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Ruggles: An American Rarity

September 24, 2012 Jonathan Lakeland

If you were having a conversation with fellow music lovers about the great American composers, Carl Ruggles would not be the first person to come to mind. The “Great American…

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Kick-starting the Evolution of Baltimore

September 13, 2012 Steve Layton

For the past seven years, Baltimore and Peabody-Institute-based composer (and friend of S21) Judah Adashi has been enlightening Mobtown’s ears by running the Evolution Contemporary Music Series. Praised by Tim…

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Hilary’s back, and Avner’s got her

September 9, 2012 Steve Layton

Or is that the other way around?… Anywho, Hilary Hahn just checked in with the latest in her series of chats with the composers of her In 27 Pieces: The…

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Kaminsky Comments

August 31, 2012 Jonathan Lakeland

Updated : 9/6/12 with added thoughts from Laura Kaminsky. Every so often we have a conversation that changes us for the better. Sometimes, we have this type of conversation with…

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The Proms: British Pride (Finnissy, Ferneyhough, Birtwistle, Elias, et al.)

August 17, 2012 Rodney Lister

One of the most appealing and satisfying things about the Proms is the way that they support and showcase British composers. There are a number of commissions each year (a…

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Lukas …

August 15, 2012 Christian Carey

Today would have been Lukas Foss’s ninetieth birthday, and I’m remembering him fondly. Linked here is a piece I wrote for NewMusicBox, commemorating him after his passing in 2009. Thanks…

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Thursday: John Cage Day at MoMA

August 8, 2012 Christian Carey

I’ve been greatly enjoying Third Coast Percussion’s new CD/DVD release on Mode. John Cage: The Works for Percussion 2 captures some of Cage’s early music in which he assisted both…

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TwtrSymphony: an Interview with Chip Michael

July 27, 2012 Jay Batzner

TwtrSymphony is an intriguing ensemble of musicians connected via social networking. Instead of working together to simply promote and distribute news about contemporary music, TwtrSymphony is a fully functional new…

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A Cowboy Hangs Up His Spurs

July 24, 2012 Christian Carey

On July 22nd via his PostClassic blog, Kyle Gann published a post titled “One Less Critic,” more or less announcing his retirement from music criticism after was able to successfully…

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RIP Nathan Brock (1977-2012)

July 19, 2012 Christian Carey

We’re saddened to learn of the passing of composer Nathan Brock. Nathan was on faculty at University of San Diego and did post-doctoral research at California Institute for Telecommunications and…