July 2011 Archives

Chamber Music Composers Concerts Contemporary Classical Electro-Acoustic Festivals Improv Interviews Premieres San Francisco Saxophone

Let’s Ask Andrew Raffo Dewar

July 13, 2011 Polly Moller

Here’s the first in a series of interviews with composers who are premiering new works at the 10th Annual Outsound New Music Summit in San Francisco on Friday, July 22nd.…

Criticism Critics Opinion The Business

New Noises Hardly Explained

July 12, 2011 Armando Bayolo

In a recent piece for Slate , musicologist Jan Swafford took readers on a little tour of contemporary music that has yielded a fair share of controversy. Mind you, that…

Contemporary Classical

The Mind Garage, The Electric Liturgy and My (Tiny) Part in the Birth of Christian Rock

July 10, 2011 Jerry Bowles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klmhgRRRnHM A nanosecond or two ago–at the dawning of the age of aquarius, when my generation’s future was still a bright crazy quilt of dreams and possibilities–my wife Suzanne and…

Bang on a Can Cello Contemporary Classical Downtown Electro-Acoustic File Under? Video

Avant Cellist’s Ideas Worth Spreading

July 9, 2011 Christian Carey

Maya Beiser, everyone’s favorite ex-Can Banging All Star downtown cellist, was an invited presenter at the March 2011 TED conference. The TED site recently released a high quality video of…

Contemporary Classical

Invisible Dog Extravaganza!

July 6, 2011 James Holt

Like the New Music Bake Sale, there’s another great Brooklyn tradition beginning to happen. On Friday, July 8, 7:00 pm to midnight at the Invisible Dog Art Center, Dither will…

Contemporary Classical

The Woodstock Summer 2011 Mostly Girl Front Porch Chill Mix

July 5, 2011 Jerry Bowles

Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the streets. Or, making playlists. Or something. Some friends who just got themselves a screened-in porch for their house up…

Classical Music Composers File Under? Twentieth Century Composer Video

Happy Independence Day from Charles and Greta

July 4, 2011 Christian Carey

My parents-in-law have a long tradition of enthusiastic photography. Greta the golden retriever is less than a year old, but she’s already an accomplished model. To those readers in the…

Let’s Ask Andrew Raffo Dewar

New Noises Hardly Explained

The Mind Garage, The Electric Liturgy and My (Tiny) Part in the Birth of Christian Rock

Avant Cellist’s Ideas Worth Spreading

Invisible Dog Extravaganza!

The Woodstock Summer 2011 Mostly Girl Front Porch Chill Mix

Happy Independence Day from Charles and Greta

You missed

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)

Two Early Music Groups Visit New York (Concert Review)

Month: July 2011

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