Black Wagner: African-American Wagnerism and the Question of Race Revisited
Alex Ross’s next book, “Wagner–Art in the Shadow of Music” is still very much a work in progress but his keynote lecture at Wagner WorldWide 2013 at the University of…
Get Schooled on New Music at OjaiU
Here’s something cool to mark on your calendar. The Ojai Music Festival is launching a free three-week online course next Wednesday, May 15, leading up to the 2013 Festival which…
Wanted: Major WordPress Dude (or Dudette)
We’re looking for a WordPress genius to help us update Sequenza21 by cleaning out the crawl space and attic, adding some new wiring and plumbing, attaching the garage to the…
Calling All coLABorabtionists: Win a Pair of Tickets for Zankel Hall on Friday Night
Who wants a pair of tickets to coLABoratory: Playing It UNsafe at Zankel Hall on Friday night? This is an ACO project described as the first and only professional research and development…
Do you really, really like us?
The world has reached a sad state when our individual and institutional worth is measured by how many people like us on a social media web site. But, alas, these…
A Late Quartet Connects Random Acts of Life
At an early point in Yaron Zilberman’s new film A Late Quartet, Peter Mitchell (Christopher Walken) the cellist and father figure of a world renowned string quartet, explains Beethoven’s Opus…
A Barnraiser in Potsdam
Should you find yourself in the vicinity of Potsdam, NY on Tuesday night of this week, I highly recommend to you a concert of four recent works by Crane composer…
Executive Director Position Open at MATA
David T. Little is stepping down as MATA executive director this fall to focus more fully on his compositional life and to pursue other professional endeavors. MATA is looking for…
It Happened Last Night
Spotted at Keen’s Steakhouse: New Music evangelist and all-round wild-and-crazy guy Frank J. Oteri hovering with music industry macher Marc Ostrow. Is there a game-changing new website where classical, jazz…
From Iceland With Love–Hilary Hahn and Hauschka’s New CD ‘Silfra’
Hilary Hahn has a really cool new album called Silfra out today. Recorded in Iceland with the Düsseldorf-based composer and pianist Volker Bertelmann, who goes by the name Hauschka, the…