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The Gryphon Trio Bridge Musical And Artistic Genres

February 5, 2013 Chris Becker

(Houston, TX) Next week here in Houston, contemporary music rears its terrifying head in the form of Canada’s Gryphon Trio on two very different concerts presented by the Houston Friends…

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Metal Meets Jazz Meets Free Improvisation: Houston’s The Core Trio Makes Musical Alchemy

February 4, 2013 Chris Becker

(Houston, TX) The music of the Houston ensemble The Core Trio, featuring Richard Cholakian on drums, Thomas Helton on upright bass, and Seth Paynter on saxophones, is an utterly convincing…

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Le Train Bleu in Concert on February 6 at DROM in New York City – World Premiere of Seven Stories by Lawrence Dillon and Works by Thomas Ades, Matt Marks and Eric Nathan Also Presented

February 1, 2013 Jeffrey James

Le Train Bleu, conducted by Ransom Wilson, will present Toy Stories, a concert on Wednesday, February 6 – 7:00 PM at DROM, 85 Avenue A (between 5th and 6th) in…

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The End of “Classical Discoveries Goes Avant-Garde”

January 29, 2013 Steve Layton

For years now, long-time WPRB radio host Marvin Rosen has brought the world (though it’s in Princeton, New Jersey, it also streams live over the web) all manner of “Classical…

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Classical and Prog-Rock Collide on Pianist and Composer Kris Becker’s New Album “Expansions”

January 29, 2013 Chris Becker

(Houston, TX) “Ah! Expression!” That’s the first thing that came out of my mouth when I cued up and heard “Elegy,” the poignant, yet unsentimental first track on Houston-based pianist…

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Flutist Michelle Yom’s FALKOR

January 21, 2013 Chris Becker

(Houston, TX) This Sunday, Houston-based flutist, composer, and improviser Michelle Yom presents FALKOR, an interactive music and dance composition featuring Yom on flute and four dancers, Kriten Frankiewicz, Erin Reck,…

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Friday: Miranda at Mannes

January 17, 2013 Christian Carey

It is no secret that violinist, violist, and sometime vocalist Miranda Cuckson is one of File Under ?’s favorite contemporary music performers on the New York scene. An excerpt of…

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Your Body is Not a Shark

January 14, 2013 Michael McDonagh

Sometimes a phone interview is the way to go, even if you live in the same town. And so it was on a rainy Friday afternoon this past December that…

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Dear Huff Post …

January 7, 2013 Christian Carey

Have you seen the leaden snark about new music that recently passed for a column on Huffington Post? Penned by composer Daniel Asia, it was ostensibly about John Cage’s centenary…

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Chris Cutler on Radio Web MACBA

January 3, 2013 Chris Becker

Radio Web MACBA is a radiophonic project from the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) website that explores the possibilities of the internet and radio as spaces of synthesis and…