New Music

After yesterdays performance of David Lang's "give me," it only makes sense to hear Julia Wolfe's "Thirst" from "Water," with the Ars Nova and Athelas Sinfonietta, both of Copenhagen. The […]

Q: How do you kill time while waiting for the amps to be replaced? A: If you're Bill Frisell, you play an improv version of "When You Wish Upon a

Q: Is a piece written for six coffee grinders serious music? A: Only if you want it to be. (Pictured: Jeppe Just Christensen, performing "Ground")

The show's not so bad out here, either.

Kevin Volans' minimalist, dancing piece for string quartet may have been made famous by Kronos and their 1990 recording, but the UK's Smith Quartet (pictured) have been performing it for

For all the times I could have caught guitarist Bill Frisell – at Barbes, at jazz festivals and top-tier jazz clubs around town – I'm kind of glad my first

(Pictured: Todd Reynolds String Quartet, performing Meredith Monk's "Stringsongs")

Galapagos seems to have become the latest locus for new and interesting music in New York, thanks in no small part to New Amsterdam's Undiscovered Islands weekly, which wrapped up