Visual Music
I didn’t really know much about Japanese rock outfit Cornelius before going to see them Webster Hall last night, other than they performed the closing concert at LA’s Concrete Frequency
Neighborhood Opera
The idea of putting on amateur opera in New York seems, at first, a fool’s game, what with two of the world’s greatest opera companies at our disposal. But, in
Centennia
2008 marks the centennial of two of the most iconoclastic and influential composers of the twentieth century, both of whom have significant ties to New York. French composer, teacher and
Day of Music
Update: Thanks to a flyer in last night’s Philharmonic program, I learned that the Day of Berio is on as planned for next Saturday, February 2. The documentary film Luciano
Wrong Philharmonic
Maybe it’s having just heard three concerts in the miraculous Disney Hall, maybe it’s because I got stuck in the subway and missed the entire first half, maybe I was
Piano 12 hands
New York can boast an impressive lineup of marathon music events: the CMJ Music Marathon, the Bang on a Can Marathon, the Winter Jazzfest. Now add to the list the
Wordless Orchestra
“New music was always a big deal to me growing up. It just made sense that I had Pixies records and Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie.” Jonny Greenwood (NY Times, 1/16/08)
After Hours
While concert halls were my main musical haunts in Chicago and LA, there was still plenty of time in the late evening to explore some of each town's more excellent
From Concrete to Canyons…
"The idea of the arts is not to be the response to what is going on. It's to be a catalyst for thought and change and an opening up of