Two Quartets
12/10/08, 7:30pm: Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, performed by the Sofia Ensemble, Chelsea Art Museum 12/10/08, 9:15pm Brooklyn […]
New Music
More than Four
"I've always wanted the string quartet to be vital, and energetic, and cool, and not afraid to kick ass, and
Cocktail Conversation: Becca Stevens
I realized recently that while these Cocktail Conversations may be thought-provoking, they've been pretty homogeneous in terms of their subjects
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Cocktail Conversation: David T. Little
David T. Little, who I've written about previously, is a composer, drummer, and bandleader who counts as influences everyone from George Orwell to Megadeth.
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String Singers
Playing a stringed instrument while singing is a bit like trying to pat your head and rub your belly at
Bang on Bleecker Street
Terry Riley with the Bang on a Can All Stars, Le Poisson Rouge, 11/7/08 (More pics below.)
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New Music Underground
Artists have always inhabited the fringes of New York. In the 60's, it was SoHo; in the 80's, Williamsburg and
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Change I Can Believe In
The Election Night party at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe had much in the way of politics and dissonance – the
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Freedom of Noise
How does one spend Election Night 2008? Sure, there will be lots of parties happening in taverns across the city