Seattle Chamber Players | On the Boards
Those of you who are familiar with the contemporary arts scene in Seattle know that there are two organizations which have been dedicated to presenting new and interesting works from…
CONTACT! with bloggers
My two most recent posts have been about orchestras that specialize in performing contemporary music, ACO and BMOP. In keeping with that theme, I thought I should also say a…
And the nominees are….
The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards are on Sunday night, here’s the list of all the classical music-related categories and nominees, and here are the composition-related categories and nominees. Let’s give…
Conversations
We heard from Christian Carey last week that the American Composers Orchestra has brought on George Manahan as their new Music Director but that’s not until next season. Fortunately you…
What’s up this weekend?
Here are a few concerts worth checking out if you’re near New York City. Friday, December 4th: Newspeak celebrates their 5-year anniversary at Public Assembly in Williamsburg, 6:00-9:00pm. Also on…
Traditions & Transmigrations
Does anyone remember the early August announcement that the American Composers Orchestra was going to begin a partnership with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton to “Commission and Premiere New Music…
(Untitled)
One of the totally unexpected perks that has come along with producing my podcast is all of the press releases that started showing up in my inbox, and even CDs…
My Ears Are Open, ensemble dal niente
I thought it might be nice to close out the month of interviews from Chicago by featuring a couple musicians from dal niente. The ensemble has some great concerts planned…
My Ears Are Open, Chicago. Part II.
Last week on the podcast: Cliff Colnot (download Cliff’s interview here). This week: Nicholas Photinos, cellist in eighth blackbird (download Nick’s interview here). Turns out that 8bb was just finishing…
September concerts in Berkeley, Santa Fe, New York City and Boston
I won’t be able to make it to most of these events, but hopefully you will. Moving from the west coast to the east coast, here is some of what’s…