Author name: Peter Matthews

Feast of Music covers live music in NYC, and occasionally other places. Launched in 2007, it aspires to give equal voice to all kinds of music: everything from an indie show in a Williamsburg dive, to an orchestra concert in Carnegie Hall. As Duke Ellington once said: "There are only two kinds of music: good music...and the other kind."

Street Symphony

When I first heard about the You Tube Symphony Orchestra, it sounded like another stupid gimmick cooked up by hidebound […]

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Tilting at Windmills

Ah, it's good to end this year of some serious ups and downs with a laugh: dismayed by the recent

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Sweet 16 (+1)

I need to finish my holiday shopping and get ready for my trip to Ireland next week, so here –

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Strings Attached

I remember sitting down with Jack McAuliffe, then-vice president of the League of Symphony Orchestras (formerly known as the American

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Make Some Noise

Outside of Bang on a Can's People's Commissioning Fund, there aren't many places where everyday folk can help fund new music.

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Drummers Drumming

Bang on a Can Holiday Party, 12/16/08

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Unsilent Night

We were late arriving, but eventually my friends and I caught up to Phil Kline's 16th annual Unsilent Night this

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Memorable

When I saw Seiji Ozawa up in Boston a couple of weeks ago, he conducted lengthy works by Messiaen and

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Call for Bangers

I don't know how many musicians/composers are regular readers, but the good folks at Bang on a Can asked if

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