Hailed for its "artistic courage and technical accomplishment (The New York Times)," the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) led by conductor Gil Rose releases Paul Dooley: Masks & Machines (#1101) ...

Composers and musicians in the world of contemporary classical music have compared it to abstract art. In contrast to the flowing, musically descriptive melodies of the classical composers of past ...

Most often, we only see the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the work of composers and songwriters—the fame, the fans, the autograph sessions. But how exactly do they write music and songs? What is ...

“I meet with orchestra conductors and I am puzzled. Why is there so little interest in or enthusiasm for new music?'' So wonders the composer Tina Davidson in her new book, “Let Your Heart Be Broken: ...

For some, summer music means jam bands and nostalgia acts. Connecticut Summerfest provides a true alternative with free indoor concerts of contemporary classical music with guest acts from other parts ...

The worlds of orchestral music and dance will collide this Friday with At Play, presented by Kinetic Ensemble and with guest partner Frame Dance Productions. A fusion between melody and choreography, ...

Emily Levin (left) and Michelle Gott sing while playing harps as they perform Stockhausen's 'Freude' during the Voices of Change concert at the Caruth Auditorium on the SMU Campus in Dallas on Sunday, ...

This composer’s career may have been spent in teaching but her music is hardly staid and academic, argues Richard Whitehouse American classical music this past quarter-century has been dominated by ...

Composer Charles Wuorinen died on March 11, 2020. This article originally appeared in the March 2019 issue of Gramophone... His may not be a familiar name in the UK, indeed in Europe as a whole, but ...

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