Brett Dean Wins 2009 Grawemeyer Award
Hot off the…ur presses. Australian Brett Dean has won the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his violin concerto The Lost Art of Letter Writing (2006; if you have RealPlayer installed…
And Now For Something Completely Different
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They are Lost Dog
It was clear: the times, they needed a-changin’. And they needed not just any change, but change folks could believe in. And so it fell unto the musicians of the…
Countdown: David Salvage
Did you learn anything in music school? Or does the phrase “circle of fifths” mean nothing to you? How does one learn “anything”? Doesn’t one learn “something”? “Something” and “anything” really…
Countdown: Galen Brown
Y’all know the song. “Down. Town. Galen Brown… Meaner than a–” Galen’s meaner than a… um… he’s meaner than a Boobah. Yes, Galen is meaner than a Boobah. As you’ll…
Countdown: Rusty Banks
Rusty Banks. Composer. Did you learn anything in music school? Or does the phrase “circle of fifths” mean nothing to you? Circle of fifths? I remember that. Never cared for…
Gimme More of That Countdown
We continue with Alex Kotch. Composer. Did you learn anything in music school? Or does the phrase “circle of fifths” mean nothing to you? Sure, there’s plenty to learn. Orchestration and…
The Final Countdown
As we watch the inexorable approach of the Sequenza21 concerts (December 1 and 5. Those dates are in your calendar, right? Go ahead and take care of that now, I’ll…
Same Old Story for a New Age
Luke Gullickson is a composer, pianist, and writer currently working on a Master’s in composition at UT in Austin, Texas. He keeps a blog, Sonatas and Interludes, where he recently…
The Good Lord Willing and the Creeks Don’t Rise
Our buddy Frank J. Oteri’s seldom seen bluegrass band, The String Messengers, will be pickin’ and grinnin’ tonight at the Cornelia Street Cafe, commencing at 8 pm. The whole clan’ll…