Liveblogging the 2012 BOAC Marathon
Last year I decided to try my hand at liveblogging the Bang on a Can Marathon concert and had so much fun doing it, I figured I’d come back and…
Ricky Ian Gordon’s “Rappahannock County” brings the Civil War home to Richmond
Composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Mark Campbell have teamed up with director Kevin Newbury and conductor Rob Fisher to create a unique musical view into the people who were…
Del Tredici’s String Quartet No. 2 is to be premiered Sunday amid remembrances
One might assume that any work receiving its premiere this weekend – especially this Sunday – would have to be somehow related to the 9/11 memorials taking place around the…
Liveblogging the BOAC Marathon
So I happened to be in the city over the weekend and didn’t have any interviews or other meetings today, so I figured “Hey, I’ve got a laptop…why not liveblog…
Mallonee and Snowden featured tonight as part of Nief-Norf Summer Festival
Tonight will feature the two winners of the first annual Call-for-Scores that the Nief-Norf Project put together this year as part of the first 10-day Nief-Norf Summer Festival going on…
Ensemble Dal Niente finish their season with fire and subtlety
[Apologies for the delay on this posting – laptop illness kept me from completing it till today.] During my week stay in Illinois, I was lucky enough to catch several…
Third Coast Percussion join with 8bb’s Tim Munro on the Mayne Stage in Chicago
One of Chicago’s most notable chamber ensembles, Third Coast Percussion, joined forces on Tuesday evening with flutist Tim Munro (of eighth blackbird) to create an intriguing evening exploring music from…
Baltimore’s Figaro Project premieres three new one-act operas
Not even two years old by students and alumni of Peabody Conservatory, the Figaro Project is one of several new opera companies that have sprouted up around the country, and…
Lee Hoiby (1926-2011)
Lee Hoiby, one of the preeminent composers of song and opera in the 20th Century, passed away today at the age of 85. I was lucky enough to host Lee…
February in Fredonia, pt.1: Jamie Jordan
While the Weather Channel might only associate our flyover community with snow & cold every year, here in western New York at SUNY Fredonia things are heating up with the…