Strings Attached
I remember sitting down with Jack McAuliffe, then-vice president of the League of Symphony Orchestras (formerly known as the American Symphony Orchestra League) a few years ago and asking him
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. Enter MATA, which has made the job easy for you:
Unsilent Night
We were late arriving, but eventually my friends and I caught up to Phil Kline's 16th annual Unsilent Night this past Saturday. The procession wound from Washington Square Park through
Memorable
When I saw Seiji Ozawa up in Boston a couple of weeks ago, he conducted lengthy works by Messiaen and Berlioz, from memory. "That way, I can see the musicians,"
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 I'd put up the following call for applicants to this
Floating
After Lightning at our feet, I wandered down to the new Galapagos in DUMBO for a late-night triple bill of indie and new music. The cavernous space is beautiful to
Poetry in Light
(photo courtesy of NewYork Times) "Stiller – than the fields At the full Dew – Beautiful – as Pictures – No man drew" (from I went to Heaven) The first
