chamber Music Composers Concerts Contemporary Classical File Under? New York Orchestras Philadelphia Recordings

Symphony Space Celebrates Andrew Rudin

June 13, 2011 Christian Carey

Andrew Rudin is well known to the Philadelphia new music community, both as a composer and, for many years, as a professor at University of the Arts. One of his…

Contemporary Classical

FSQ2

June 12, 2011 David Toub

I’m halfway through the concert of Feldman’s String Quartet #2 performed by the FLUX Quartet here in Philly. My blog post is here.

CDs Chamber Music Concerts Contemporary Classical Experimental Music Festivals File Under? Philadelphia Strings Twentieth Century Composer

It’s a Short Six Hours

June 11, 2011 Christian Carey

Tomorrow from 2-8 PM in Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, FLUX Quartet plays Morton Feldman’s String Quartet No. 2. The concert is the last event in American Sublime, a two week long…

Awards

ASCAP, League of American Orchestras Present 26 Adventurous Programming Awards

June 9, 2011 Jerry Bowles

ASCAP and the League of American Orchestras presented 26 Adventurous Programming awards to orchestras who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to contemporary composers at a special Awards Presentation held today during…

Contemporary Classical

Mallonee and Snowden featured tonight as part of Nief-Norf Summer Festival

June 7, 2011 Rob Deemer

Tonight will feature the two winners of the first annual Call-for-Scores that the Nief-Norf Project put together this year as part of the first 10-day Nief-Norf Summer Festival going on…

Contemporary Classical

Ensemble Dal Niente finish their season with fire and subtlety

June 7, 2011 Rob Deemer

During my week stay in Illinois, I was lucky enough to catch several concerts that proved how strong the new music scene is in Chicago. On Saturday May 28, Ensemble…

Composers Contemporary Classical Festivals New York

The toy that grew up

June 7, 2011 Steve Layton

Many instruments have their 99-cent toy counterpart: tiny play trumpets, cheap plastic recorders, pint-sized accordions, even mini drum-kits with cymbals the size of espresso saucers. But it’s only the toy…

ACO Competitions Composers Concerts Contemporary Classical File Under? New York Orchestras

20th Anniversary of ACO Readings

June 3, 2011 Christian Carey

The American Composers Orchestra has been holding annual reading sessions for twenty years now: quite a milestone! This weekend will see composers of concert music hearing their works read by…

Awards Classical Music Commissions Competitions Contests Festivals Opportunities Seattle

Seattle Symphony Celebrates Asia

June 2, 2011 Armando Bayolo

The 2011 Celebrate Asia competition from the Seattle Symphony is now open! Seattle Symphony’s Celebrate Asia announces the second Seattle Symphony Celebrate Asia Composition Competition. The Competition seeks to promote…

Brooklyn Chamber Music Composers Concerts Contemporary Classical Experimental Music File Under? New York

Thursday’s LLList: Locrian, Loadbang, and Lucier

June 1, 2011 Christian Carey

As we gallop towards the end of the concert season proper (and towards the bevy of summer music festivals), it’s shaping up to be a busy time here in New…

Symphony Space Celebrates Andrew Rudin

FSQ2

It’s a Short Six Hours

ASCAP, League of American Orchestras Present 26 Adventurous Programming Awards

Mallonee and Snowden featured tonight as part of Nief-Norf Summer Festival

Ensemble Dal Niente finish their season with fire and subtlety

The toy that grew up

20th Anniversary of ACO Readings

Seattle Symphony Celebrates Asia

Thursday’s LLList: Locrian, Loadbang, and Lucier

You missed

Musica Sacra at Carnegie Hall (Concert Review)

Frederica von Stade bids farewell on Naxos Recording (CD Review)

Jeremy Denk at 92nd Street Y (Concert Review

Piano Music by Kenneth Hesketh (CD Review)

Month: June 2011

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