Cuba Libre! Minnesota Orchestra Off to Havana
The Minnesota Orchestra is off to Cuba. The historic May trip culminates with two performances in Havana, May 15 and 16 and will also include several musical exchanges between Orchestra…
Darcy Gets a Guggenheim
Delighted to see one of our favorites, Darcy James Argue, among the 2015 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship winners announced yesterday. The Guggenheim Foundation gives out annual fellowships in…
Early Music of Robert Ashley in Los Angeles
April 1, 2015 was the date and the REDCAT Theater at Disney Hall was the site of a concert by the Southland Ensemble of the early music of the late…
The Wild Beasts in Pasadena
The spaciously comfortable sanctuary of the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena, CA was the site for a concert titled gnarwhallaby: The Wild Beasts. On a pleasant Sunday evening, March…
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! SpoletoUSA Unveils 2015 Chamber Music Schedule (and it’s a Doozey)
Geoff Nuttall, violinist for the St. Lawrence String Quartet and Director of Chamber Music for the SpoletoUSA Festival in Charleston SC, just announced details of the 11 programs for the…
Bird Lives! In Philadelphia, Of All Places
The joyous news from Philadelphia today is that Bird Lives! Opera Philadelphia is doing its first premiere in almost four decades and it’s Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, composed by Daniel Schnyder,…
Ferneyhough Concert in Los Angeles
Art Share LA, in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, was the scene of a concert Friday February 27, 2015 entitled Terrain featuring works by Brian Ferneyhough, Brian Griffeath-Loeb and…
Homecoming: Sir Simon Rattle Named Music Director of LSO
The London Symphony Orchestra announced today the appointment of Sir Simon Rattle as its Music Director. He will take up his appointment in September 2017, following in the footsteps of…
Mata Festival Turns 17; Gets Curiouser and Curiouser
MATA Festival celebrates its seventeenth year, Monday, April 13 to Saturday, April 18, 2015, showcasing the wild variety of today’s compositional climate with a sweeping range of original compositions by…
American Modern Ensemble Returns to SubCulture with BLUE
A week from today, the American Modern Ensemble will bring a brand new program to SubCulture‘s stage. Entitled, “BLUE”, this upcoming performance celebrates the release of AME’s latest album, Powerhouse…