Vlogger Wanted
Anybody know a good classical or new music video blogger? I may have a pretty neat gig for them. Send me a note or leave a note below. …
Obama and “The Arts”: A Tale of Elitism and Terminology
The LA Times had an encouraging piece a few days ago about the Obama family’s interest in the non-pop arts (thanks to Alex Ross for the link). Apparently the Obamas recently…
Balm for the Weary Soul
Would be in record stores on March 3 if there were such a thing as record stores. Available here. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxKqg0Fwsro[/youtube]
Jarvis at TCNJ
It might be a small, unassuming, and verdantly appointed campus, but within lurks a strong new music contingent! The College of New Jersey is having a faculty composer recital next…
Tweet Memories
Some enterprising folks have put together an updatable master list of artists, musicians and bands on Twitter. (Yes, now you too can tell Jimmy Eat World what you had for…
Who Knew? (beside the droogs, of course)
If you tend to enjoy “litterchur” as well as classical music, you also tend to become aware that authors such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Ezra Pound, and Paul Bowles were intermittently serious about…
Daze of Our Lives
Our always adventuresome friends at Starkland have outdone themselves this time with an ambitious 65-minute studio composition by Phil Kline commissioned specifically for high-resolution surround sound and DVD. Around the World…
Monday at Merkin: Six premieres by the New York New Music Ensemble
Two of New York New Music Ensemble’s members, clarinetist Jean Kopperud and pianist Stephen Gosling, will be premiering six new pieces at Merkin Concert Hall on Monday, Feb. 23 at…
Your MoM
Last Wednesday, February 28, I had the pleasure of seeing two superb up-and-coming chamber ensembles on a double bill at Music On MacDougal in downtown Manhattan. The Moët Trio…
Who the Hell Was Alice Tully?
The ‘reenvisioned’ Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center opens Sunday. I hope they haven’t moved the chairs closer together. It was the only concert hall in New York where you…