Julia Wolfe Wins the Pulitzer Prize for “Anthracite Fields”
Somehow, I missed last week's announcement that Julia Wolfe, co-founder of Bang on a Can, won this year's Pulitzer Prize for her oratorio Anthracite Fields, inspired by the coal miners near
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Preview: Australian Chamber Orchestra Perform Jonny Greenwood’s “Water” at Carnegie Hall
This Sunday, the Australian Chamber Orchestra – reputed to be one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world – makes a rare stateside visit to Zankel Hall with a
Soundbox Percussion Play New Works at Concerts on the Slope
If you were to ask me five years ago how many percussion ensembles I could name, the answer would be, One: Sō Percussion. But, while Sō remains the gold standard
New Music in the Tennessee Mountains: Big Ears Festival 2015
KNOXVILLE, TN – It didn't take long after my arrival at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville last weekend for me to realize that this was no run-of-the-mill music festival.
The New York Philharmonic Premieres John Adams’ “Scheherazade.2”
In the orchestra world, the received thinking is that if you're going to have a new work on a program, you put it on the first half, in order to
Tristan Perich’s Parallels with Meehan/Perkins Duo
I first heard Doug Perkins and Todd Meehan – otherwise known as the Meehan/Perkins Duo – perform Tristan Perich's Parallels at MoMA in 2013, as part of MoMA's Soundings exhibition. The performance, which
Ear Heart Music: Arkora and Duo Scorpio at Roulette
Above, members of Arkora performing Toronto-based composer Benton Roark's Songs from the Rainshadow's Edge for soprano, narrator and chamber ensemble last night at Roulette, part of this year's ongoing Ear Heart Music series.
Preview: John Adams’ “Scheherazade.2” at the NY Philharmonic
If what I heard Monday night at the David Rubinstein Atrium is to be believed, everyone needs to run out and pick up a ticket for one of the NY
Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Drone Mass at the Temple of Dendur
Most people probably had never heard of Jóhann Jóhannsson before he won the Golden Globe this past January for his score to The Theory of Everything. But the Icelandic composer –