“Breaking the Waves” at Opera Philadelphia
By Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) PHILADELPHIA, PA – Sometimes art can depict the most repulsive aspects of […]
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New Music
Ensemble Signal Celebrates Steve Reich’s 80th Birthday at Miller Theater
by Nick Stubblefield A string section, a wind section, six percussionists, six singers, and four pianos on one stage: that's
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John Luther Adams’ Inuksuit on Governors Island
The Rite of Summer music festival closed out their 2016 season on Saturday afternoon at The Hills park on Governors Island. Music Director Amy Garapic led over 70 percussionists from several of New York City’s top percussion ensembles and schools and coming from the ranks of rock bands including Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) in John Luther Adams’ “Inuksuite.”
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the public domain: Performance Day
Steven Pisano As I walked up Broadway from the A train on Saturday morning, something felt different. I'd made this walk countless times
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Dr. Dog and The Knights at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
I had other plans for Saturday, so Friday was my last opportunity to stop by BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! this summer,
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The Public Domain: Put-Together at Baruch College
What do you get when you combine Orange, Red, and Yellow? As I found out last night at the put-together for
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The Public Domain: Working With Simon Halsey
When I first experienced Simon Halsey's work with the Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus in the Berlin Philharmonic's extraordinary 2014 production of
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“The Hubble Cantata” and Tigue at BRIC’s Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) "We are stardust/ Billion year old carbon/ We are golden/ Caught in
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Bang on a Can Summer Marathon 2016
As if there wasn't enough going on in the Berkshires last weekend, Saturday night brought the 15th edition of the
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