TONIGHT! Sad to miss it (I’m in Miami), but if you’re in NYC you should check it out. #juilliard #carnegiehall
March 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
TONIGHT! Sad to miss it (I’m in Miami), but if you’re in NYC you should check it out. #juilliard #carnegiehall
Ooof, that one hurts. RIP, Sofia Gubaidulina. Thank you for the countless gems. youtube.com/watch?v=aZYY...
Sofia Gubaidulina - Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten (1980)
YouTube video by Anthony Mondon
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March 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ooof, that one hurts. RIP, Sofia Gubaidulina. Thank you for the countless gems. youtube.com/watch?v=aZYY...
Dream team right here. Can’t wait to spend summer at Tanglewood with these five incredibly talented composers. #tanglewood #tmc
March 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Dream team right here. Can’t wait to spend summer at Tanglewood with these five incredibly talented composers. #tanglewood #tmc
The leanness of Saariaho’s late scores is like sonic nouvelle cuisine. The simplest things become magically beautiful and fresh.
February 16, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The leanness of Saariaho’s late scores is like sonic nouvelle cuisine. The simplest things become magically beautiful and fresh.
I don’t quite know what to make of Hermann Nitsch’s music, which keeps making me want to revisit it. That’s… good? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
February 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I don’t quite know what to make of Hermann Nitsch’s music, which keeps making me want to revisit it. That’s… good? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think they meant absurd rather than absurdist.
February 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I think they meant absurd rather than absurdist.
There are some hues I struggle with in music. Like “epic,” for instance. I can’t connect 99% of times. That oh so rare 1%, though… full body chills. Like this
Enno Poppe : Keilschrift (2005/2006)
YouTube video by Béton Brut
youtu.be
February 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
There are some hues I struggle with in music. Like “epic,” for instance. I can’t connect 99% of times. That oh so rare 1%, though… full body chills. Like this
Now when I hear loud tapping, I just know it’s Hawk Hudson sitting on top of my a/c again. So beautiful, but such a noisy jerk.
February 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Now when I hear loud tapping, I just know it’s Hawk Hudson sitting on top of my a/c again. So beautiful, but such a noisy jerk.
“I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists.” - Beyoncé
“(…) in music, genre and kinship often co-present, as predicted by its root, gen- (genetic, genotype, and even gender).” - George Lewis
“(…) in music, genre and kinship often co-present, as predicted by its root, gen- (genetic, genotype, and even gender).” - George Lewis
February 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists.” - Beyoncé
“(…) in music, genre and kinship often co-present, as predicted by its root, gen- (genetic, genotype, and even gender).” - George Lewis
“(…) in music, genre and kinship often co-present, as predicted by its root, gen- (genetic, genotype, and even gender).” - George Lewis
It’s official: we’re roommates now.
February 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It’s official: we’re roommates now.
“Uncanny comfort.” Pretty apt, I kinda like that.
January 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“Uncanny comfort.” Pretty apt, I kinda like that.
This is how I spent my evening, and it was sublime. If you’re in NY, go catch them.
January 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
This is how I spent my evening, and it was sublime. If you’re in NY, go catch them.
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Dreadful news for such a historic and distinguished music department. Let's unite in solidarity
Cardiff University’s music department under threat of closure: nation.cymru/news/huge-jo...
Huge job cuts announcement 'imminent' at Cardiff University
Martin Shipton Staff at Cardiff University fear huge job cuts are about to be announced by a senior management team that has already spoken of an “immediate existential crisis”. Briefings are due to b...
nation.cymru
January 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Dreadful news for such a historic and distinguished music department. Let's unite in solidarity
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The 2025 Spring Round of the Amphion Grant Program is now open for applications! This round is for Performing Ensembles only.
>> Deadline - February 27, 2025, 11:59pm ET. <<
Full guidelines and application: https://buff.ly/30cjjdx
>> Deadline - February 27, 2025, 11:59pm ET. <<
Full guidelines and application: https://buff.ly/30cjjdx
January 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The 2025 Spring Round of the Amphion Grant Program is now open for applications! This round is for Performing Ensembles only.
>> Deadline - February 27, 2025, 11:59pm ET. <<
Full guidelines and application: https://buff.ly/30cjjdx
>> Deadline - February 27, 2025, 11:59pm ET. <<
Full guidelines and application: https://buff.ly/30cjjdx
When I’m freaking out about life and it’s cold and gray outside, few things comfort me more than a good feijoada.
