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
New Music
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
Northern Lights
Thanks to Thursday’s late-night debauchery, I almost didn’t make it to last night’s Wordless Music show at the Good Shepherd Faith Church near Lincoln Center. But, I managed to rally,
String Power
On my way home tonight, I stopped by the Tea Lounge in Park Slope for the debut of Tom Swafford’s String Power: a pickup band of eleven young string players,
A New Season
The second season of the Wordless Music Series kicked off last Friday while I was down in Austin, but I was fortunate to catch the series' first-ever Brooklyn show last
Going Out With a Bang
The summer’s quickly drawing to a close, but in terms of musical happenings, at least, the city will not be going gently into that good winter. Here’s a quick rundown
Bang on a Can Summer Festival (Part 2)
Afterparty at The Mohawk Bar, North Adams, MA (from left: two unidentified fellows, Don Byron, Evan Ziporyn, Ken Thomson, Todd Reynolds)
Bang on a Can Summer Marathon
Bang On a Can Summer Marathon, MASS MoCA, 7/28/07 Pianist Vicki Ray with fellows of the Bang on a Can Summer Institute Todd Reynolds and Julia Wolfe, with the