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Ruggles: An American Rarity

September 24, 2012 Jonathan Lakeland

If you were having a conversation with fellow music lovers about the great American composers, Carl Ruggles would not be the first person to come to mind. The “Great American…

Premieres Recitals Review

Jenny Q. Chai at Zankel Hall: A Review

April 20, 2012 Chris McGovern

Ear To Mind presents Pianist Jenny Q. Chai in Recital Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC April 19th, 2012 Jenny Q. Chai walked out onstage for the first half of…

Concerts Contemporary Classical Review

The renowned percussion group NEXUS, consisting of Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Russell Hartenberger and Gary Kvistad made a Southern California appearance Friday night before a noticeably full Samuelson Chapel at…

Electro-Acoustic Events Experimental Music New York Performers Review

Amy X Neuburg/Cory Smythe at Roulette: A Review

December 15, 2011 Chris McGovern

Cory Smythe and Amy X Neuburg; Photos courtesy of Glenn Cornett Amy X Neuburg/Cory Smythe Roulette Brooklyn, NY Dec. 13, 2011 It’s East Meets West…coast, that is. On the stage…

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SWARMIUS in The Cell

June 22, 2011 Geoffrey Burleson

Barriers between various musical genres continue to be gleefully destroyed by insightful musicians and collectives. One such divide that has been crumbling over the last few years has been any…

Concert review Contemporary Classical Opera Review

Akhnaten at Long Beach Opera

March 25, 2011 Christian Hertzog

If you have the slightest interest in contemporary opera or modern drama, you must see Philip Glass’s Akhnaten, scheduled for one more performance by Long Beach Opera on Sunday, March…

Contemporary Classical Electro-Acoustic Experimental Music Festivals Review

Dan Deacon & So Percussion, 1/20/11

January 25, 2011 Will Roche

Before any of the musical gadgetry could be used on night three of the Ecstatic Music Festival at Merkin concert hall, the audience rang the evening’s first notes by singing…

Composers Contemporary Classical Los Angeles Performers Review

Bad trip indeed

January 19, 2011 Paul Bailey

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Bright Sheng and Anthony Newman premieres at La Jolla Summerfest

August 12, 2010 Christian Hertzog

Older readers may recall with fondness Edgar Bergen, a very popular American entertainer who poured his comic routines through ventriloquist dummies named Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. Edgar so loved…

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