New Music

Turkey Break

I’ll be taking a bit of a break from musical activities this weekend, but did want to call everyone’s attention out to some upcoming NYC musical events worth your consideration […]

Coda

After a week of being out at concerts almost every night, I was really debating whether or not it was a good idea to tack another on Monday night. That

Night on Third Ave

Without any pre-set plans, I decided to slop through the rain last night to Issue Project Room’s new location on 3rd Ave. and 3rd St. in Brooklyn. The new space

Other Voices

Maybe it was my far-off seat up in the mezzanine, or the less-than-half-full house, but I wasn’t immediately impressed by the Theatre of Voices performance at Zankel Hall last night.

Music on the Web

For those who missed it, Alex Ross had a excellent and enlightening piece in last week’s New Yorker about how the Web might just save classical music: from blogs, to

Nico Muhly penned a thought-provoking piece for The Guardian last week, making some very coherent ties between classical and popular music, an artificial divide he shuttles between with extreme fluidity.

ACJW Ensemble

I didn’t pay a red cent for my first Carnegie concert of the season tonight, thanks to the generosity of the Subscribers Office, which handed out free tickets to hear

Miracle on 46th Street

"Sight, touch and taste cannot convince us; hearing alone ensures my faith." – St. Thomas Aquinas (from Part XII of Livre du Saint Sacrament) I honestly did not think it

It Won’t be a Wurlitzer

Several months ago, I wrote about Paul Jacobs, the 30-year old chairman of the Juilliard organ department, who had just been named to the 2007 William Schuman Scholar’s Chair, awarded