New Music

Readers of this site know that I've got a major thing for string quartets: over the years, I've seen everyone from legends like the Emerson, Juilliard, and Kronos, to upstarts

Alice Tully Hall was never built to be a rock venue, but served that purpose well Monday night with a Tully Scope concert that featured multiple guitars, drum kits, and

(Pictured: Owen Pallett)I'll be running up and down along upper Broadway again tonight, as both Tully Scope and the Ecstatic Music Festival are hosting don't-miss shows. At Tully, bad-ass contemporary quartet

How's this for a way to start off the week: tonight's installment of Tully Scope has Caleb making his conducting debut, leading the Wordless Music Orchestra in Adams' "Road Movies",

At last night's edition of the Ecstatic Music Festival, Olga Bell and festival curator Judd Greenstein joined forces on a double bill of music inspired by each artist's heritage. Bell, who was born in Russia,

Axiom performing Morton Feldman's extraordinary Rothko Chapel, Tully Scope, 2/24/11Darcy James Argue's Secret Society performing works by Vijay Iyer, Nicole Lizee and David T. Little, Ecstatic Music Festival, 2/24/11 More pics

Another week, another festival… This time, it's the inaugural Tully Scope Festival, which kicked off Tuesday night at Alice Tully Hall with a performance by the International Contemporary Ensemble (better