Week long Composers Now Festival starts today!
Sure, the recession has caused for cutbacks in the arts. But composers are a resilient bunch. This week, New York City will be the site for the first Composers Now…
The cool kids prepare their pianos!
Courtesy of the John Cage Trust blog.
20 composers X a $50 dollar application fee = a self-funded commission
I have the utmost respect for Eighth Blackbird as musicians and new music advocates. In fact one of my fondest dreams as a composer would be to have them perform…
Prism Quartet celebrates 25th Anniversary at LPR on 1/31
This Sunday, the Prism Quartet is celebrating 25 years of concertizing and the release of various CDs with a show at Le Poisson Rouge (details below). The show will feature…
Manahan takes the reins at ACO
Big news in the orchestra world. Starting next season (2010-’11), George Manahan will become the American Composers Orchestra’s Music Director. He will continue as Music Director at the New York…
Dr. Atomic as Opera or Symphony?
Many people are still talking about the New York production of John Adams’ latest opera, Dr. Atomic. But Adams wasn’t through with the material after its stage presentation. Nonesuch recently…
Deerhoof – and sfSound – Dig Ligeti
Greg Saunier is in the indie band Deerhoof, but he’s also a composer of concert music. sfSound commissioned a work from Saunier as part of an upcoming concert centered around…
ImprovFriday Vol. 1
A number of Sequenza 21 contributors and readers also populate the site ImprovFriday. It’s a web community that encourages sharing of improvisations, compositions with an element of improv, and recent…
Musical America’s Composer of the Year
Musical America is honoring Louis Andriessen as their 2010 Composer of the Year. Seems a fitting tribute in his seventieth birthday year. That said, there’s been much activity in the…
Happy 101st Birthday Elliott!
Elliott Carter turns 101 today. By all accounts, he’s hale, hearty, and busily composing!