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The Imani Winds Bring Improvisation to Classical Chamber Music Performance

October 11, 2013 Chris Becker

Imani Winds: Jeff Scott, Toyin Spellman-Diaz, Valerie Coleman, Monica Ellis, and Mariam Adam. (Photo by Matthew Murphy) (Houston, TX) Since the group’s inception in 1997, the Imani Winds have continued…

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Society for Minimalist Music Conference: Opening Concert

October 6, 2013 Paul Muller

The Society for Minimalist Music is holding their biennial conference this year on the campus of Cal State Long Beach from October 3d through the 6th. Opening day included a…

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The Death of the People’s Opera

October 1, 2013 Jerry Bowles

The demise of the New York City Opera is a tragedy for American composers, singers and fans of new opera. With rare exceptions, it has been, since its founding in…

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BUTI emergency

September 30, 2013 Rodney Lister

This article points up a very serious and potentially catastrophic, it seems to me, situation which everybody should know about. There is a very possibility that the Boston University Tanglewood…

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Houston Composer Paul Connolly Premieres New Electro-Acoustic Work

September 27, 2013 Chris Becker

(Houston, TX) If Houston is becoming, as one young Houston-based composer puts it, a “hub for contemporary music,” credit must be given to more than a few local ensembles, organizations,…

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Krakauer Week!

September 21, 2013 Cornelius Dufallo

Clarinettist David Krakauer, a major voice in both contemporary classical music and modern klezmer, will be performing an exciting and eclectic series of concerts this coming week at The Stone…

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One less sax concerto to track down …

September 19, 2013 Christian Carey

Full disclosure: Caroline Shaw has played my music, so I make no claim to objectivity here. _____ The day after Paul Moravec won the Pulitzer prize, John Adams started shooting…

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Grandchildren of Minimalism: The Miró Quartet’s Joshua Gindele On Playing Philip Glass’s String Quartet No. 5

September 12, 2013 Chris Becker

(The Miró Quartet) (Houston, TX) As a way of acknowledging the impact composers such as Terry Riley, Meredith Monk, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass made on him in his formative…

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Nicholas Isherwood Sings Stockhausen in Los Angeles

September 9, 2013 Paul Muller

On a hot September 7th Saturday night, People Inside Electronics and LA Sonic Odyssey presented bass-baritone Nicholas Isherwood in a concert of electronic and vocal music given at the Moryork…

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Britten and Lutoslawski at the Proms–and Panufnik

September 7, 2013 Rodney Lister

Every year’s Proms has several thematic threads, often celebrating anniversaries and birthdays. This year, no exception, had a large number of performances commemorating the centennials of the births of Benjamin…