January 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
When I’m freaking out about life and it’s cold and gray outside, few things comfort me more than a good feijoada.
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The Music of Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell Coming to REDCAT
Source: REDCAT. The music of legendary collaborators Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell is singular and boundless. These are expansive, quintessentially queer pieces, in which every moment is full of choice. Their profound and personal…
Source: REDCAT. The music of legendary collaborators Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell is singular and boundless. These are expansive, quintessentially queer pieces, in which every moment is full of choice. Their profound and personal…
The Music of Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell Coming to REDCAT
Source: REDCAT. The music of legendary collaborators Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell is singular and boundless. These are expansive, quintessentially queer pieces, in which every moment is full of choice. Their profound and personal sounds demand that performers become unabashedly themselves, merging and getting lost in the notes and rhythms, finding themselves again and again, and emerging whole and newly committed to self.
avantmusicnews.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Music of Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell Coming to REDCAT
Source: REDCAT. The music of legendary collaborators Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell is singular and boundless. These are expansive, quintessentially queer pieces, in which every moment is full of choice. Their profound and personal…
Source: REDCAT. The music of legendary collaborators Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell is singular and boundless. These are expansive, quintessentially queer pieces, in which every moment is full of choice. Their profound and personal…
One of my favorite recent reads that are not about music composition but kind of are. Highly recommend it.
THE BOOK — Dear Data
www.dear-data.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
One of my favorite recent reads that are not about music composition but kind of are. Highly recommend it.
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Hello Bluesky! Can't wait to start sharing all-things-new-music with you on here. Help us find our artist community again by giving this post a like. And stay tuned for new interviews, essays, and reviews 👁️❤️🎧
January 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hello Bluesky! Can't wait to start sharing all-things-new-music with you on here. Help us find our artist community again by giving this post a like. And stay tuned for new interviews, essays, and reviews 👁️❤️🎧
Friends in Reykjavik: really cool concert TONIGHT by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Bjarnason, featuring my “Orun” and other contemporary works. So wish I could be there, but I know it’ll be great. ❤️
January 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Friends in Reykjavik: really cool concert TONIGHT by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Bjarnason, featuring my “Orun” and other contemporary works. So wish I could be there, but I know it’ll be great. ❤️
Thoughts on adjudication season: there are SO MANY absolutely incredible young composers out there. The level is stratospheric. I wish there were more opportunities, more spots in programs. I could easily form a team of 50 whose music would make your jaw drop. Listening to their music is humbling.
January 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Thoughts on adjudication season: there are SO MANY absolutely incredible young composers out there. The level is stratospheric. I wish there were more opportunities, more spots in programs. I could easily form a team of 50 whose music would make your jaw drop. Listening to their music is humbling.
More than ever, time to show support for our trans friends. Donate. 💰
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January 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
More than ever, time to show support for our trans friends. Donate. 💰
Thinking piccolo and crotales this morning, wonder why 🤔
January 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thinking piccolo and crotales this morning, wonder why 🤔
Emilia Perez is one of the worst examples of appropriation I’ve seen in a while. The songs alone are enough to drive any native Spanish speaker mad. It’s like old-school French colonial take on Mexican culture. So bad.
January 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Emilia Perez is one of the worst examples of appropriation I’ve seen in a while. The songs alone are enough to drive any native Spanish speaker mad. It’s like old-school French colonial take on Mexican culture. So bad.
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I am returning to Dijon this summer, for the International Academy of Musical Creation with New Media 2025.
This is a great opportunity to have new work, especially multimedia, performed in a supportive environment.
Applications are rolling (until 1 June):
cagedijon.hpage.com/academie-202...
This is a great opportunity to have new work, especially multimedia, performed in a supportive environment.
Applications are rolling (until 1 June):
cagedijon.hpage.com/academie-202...
January 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I am returning to Dijon this summer, for the International Academy of Musical Creation with New Media 2025.
This is a great opportunity to have new work, especially multimedia, performed in a supportive environment.
Applications are rolling (until 1 June):
cagedijon.hpage.com/academie-202...
This is a great opportunity to have new work, especially multimedia, performed in a supportive environment.
Applications are rolling (until 1 June):
cagedijon.hpage.com/academie-202...
Every snowfall, our neighbors immortalize themselves as a snow couple on the bench across the street. They got a dog this year. 🥹
January 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Every snowfall, our neighbors immortalize themselves as a snow couple on the bench across the street. They got a dog this year. 🥹