| Feast of Music

Calder Quartet and David Longstreth at Metropolitan Museum of Art

by Robert Leeper Photo credit: Hiroyuki Ito, The New York Times After the Calder Quartet's last show at the Met, which was clean but lacked a certain edge, they regrouped

FREE TICKETS: Miloš, Béla Fleck, and Brooklyn Rider at LPR!

NOTE: This contest has ended. Banjo master Béla Fleck and classical guitar maven Miloš Karadaglić are coming to LPR this Sunday night at 8:00 p.m., and FoM is giving away a pair of

Preview: Ensemble 54 at Interart Theatre Annex

Clarinet quartet Ensemble 54 will perform music from the theater at the Interart Theatre Annex (500 W. 52nd Street) tonight at 7:30 p.m. The wide-ranging program includes works by Rossini, Weill, a live score performed to

San Diego Symphony Takes Carnegie Hall by Storm

by Melanie Wong San Diego Symphony Music Director Jahja Ling has said, "We should never call ourselves a world-class orchestra . . . only other people will say what kind of orchestra we

Zoë Keating Plays SubCulture

From symphonies to string quartets to slightly off kilter arrangements of Jimi Hendrix tunes, there is a lot of music for strings out there. On Wednesday night at Subculture, Zoë Keating continued in that tradition, but with one difference—she summoned the onslaught of sounds by herself. She uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop and pedals to record layer upon layer of cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling music. Zoë is known for both her use of technology – which she uses to sample her cello onstage – and for her DIY ethic, forgoing the usual hassle of record labels associated with success in music.