Remembering Louis Andriessen
Louis Andriessen has died. He was a highly idiosyncratic composer of music that, like the man himself, inspires great love. Encountering his music as a young composer changed my life.…
Update: Villiers Quartet International Competition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V5jhpB5zzE Last July we posted on the British Villiers Quartet’s first international competition, the call for which Sequenza21 readers helped refine. After an online voting process, three finalists (Canadian Riho…
DC’s Exploding Piano
As I alluded in an earlier post, Washington, D.C.’s new music scene has been exploding lately. Part of that explosion comes courtesy of Kathleen Supove, who on Tuesday will be…
Cygnus Ensemble at the Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. readers may have noticed that the new music scene in the District has been exploding lately. This week brings another significant event when New York’s Cygnus Ensemble makes…
Music After: Remembering 9/11
http://vimeo.com/28274561On September 11, 2011 the United States marks a decade since the deadliest terrorist attack on our soil, one that has left an indelible mark on the nation’s psyche as…
New Noises Hardly Explained
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…
UK’s Villiers Quartet Hosts Competition for Young Composers
Update (July 5, 2011): The Villiers Quartet has revised its guidelines for its new music competition. The most notable change is the age restriction, which has been raised to 35.…
Seattle Symphony Celebrates Asia
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…
Choral Music Coast-to-Coast
One of the most exciting areas for new music in recent years has been in the field of choral music. In the next two weeks, two choirs devoted to new…
What’s Wrong With the Arts? Well, it’s NOT the Artists.
I am probably shooting my career in the foot by writing this, not to mention my standing in the D.C. arts community (such as it is), but it has to…