Sheila Silver Composer Portrait at Merkin Hall
The Music of Sheila Silver: A Celebration Merkin Concert Hall February 8, 2018 By Christian Carey Published on Sequenza 21 NEW YORK – Composer Sheila Silver has taught…
Seattle Symphony unveils David Lang’s symphony without a hero
David Lang’s symphony without a hero received its premiere on February 8/10 by its commissioner, Seattle Symphony and Music Director Ludovic Morlot. As usual, Lang spells his title in all…
Best Recording 2017
Verisimilitude Tyshawn Sorey Tyshawn Sorey, drums, percussion, composer; Cory Smythe, piano, toy piano, electronics; Chris Tordini, bass Pi Records PI70 Tyshawn Sorey has had quite a year of musical accomplishments.…
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James Tenney World Premiere in Los Angeles
On November 11, 2017, the Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound (SASSAS) formally presented the world premiere of Changes: Sixty-Four Studies for Six Harps, by…
Metropolis Ensemble Presents: Memory Palace (Preview)
On Monday, November 20 in New York, Metropolis Ensemble percussionist Ian Rosenbaum will present an hour-long, seamless musical narrative culminating in Christopher Cerrone’s evocative work Memory Palace. Through electro-acoustic soundscapes,…
Répons at the Armory (Review)
NEW YORK – On October 6 & 7, 2017, Park Avenue Armory presented Ensemble Intercontemporain, conducted by Matthias Pintscher, in Répons,…
Friday: Locrian plays JLA
Locrian Chamber Players’s mission is clear: they play the very newest contemporary classical fare: selections must have been written in the last decade to be programmed. This time out, the focus…
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Interview: Julia Adolphe
This week, The New York Philharmonic premieres their second commission by composer Julia Adolphe. The first, 2016’s Unearth, Release, was a warmly received viola concerto for Philharmonic Principal Violist Cynthia Phelps. The latest, White Stone, will be premiered…
Linda Catlin Smith on Another Timbre
Linda Catlin Smith Drifter Apartment House and Bozzini Quartet Another Timbre at105X2 Born in the US and residing in Canada for more than a quarter century, Linda Catlin Smith…
Signal Plays Staud at Miller (Concert Review)
Photos: Karli Cadel Ensemble Signal Plays Johannes Maria Staud Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre April 8, 2017 Sequenza 21 By Christian Carey NEW YORK – Austrian composer Johannes…