New Music Bake Sale 2013
For the first time, FoM participated in the fourth-annual New Music Bake Sale: the delightfully dorky, sweetly sincere gathering of composers, musicians, and fans of adventurous music at Roulette. The seven-hour marathon […]
New Music
Fred Hersch: My Coma Dreams at Miller Theater
by Nicholas Fernandez Photo courtesy of MyComaDreams.com Fred Hersch mixed jazz, musical theater, and visual art into a coherent, moving retelling of his two-month, medically induced coma Saturday at Columbia
Fred Hersch, My Coma Dreams: Saturday, March 2 at Miller Theater
Fred Hersch's My Coma Dreams tells a true story of love at the dividing line between life and death. An HIV-positive jazz musician is rushed to the hospital after a mild
Deerhoof and Ensemble Dal Niente at the Ecstatic Music Festival
by Gabriel Furtado Deerhoof and Ensemble Dal Niente performing Marcos Balter's Meltdown Upshot Last Wednesday night Deerhoof and new-music group Ensemble Dal Niente came together for a concert at Merkin
Ecstatic Music Festival with Daniel Wohl, Laurel Halo & Julia Holter
The third annual Ecstatic Music Festival is back in swing over at Merkin Concert Hall, with Judd Greenstein once again presenting collaborations between composers from the new-music world with musicians
Tibet House Benefit at Carnegie Hall
Patti Smith closing out the night with "People Have the Power." More pics of performances by Jim James, Tune-Yards, Rahzel, as well as Ira and Philip Glass at FoM's photo page.
New York Festival of Song Next: Kevin Puts and Friends at BAC
Kevin Puts is a busy man these days: In addition to composing and teaching at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, his opera Silent Night—which won last year's Pulitzer Prize—opened Friday
Sofia Gubaidulina Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre
by Michael Cirigliano II Even at the age of 81, composer Sofia Gubaidulina remains one of the most captivating and enigmatic figures in today’s musical landscape, having been sequestered by
SLV (Sandra Lilia Velasquez) at Joe’s Pub
by Sky Disco This past Monday, I experienced a live performance by Sandra Lilia Velasquez (better known as SLV) at Joe’s Pub that quickly brought the word “sophisticated” to mind. SLV's sound—produced by 10-time Grammy