New Music

(le) Poisson Rouge and the Metropolitan Opera Preview Nico Muhly’s “Two Boys”

Nico Muhly remains one the most active young composers around. Last Tuesday night, fresh off of curating at and performing in his own festival, A Scream and An Outrage, he returned to New York for two shows at Le Poisson Rouge. The night consisted of a broad range of works based loosely based around a preview of his opera, Two Boys, premiering at the Met in October.
The opera premiered at the English National Opera in 2011. With a libretto by celebrated American playwright Craig Lucas, it examines issues associated with the darker corners of the Internet and online chat rooms. The opera is a part of Met general manager Peter Gelb’s larger effort to bring opera to a younger demographic, and the nature of the issues explored drags opera firmly into the 21st century.

Counterpoint and Counterparts: Uptown & Downtown on a Tuesday in New York (Part 1)

by Aristea Mellos Some nights, after returning home from a music-soaked evening, you can’t help but be reminded that living in New York City is a privilege. On Tuesday, May 7,

Counterpoint and Counterparts: Uptown & Downtown on a Tuesday in New York (Part 2)

by Aristea Mellos By 9PM on May 7, I found myself one concert into the evening, almost 100 blocks south of my first engagement, and in a large and stagnant

Cadillac Moon Ensemble Prepares for Collaboration with Circles and Lines

by Melanie Wong In preparation for their upcoming concert, composer collective Circles and Lines—Angelica Negron, Eric Lemmon, Dylan Glatthorn, Noam Faingold (via Skype), Conrad Winslow (absent)—and contemporary chamber group Cadillac

Cutting Edge Concerts Presents Cygnus Ensemble at Symphony Space

by Melanie Wong Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival has brought the contemporary music of living composers together with New York audiences since its inception in 1998. Last week CECNMF

Mantra Percussion Re-mix Timber at Roulette

by Aristea Mellos It is widely believed that a great work of art should be able to withstand reappropriation and reinterpretation, and, if possible, grow from the experience. This philosophy

Caroline Shaw Wins Pulitzer Prize for Music

Aaron Copland. Samuel Barber. John Adams. And now, Caroline Shaw. Shaw, 30, today joined the elite fraternity of American composers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Partita for

Yale in New York Performs String Music from Three Centuries

by Michael Cirigliano II Despite being only two hours away on the Metro-North Railroad, the Yale School of Music is often glossed over by its Manhattan-based brethren when it comes

Nouveau Classical Project at (le) Poisson Rouge

As (le) Poisson Rouge discovered five years ago, people like a little alcohol with their classical/contemporary music. So, when I heard Sugar Vendil's Nouveau Classical Project was doing a show Friday