Reading Room

The Washington Post: Anne Midgette – John Cage Centennial Festival: Will it silence critics in Washington?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/john-cage-centennial-festival-will-it-silence-crtics-in-washington/2012/08/30/f9ce9f3a-f0f7-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_story.html

BBC News: David Sillito – Phillip Glass: Have a sleep during Einstein on the Beach

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17958400

New Music Box: Alexandra Gardner – The Dangers of Dopamine

http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/the-dangers-of-dopamine/

The Guardian: Tom Service – The five myths about contemporary classical music

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/26/five-myths-contemporary-classical-music

SymphonyNow: Leah Harrison – Striking Innovation

http://www.symphonynow.org/2012/04/striking-innovation/

New Music Box: Colin Holter – This Is the End: On Having Been a Student Composer

http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/this-is-the-end-on-having-been-a-student-composer/

Capital New York: Claudia Carrera – This year’s MATA Festival of young composers surprises with unusual instruments and immersive sound-worlds

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2012/04/5743550/years-mata-festival-young-composers-surprises-unusual-instruments-an?culture-bucket-headline

Brisbane Times: Richard Jinman – Heavenly sounds when worlds collide

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/music/heavenly-sounds-when-worlds-collide-20120417-1x5hv.html

Los Angeles Times: Scott Timberg – Influences: Mark Alan Hilt of Jacaranda

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/18/entertainment/la-et-influences-20120418

The Telegraph: Michael White – Do composer-collaborations ever work?

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/michaelwhite/100062317/do-composer-collaborations-ever-work-not-in-this-new-case-with-sufjan-stevens-nico-muhly-and-bryce-dessner/

CityBeat: Jason Gargano – NOW…and Forever?

http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-25158-now_…_and_forever.html

Philadelphia Inquirer: David Patrick Stearns – Missy Mazzoli: From Lansdale to music’s cutting edge

http://articles.philly.com/2012-03-25/news/31236842_1_music-kronos-quartet-fellow-composer

Sequenza21: Christian Carey – Conductor and Composer Discuss Resurgence of Wind Ensembles

http://www.sequenza21.com/2012/03/conductor-and-composer-discuss-resurgence-of-wind-ensembles/

Philadelphia Inquirer: David Patrick Stearns – The latest scandal in music recycling

http://articles.philly.com/2012-03-21/news/31220602_1_music-program-popular-music-astor-piazzolla

NewMusicBox: Alexandra Gardner – Janice Giteck: Music in Mind

http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/janice-giteck-music-in-mind/

NewMusicBox: David Smooke – Truth and Consequences

http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/truth-and-consequences/

The Washington Post: Chris Richards – Suzanne Ciani’s retrospective showcases her groundbreaking musical fireworks

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/suzanne-cianis-retrospective-showcases-her-groundbreaking-musical-fireworks/2012/02/15/gIQA7K3tXR_story.html

The New York Times: John Rockwell – A Daughter of Kronos Revisits Quartet’s Fold

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/arts/music/a-daughter-of-kronos-revisits-quartets-fold.html

The Register-Guard: Bob Keefer – Composer’s originality questioned by critics

http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/27631265-41/golijov-music-ward-bergeman-composer.html.csp

The Guardian: Kerry Andrew – Why there are so few female composers

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/08/why-so-few-female-composers

The Aspen Times: Stewart Oskenhorn – 2012 Aspen Music Festival Looks Toward America

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20120201/NEWS/120139965/1077&ParentProfile=1058

The Stanford Daily: Linda Yu – Ge Wang: In Concert with Technology

http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/01/ge-wang-in-concert-with-technology/

PopMatters: Jedd Beaudoin – So Percussion: It Is Time

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/153198-so-percussion-it-is-time/

KMIR-TV: Jessica Flores – Local Composer Taking Remote Music Lessons Global

http://www.kmir6.com/news/local/136706298.html

Chamber Music: Brian Wise – John Duffy

http://www.chamber-music.org/pdf/291-duffy.pdf

Huffington Post: Paul Kilbey – A New Year’s Resolution for 2012: Give Contemporary Classical Music a Chance

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/paul-kilbey/contemporary-classical-music_b_1176990.html

