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Live, in person and new: Contemporary music festivals in the Northeast in Summer 2021

July 22, 2021 Gail Wein

LOUD Weekend, TIME:SPANS, Tanglewood and Bard are all back on stage this summer with in-person audiences Fans starved for live music over the past year and half can rejoice and…

Composers Contemporary Classical Deaths

Remembering Louis Andriessen

July 2, 2021 Armando Bayolo

Louis Andriessen has died. He was a highly idiosyncratic composer of music that, like the man himself, inspires great love. Encountering his music as a young composer changed my life.…

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Curtis K. Hughes – Video Premiere and CD Review

April 13, 2021 Christian Carey

Tulpa Curtis K. Hughes New Focus Recordings “Tulpa is a term appropriated by 20th century theosophists from Tibetan Buddhism to refer to a manifestation of a physical being generated purely…

CD Review Chamber Music Composers Contemporary Classical File Under?

Against Method Counter)induction – Benjamin Fingland, clarinet; Miranda Cuckson, violin; Jessica Meyer, viola; Caleb van der Swaagh, cello, Randall Zigler, bass; Renate Rolfing, Ning Yu, piano; Daniel Lippel, guitar New…

Composers Contemporary Classical Deaths

RIP Marga Richter (1926-2020).

July 9, 2020 Christian Carey

Marga Richter by Sharon Mirchandani American composer and pianist Marga Richter died peacefully of natural causes at her new home in Barnegat, NJ on June 25, 2020. She had lived…

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10/25 – Composers at Westminster Recording sees Release

October 16, 2019 Christian Carey

On October 25th, the recording Composers at Westminster (WCC19109) will be released via digital platforms. The program notes are below. “Composers at Westminster” The five composers featured on this recording…

Composers Contemporary Classical

Hayes Biggs on Mario Davidovsky (1934-2019)

September 2, 2019 Christian Carey

Mario Davidovsky (March 4, 1934 – August 23, 2019) Mario Davidovsky, composer, teacher, and winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for his Synchronisms No. 6 for piano and electronic…

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Orchestra of St. Luke’s Robert DeGaetano Composition Institute

July 25, 2019 Gail Wein

In these days of swiping right and hooking up, having a long-term commitment is something special. So when the Orchestra of St. Luke’s founded the Robert DeGaetano Composition Institute with…

CD Review Composers Contemporary Classical File Under?

Erika Fox – Paths (CD Review)

July 15, 2019 Christian Carey

Erika Fox Paths Goldsfield Ensemble, Richard Baker, conductor NMC Recordings Once one hears Paths, the octogenarian Erika Fox’s first CD, their first reaction may mirror mine: one of incredulity. How…

Composers Concerts Contemporary Classical File Under? New York Orchestras

Saturday: League of Composers Season Finale

May 27, 2019 Christian Carey

On Saturday June 1st at Miller Theatre at 7:30 PM, Louis Karchin and David Fulmer will lead the Orchestra of the League of Composers in a program of contemporary works,…