Locrian Chamber Players this Thursday
Eclectic in their programming and superlatively talented, the Locrian Chamber Players have a unique mandate: they are the only new music ensemble which limits their repertoire to works composed in…
RVW captures my Memorial Day wish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zfHiloldtg
Ahem, Mr. Wakin, Death awaits a retraction….
In his 5/23 article for the NY Times, Daniel Wakin asked ,”A contemporary surrealist opera at the NY Philharmonic? About the end of the world? On Memorial Day weekend? What…
Short Chat with Elizabeth Ziman
Brooklynite singer/songwriter Elizabeth Ziman is probably best known for her work with the indie pop band Elizabeth and the Catapult. But Ziman, a trained pianist who studied film scoring, was…
Ligeti’s “Apothecary of Moments”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4SW9Zvtd9E
This Throat Singer ain’t from Tuva…
Ken Ueno appeared with Joan Jeanrenaud at BAM last month. I missed the gig, but was excited to see the YouTube footage. When I met Ken, in the graduate program…
Who’s the dude with Alan Gilbert?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS6N-9dZ2Ws
Guest Blogger: Oscar Bettison
Composer Oscar Bettison sent along this report about student opera performances in Baltimore, Maryland. Opera Etudes at Peabody Every other year at Peabody, the month of May means one thing…