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These are the most recent articles mentioning "new music" Lenny Posted 03/11/08, 02:20 ... cussionists. Collage had done an earlier version of the piece in Boston and Lenny had made changes. Charles programmed the work for the UMass Faculty New Music Ensemble. I was recruited to cover one of the percussion parts. The faculty had decided that as both a composer and a percussionist I would ... William Bolcom to pen Choral Fantasy Posted 10/14/06, 03:59 ... iano concerti--but after it's done, and I perform the new works with all the co-commissioning orchestras, it's a good feeling and the fact is there's new music for future generations. I was able today to get a sizable private grant and a major orchestra to say 'yes'. It's a start--it's like in real ... Dreaming Big Posted 02/26/06, 17:24 ... years as an orchestral player, I've never been this optimistic about my career. Four years ago I was chosen to be on the search committee to choose a new music director of my orchestra. The music director is much more than a conductor, especially in the US. He not only shapes the musical product of ... Finckel Quartet Posted 06/21/08, 11:11 ... n Vermont. A quartet of cellists: David Finckel, later of the Emerson Quartet, his cousins Michael and Chris Finckel, both later to become big in NYC new music circles, and Michael and Chris’s father George. The piece was by Michael, for four cellos and narrator. The narration was written for an eld... Proper Documentation Posted 06/22/08, 14:25 ... eport fashion) of an installation Scott M. Conard (video artist) and I did in the vestibule of a St. James Episcopal Church in Lancaster, PA before a new music concert. It’s based on a poem called World’s End. And Worlds Begin by Richard Miller. There are some nice visuals, and you can sorta tell... Word from China Posted 11/19/07, 10:42 Ah. Such a nice email to receive. The Continental Trombone Quartet is quickly becoming a force in New Music. They’ve already commissioned 13 new works for the ensemble, with many more in the making. I wrote them a short flashy piece for their performance in Beijing. The work in called “Bone Jum... Building a Better Music Appreciation Class 2 Posted 08/28/07, 14:26 ... reverse-chronological order and focused primarily on music after Debussy. I think teaching it in reverse was neither here nor there, but focusing on new music seemed to engage the students much more. I posted some of the topics here, and got some of the best comments I ever have in this class. Ov... Old stuff... Posted 04/13/07, 23:32 ... he stuff I like (Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert)."B. "I'm sad we're done with the stuff I like (Reich, Cage, Andriessen)."C. "I'm glad we started with new music, because I would have zoned out from the start if we started with this old stuff."D. "I wish we would have gone in chronological order rath... Alienation, animosity and audience Posted 05/04/06, 16:00 ... ed on a concert the presenters love to point out that I’m “modern… yet listener-friendly!” which is far too apologetic for my tastes.On Seq21, or any new music site for that matter, there is always talk of how our audience became alienated after WWII and whatnot. Personally, I'll be glad when animo... Who doesn't need their own madame? Posted 04/04/06, 13:14 ... osted a single reed symposium at Millersville University a few weeks ago. I had a couple of works performed, and some members of Lincoln, Nebraska’s New Music Agency came out to play. The crowd was the kind I most enjoy-- between fifty and a hundred fairly curious listeners, some experienced in n... But do you SEE what I mean? Posted 02/20/06, 15:18 ... me can be said for orchestration, notation, unorthodox instruments, piece titles, and program notes. Either these things enhance or they don’t. The New Music Agency always presents a concert close to New Year’s Eve that is reflective in nature. We then play “In C” as a sort of after-concert thing... << back