Lovely tribute to American composer Ned Rorem who died a couple of weeks ago at 99.
The dean of art songs left behind a treasure trove of great melodies.
Attn: New Music Freak Shoppers: Pre-Order The Definitive Biography of Vincent Persichetti and Save Big
We’re very excited about Andrea Olmstead’s The Definitive Biography of Vincent Persichetti which is about to be published. So excited, in fact, that if you pre-order it before November, you’ll…
Thea Musgrave turns 90 this Sunday. Come help her celebrate.
A delightful interview with the about-to-be-nanagenerian composer Thea Musgrave. Don’t miss her 90th birthday concert by the New York Virtuoso Singers, the American Brass Quintet, and various soloists at The…
New Music America meets New Music France at Roulette on Thursday
Heads up, New Music fanboys and fangirls. There’s a good looking concert at Roulette on Thursday night called French/American Music in Dialogue that brings together the Boston-based new music ensemble…
Spoleto Journal: Mighty Fine Chamber Music Festival Coming to Chucktown
There aren’t many cities in the American south where it can be fairly said that chamber music is more popular than shrimp and grits and Charleston is one of them.…
New Kid in Town: Orchestra Moderne NYC Makes Carnegie Debut October 7
Orchestra Moderne, a new ensemble founded by conductor Amy Andersson in March, will debut at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 8pm with a program celebrating the legacy…
Quelle joy! Celebrating 20 Years of Marvin Rosen (and Beata)
The indefatigable Marvin Rosen is marking 20 years of broadcasting his indispensable radio program “Classical Discoveries” on WPRP in Princeton, New Jersey (and on the web) and to celebrate the…
Charleston is the New Mecca of Chamber Music. Thanks, Geoff Nuttall.
Geoff Nuttall is looking for a few good rocks. One for each hand of 60 random patrons who show up at Charleston’s Dock Street Theater this Friday at 11 am…
Rodney Lister’s Hail to the Chief Titled (What Else?) “The Art of the Deal’
In the spirit of, ummm, hope and change, my composer friend Rodney Lister has written a wonderful new song. See the whole score.
Bang on Can Marathon Turns 30 with a Bang
Hard to believe that the venerable Bang on a Can Marathon began as a one day concert on Mother’s Day 1987 in a SoHo art gallery. That’s 30 years ago for…