"Creating this composition for Mika Yoshida was a pure joy. Her only request to the composer was to have "groove" be part of the composition…The piece was written so it […]
by Angela Sutton Greenwich Village Orchestra concertmaster Robert Hayden was out of his chair and center stage on Sunday afternoon, turning in a yeoman-like performance of Aram Khachaturian's Violin Concerto,
Amidst all my running around this weekend, it almost slipped past me that today would have been Bartók's 131st birthday. As timeless and transcendent as Bartók's music continues to be, sometimes we
All of my pics from SXSW 2012 are now up on the photo page: Thursday Pics Friday Pics Saturday Pics Sunday Pics Did you make it down to SXSW this
I've been coming down to SXSW off and on for the past dozen years or so, and have seen everything from pop to punk, indie to Indian music, Delta blues
Taking a break from the constant showgoing here in Austin, I was able to get into this afternoon's panel "They Used to Call It Classical" at the convention center, where
By Caleb Easterly The New York Philharmonic’s Modern Beethoven Festival began earlier this month, kicking of with the 2nd and 7th symphonies and Stravinsky’s Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra. Each
by Laura Wasson Last night’s concert featuring Aaron Roche and FLUX Quartet with Logan Coale was a perfect example of why staging is so important. That isn’t to say that the
Am I the only person who thinks it's crazy that just about the entire music industry – bands, label managers, bloggers, and their various hangers-on – is headed to Austin,