New Music Box: Rob Deemer – The Inside and Outside of New Music According to the Times

http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/inside-and-outside/#.TwM6qjQPAiI.email

Courier Journal: Elizabeth Kramer – Indie rocker Jeremy Podgursky turns classical composer

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20111211/SCENE05/312110003/Indie-rocker-Jeremy-Podgursky-turns-classical-composer?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Ctext%7CSCENE

New York Times: Anthony Tommasini – Emboldened Orchestras Embracing New Music

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/arts/music/emboldened-orchestras-embracing-the-new-music.html?_r=1&hpw

The New York Times: Allan Kozinn – Club Kids Are Storming Music Museums

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/arts/music/as-new-composers-flourish-where-will-they-be-heard.html

Computer Music Blog: Evan – Interview with Jon Cates and Jake Elliott

http://computermusicblog.com/blog/2011/12/06/interview-with-jon-cates-and-jake-elliott-founders-of-numbers-fm/

The Star-Ledger: Ronni Reich – WNYC’s Schaefer marks three decades

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2011/12/wnycs_schaefer_marks_three_dec_1.html

The Juilliard Journal: Joel Sachs – Focus! on John Cage

http://www.juilliard.edu/journal/2011-2012/1112/articles/focus.php

American Composers Forum: David MacBride – Percussion Park

http://www.composersforum.org/discover/articles/percussion-park-thoughts-music-and-community

Sequenza 21: Jerry Bowles – David Lang is Writing a Piano Piece for Four Hands. Two of Them Could be Yours

http://www.sequenza21.com/2011/11/david-lang-is-writing-a-piano-piece-for-four-hands-two-of-them-could-be-yours/

KPCC: Steve Hochman – Wu Man’s Ancient Dances Will Bridge Chinese Centuries at Royce Hall

http://www.scpr.org/blogs/newmedia/2011/11/14/3799/wu-mans-ancient-dances-will-bridge-ancient-and-mod/

The Boston Globe: Matthew Guerrieri – Bang on a Can delivers hardcore minimalism

http://bostonglobe.com/arts/2011/11/14/bang-can-delivers-hardcore-minimalism/7RRHTBrAX0VkiGvWabomcJ/story.html

The New York Times: Allan Kozinn – Chords of Repose at Composer’s Memorial

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/arts/music/henryk-gorecki-memorial-concert-at-le-poisson-rouge-review.html

NPR: NPR Staff – Aaron Copland’s Forgotten Score, “Quiet City,” Premieres At Last

http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2011/11/12/142246090/aaron-coplands-forgotten-score-premieres-at-last

The Morning Call: Steve Siegel – Rare collaboration probes some outer limits

http://articles.mcall.com/2011-11-09/entertainment/mc-classical-1110-20111109_1_calder-quartet-string-quartet-composers

Huffington Post: Amy Lee – Nico Muhly and Stephen Karam’s New Opera ‘Dark Sisters’: Polygamy Finds A Classical Voice

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/08/dark-sisters-nico-muhly_n_1081724.html

New York Times: Emily Green – Before Twitter, Name-Dropping, Self-Promotion

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/arts/music/chamber-music-society-festival-centers-on-dedications.html

NPR All Songs Considered: Bob Boilen – Let the Moogfest Begin

https://seamus.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/10/28/141800558/let-the-moogfest-begin

The Sacramento Bee: Edward Ortiz – So Percussion ensemble salutes John Cage at UC Davis

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/27/4008956/so-percussion-ensemble-salutes.html

New Music Box: Alexandra Gardner – Roger Kleier: Organizing Sound

http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/roger-kleier-organizing-sound/

NPR: Gail Wein – At 75, Steve Reich Is Still The Center of Attention

http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2011/10/16/141349736/at-75-steve-reich-is-still-the-center-of-attention

Computer Music Blog: Evan X. Merz – Cannot Connect

http://computermusicblog.com/blog/2011/10/15/cannot-connect-by-evan-x-merz/

The Seattle Times: Tom Keogh – Hilary Hahn unpacks new works in Seattle

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2016485033_hahn16.html?cmpid=2628

The Washington Post: Anne Midgette – Music review: Yumi Kurosawa and the Lark Quartet at the Freer and Sackler Galleries

