Last Night in L.A.: Jacaranda Music
Jacaranda Music opened its sixth season last night, but not in their usual home. Instead, they opened in Santa Monica’s lovely new Broad Stage, a 500-seat venue at the grounds…
Being, Nothingness and Morton Feldman
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TEWQZ5tLD0[/youtube] Some people like to think that music is always somehow about something… usually them. My bad love affair, the world will never understand me, much less remember me. And…
Sure From Far and Near, You’ll Always Hear, The Wearing of the Green
That famous Irishman Frank J. Oteri tells us that the Contemporary Music Centre Ireland, which is basically the Irish equivalent of the American Music Center, is producing its first-ever New…
Tom Myron Rules the Universe
Whoa! Our own Tom Myron has taken two more bold steps in Sequenza21’s irreversible march toward Complete Intergalactic Domination. This Friday the New York Pops plays two of Tom’s Bernstein arrangements…
Those is some bitchin’ sounds, yo
Dude! Next week those SOB’s from Lost Dog get their season off to a hooowwwling start with a program at Tenri they call “Color Wheel.” Lost Dog top dog Garth…
I Like to Look
My first year in college (1974-5), we were treated to an exhibition of the original score pages selected by John Cage and Alison Knowles for their highly influential 1969 book Notations…
Sampling your way through Sunday brunch
Sunday Music: CD Samplers in the Era of Pandora Sunday Music Volume 4 Big Helium Records BHRSM004 / www.bighelium.com Unlike the album driven days of yore, today it’s all about…
The King of Queens
In 2002, Silas Huff moved to New York City for a girl, got a day job, and, while riding the bus into Manhattan, noticed a lot of folks getting on…
Q&A with Gabriel Kahane
Gabriel Kahane performs Thursday, 9 October with Rob Moose at the Cornelia St. Café (8:00pm, doors; 8:30 Diane Birch, opening; 9:30 Gabe). This week, Gabriel and I exchanged some e-mail…
Last Night in L.A.: the art of Kraft
Another full house at Zipper Hall, and we enjoyed ourselves with the music of William Kraft and his “Encounters” series of works for percussion. This was the third and final…