Preview: “Soundings” Exhibition at MoMA
Tristan Perich, Microtonal Wall, 2011 On August 10, MoMA opens its first major exhibition of sound art, called Soundings: A Contemporary Score. (Long overdue, for those of us who have […]
New Music
David Lang’s “Little Match Girl Passion” at Glimmerglass Opera
COOPERSTOWN, NY — I’ve seen David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning the little match girl passion on at least three separate occasions now, and while the music has never ceased to haunt me, I’ve
Contemporary Dance x2
Mark Dendy Dance's "Ritual Cyclical," set to the music of the Kronos Quartet for Lincoln Center Out of Doors' "KRONOS at 40." More pics here. (Show repeats tonight at 6PM.)
Lincoln Center Launches New Video Portal
Lincoln Center’s new video portal officially went live today: LincolnCenter.org/watch. The portal contains interviews, features, performance clips, and a host of other content about goings-on at Lincoln Center. But,
Lincoln Center Festival: Zorn@60
"I've always thought of myself as a composer, but the world has had a hard time looking at me as a composer because a lot of what I compose is
Hauschka, Jeffrey Zeigler, and Samuli Kosminen at Pier 15
River to River'sr EX-SITU series of site-specific performances concluded last night at South Street Seaport's Pier 15: a surprisingly sleek and peaceful space surrounded by water, and a far cry the
Anna Clyne’s “The Violin” at Federal Hall
Last night, I stopped by Federal Hall—caddy-corner from the NY Stock Exchange and site of Washington's first inauguration—for Anna Clyne's The Violin: a multimedia piece for two violins, played by Cornelius Dufallo
Make Music New York 2013
I only got to see one performance this year during the seventh-annual Make Music New York: the day-long feast of free outdoor music, which this year coincided with the first National