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“Milton Babbitt at 100” Collide-O-Scope Music performs Babbitt’s Arie da Capo, Wuorinen, Bunk, and Bailey this Friday

Jun 14, 2016 Joshua Banks Mailman

The centenary of the legendary composer Milton Babbitt (1916-2011) is ocassion to celebrate. After Augustus Arnone’s three recitals earlier this season playing Babbitt’s complete solo piano works, now his group Collide-O-Scope Music…

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The New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF) takes Manhattan

Jun 14, 2016 Joshua Banks Mailman

Most New Yorkers are walking about, minding their own business, completely oblivious to the international sonic earthquake vibrating through their midst all week: The New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival…

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June 1 at Miller: League of Composers

Jun 1, 2016 Christian Carey

Orchestra of the League of Composers/ISCM Season Finale Miller Theatre; June 1, 2016 7:30 PM Part of the NY PHIL Biennial (Tickets here) Since its inception, the Orchestra of the…

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Ursula Mamlok (1923-2016)

May 4, 2016 Christian Carey

I’m sad to learn of the passing of Ursula Mamlok, a persuasive composer of elegant post-tonal works. Like Ralph Shapey and Stefan Wolpe, her compositions referred to serialism while also…

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Composer Carson Cooman (Interview)

Apr 12, 2016 Christian Carey

Interview with Carson Cooman Sequenza 21: The latest CD of your compositions, Liminal on Divine Art, features three works, a short orchestra piece, Shoreline Rune, Liminal, your Fourth Symphony, and…

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RIP Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Mar 18, 2016 Cortlandt Matthews

English composer and conductor Peter Maxwell Davies died on Monday, March 14th 2016. At the age of 81, Davies passed away in his Orkney home. The cause of death was…

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Arnone plays Babbitt: A double bill

Feb 29, 2016 Joshua Banks Mailman

(This is an expansion of an earlier post for a concert ultimately postponed due to snowstorm Jonas in January) Augustus Arnone performs a double bill of Milton Babbitt’s solo piano works including the…

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Cold Blue Music Concert at Monk Space

Feb 24, 2016 Paul Muller

On February 16, 2016, Tuesdays@Monk Space hosted a concert of Cold Blue Music artists in the lively Koreatown district of Los Angeles. A good crowd came out to hear music…

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RIP Steven Stucky

Feb 15, 2016 Christian Carey

Eminent composer, college professor, and Lutoslawski scholar Steven Stucky has died, aged 66. The cause was brain cancer. Below, listen to one of his beguiling works, the Notturno movement from Serenade for Wind Quintet.

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WasteLAnd Concert at Art Share LA

Feb 10, 2016 Paul Muller

On Friday night, February 5, 2016 a good crowd braved the dreaded 101 freeway closure to travel downtown to Art Share LA . The occasion was …until… the first concert…