Wordless Music Orchestra Performs “The Miners’ Hymns”
All this week, John Schaefer's New Sounds Live is hosting it's Silent Film Series at the WFC Wintergarden with films by Bill Morrison, the documentary filmmaker. Morrison's films are typically
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Kamala Sankaram’s “Miranda” at HERE
It isn't easy to get a new opera off the ground these days. First, someone needs to write a libretto. Then, someone needs to write the music. Then comes the
Sunny Knable’s “American Variations” CD Release
by Angela Sutton (Photo: Misha Kaufman) An enthusiastic crowd turned out for Sunny Knable's program of his own compositions at Merkin Hall on Thursday night. Mr. Knable, clearly a traditionalist
Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan at La Sala (Former Monkeytown) Tomorrow
Somehow, I missed the memo that the late, great Williamsburg venue Monkeytown, which shut it's doors back in 2010, has been resurrected as La Sala, in the back of Mexican restuarant
Issue Project Room Opens at 110 Livingston
Issue Project Room officially moves into their new space at 110 Livingston Street this week with the first-ever Stateside appearance of Holland's Gaudeamus Muziekweek, which has been presenting cutting-edge
Claire Chase Album Pre-Release at Le Poussin Rouge
Claire Chase drew a full house at Le Poisson Rouge last night for the pre-release of her new CD, Terrestre. The stage, bathed in red and blue spotlights and sporting a
Alternative Guitar Festival – Friday at Rockwood Music Hall
Pillow Wand (Nels Cline and Thurston Moore) at Joel Harrison's Alternative Guitar Summit, part of the ongoing New York Guitar Festival, Rockwood Music Hall, Friday 1/13/12. More pics at
A Voyage for Orchestra – Adès and Mahler at the New York Philharmonic
by Caleb Easterlyphoto courtesy of nyphil.org On Tuesday night, the New York Philharmonic gave a concert of music centered around a theme of change: the New York premiere of Polaris: Voyage
Joe Drew on Stockhausen
There are few Americans who have the insider's view that Joe Drew has of the late Karlheinz Stockhausen's inner circle. Joe, who is completing his dissertation on Stockhausen at NYU's Steinhardt school, participated in