Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008)
Daniel Wakin at the NY Times reports on the passing of Norman Dello Joio at age 95. One of the first pieces of 20th Century choral music I sang was…
Bad news from Tanglewood: The BSO press release
BSO MUSIC DIRECTOR JAMES LEVINE LEAVES TANGLEWOOD TO UNDERGO SURGERY BSO Music Director James Levine regrets that he will have to withdraw from the balance of the 2008 Tanglewood season.…
New Music Duo Hybrid Groove Project Drops Latest Hit “HGP Anthem”
Peabody faculty member David Smooke sent this along for your delectation: Summer’s just beginning and Hybrid Groove Project, the genre-bending new music duo from Baltimore, is already heating things up…
IFCP honors Carter on Monday and Tuesday
Institute & Festival for Contemporary Performance Marc Ponthus, Founder/director JUNE 10-17, 2008 www.mannes.edu/ifcp 212.580-0210 ext 4884 • MONDAY, JUNE 16 All-CARTER 7:30 conversation: the relationship between Carter & Speculum Musicae…
Brokeback Mountain a go….
Charles Wuorinen, who turns seventy today, has been commissioned by New York City Opera to compose an opera based on Annie Proulx’s short story Brokeback Mountain. It is scheduled to…
Upcoming concert by the Locrian Chamber Players
An Evening of Contemporary Chamber Music with the Locrian Chamber Players Saturday, May 31st at 8 PM Riverside Church Entrance at 91 Claremont Avenue (North of W. 120th Street –…
Bounteous Braxton Set
Anthony Braxton has released a nine-CD anthology of his piano music on Leo Records. Performed by Geneviève Foccroulle, the boxed set includes all of the prolific composer’s piano music written…
Support your local record store
Today is National Record Store Day. Music sellers throughout the country are celebrating in a variety of ways, from special sales and promotions to instore performances. Given the challenges that…
Pictures 2008 Masterclass
This past Friday, Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey hosted a masterclass for the Pictures 2008 project. This competition, sponsored by NJ Arts Collective and the Montclair Art Museum,…
Need to restore your faith in music?
Nadia Boulanger Mademoiselle A film by Bruno Monsaingeon Ideale Audience (www.ideale-audience.com) Mademoiselle, the DVD release of Bruno Monsaingeon’s 1977 film about renowned pedagogue Nadia Boulanger, is a fascinating document. It…