Shara Worden and ACO present Sins and Songs
by Robert Leeper Photo Credit: Pete Checchia Shara Worden, perhaps best known as the lead singer of the band My Brightest Diamond, shared Carnegie's Zankel Hall stage Friday evening with […]
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Ecstatic Music Festival: Bang on a Can People’s Commissioning Fund Concert
Most of the works on last Thursday's Bang on a Can People's Commissioning Fund concert at Merkin Concert Hall were riffs on some found sound, or other pre-existing music. Which, in itself
Calder Quartet Play Norman, Adès and Ravel at the Brooklyn Library
For more than 40 years, Carnegie Hall has offered a series of free Neighborhood Concerts at theaters, libraries and community centers in all five boroughs. For many, these concerts – which run
“Independence Eve”: An Opera in Progress About Race Relations in America
by Steven Pisano Independence Eve is a three-scene chamber opera by Sidney Marquez Boquiren currently under development by American Opera Projects that explores different viewpoints on black-white relations in America. On Tuesday, February 5, the
Scandinavia 2015: Peer Gynt at the Norwegian National Opera
OSLO, Norway - Thanks to a confluence of fortunate circumstances – primarily some aggressively low airfares – I had the chance to visit Scandinavia for the first time last month. Scandinavia? In
Chris Potter & Underground Orchestra at The Jazz Standard
by Nick Stubblefield There are a lot of musicians that dedicate their careers to making experimental music. There are a lot of others that just want to create something that's
Wordless Music Orchestra: Beasts of the Southern Wild at Symphony Space
by Nick Stubblefield Wordless Music Orchestra at Symphony Space Sometimes, you can have your cake and eat it too. I'm a lover of both music and movies, so as you
Prototype Festival: “Sunken Cathedral” by Bora Yoon at La Mama
by Steven Pisano Photos by Cory Weaver/Prototype If you could videotape and then three-dimensionally play back for an audience one of your recent dreams, it might look like Bora Yoon’s
Prototype Festival: Toxic Psalms at St. Ann’s Warehouse
by Robert Leeper All Photos by Cory Weaver/Prototype Opera Slovenian vocal ensemble Carmina Slovenica came to St. Ann's Warehouse last week to present the U.S. Premiere of Toxic Psalms. The group of 30 young women –