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/music-review-yumi-kurosawa-and-the-lark-quartet-at-the-freer-and-sackler-galleries/2011/10/14/gIQALAbrkL_story.html

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Anne Timberlake – In eighth blackbird, music and theatre collide

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/entertainment/2011/oct/07/tdmet03-in-eighth-blackbird-music-and-theater-coll-ar-1365319/

The New York Times: Allan Kozinn – Holding Onto a Niche, Very Firmly

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/arts/music/bridge-records-holds-onto-its-niche-with-a-very-firm-grip.html

NPR: Anastasia Tsioulcas – “Steve Reich: Music we Love”

“Steve Reich: Music We Love” – Part discussion, part retrospective, part greatest-hits playlist (with audio!)

http://www.npr.org/2011/10/03/140951516/steve-reich-music-we-love

New Music Box – Alexandra Gardner: “Don’t Call Me When I’m Driving”

“Don’t Call Me When I’m Driving” – The role of “quiet headspace” in the creative process

http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/dont-call-me-when-im-driving/

Sequenza 21: “Life is Hectic; Missy Mazzoli Keeps Me Interested”

Discussing Dissolve, O my Heart, among other Mazzoli-related things

http://www.sequenza21.com/2011/09/life-is-hectic-missy-mazzoli-keeps-me-interested/

New Music Box, Brian Sacawa: “Sounds Heard” – Thoughts on PRISM Quartet—Dedication

http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/sounds-heard-prism-quartet-dedication/

Interview by Deutsche Welle with Steve Reich at Beethoven Fest: “I’ve Learned Absolutely Nothing” from Beethoven.”

 

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15419743,00.html; reprinted in artsjournal – http://www.artsjournal.com/music.shtml

American Composers Forum: Sara Klemp – Dancing Songs: A Conversation

http://www.composersforum.org/discover/articles/dancing-songs-conversation

Thirteen Ways: eighth blackbird’s blog – Should Hard Music Sound Hard?

http://blog.eighthblackbird.org/2011/09/25/should-hard-music-sound-hard/

SFist: Cedric Westphal – SFist Interviews: “Heart of a Soldier” composer Christopher Theofanidis

http://sfist.com/2011/09/23/sfist_interviews_heart_of_a_soldier.php

The Wall Street Journal – Cultural Conversation: Barbara Jepson – A Modern-Day Diaghilev

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904106704576580583941331812.html

New Music Box, David Smooke: “The Audience Does Not Exist.” Smooke argues composers should not compose for “the audience.”

http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/the-audience-does-not-exist/

New Music Box, Eleonor Sandresky: “Music After” – Reflections on memories and music marking the 10th anniversary of 9-11.

http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/music-after/

John Cage Trust: Open Call for Radio Submissions

John Cage Trust Announces Open Call for Radio Programs involving Cage and Radio, 9-07-11

http://johncagetrust.blogspot.com

 

Slate, J. Bryan Lowder: “Horns, Harps, and Hubcaps” – The classical orchestra needs some new instruments

http://www.slate.com/id/2297231/

New York Times City Room Blog, James Barron: “Noted Composer, Who Leapt Into Atonality, Meows Her Last”

Ketzel the cat, the accidental composer who won notice for her only piano composition, has died. Her “Piece for Piano, four Paws” won honorable mention in the Paris New Music Review’s “One Minute Competition.”
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/a-musically-inclined-feline-mews-her-last

NPR: “The ‘Bad Plus’ Tackle Stravinsky’s ‘Spring’

Jazz trio “The Bad Plus” take on Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/20/134666157/the-bad-plus-tackle-stravinskys-spring

Cygnus Ensemble: William Anderson – Milton Babbitt and the 21st Century

http://www.cygnusensemble.com/milton-babbitt-and-the-21st-century/

LA Times: Mark Swed – Critic’s Notebook: The music of Greek composer Iannis Xenakis is cold and stern – and so hip

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/10/entertainment/la-et-xenakis-notebook-20101109

New York Times: Daniel J. Wakin – Chicago Sinfonietta’s New Work Incorporates Cellphones

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/arts/music/03cell.htm?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1326391808-lro5XcbhcVMWRsxrIf2FVA