http://newmusicon.org The magazine devoted to the contempory music scene Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:29:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Published by Mark Batty Publisher, New York 2008 by Frank Retzel “We live in an incredible time in music history – here is only a small sampling of the evidence.” With these words from the Preface, Theresa Sauer launches her 40-year revisiting of John Cage’s unique book Notations. As Cage sampled the ... http://newmusicon.org/index.php/2010/04/18/theresa-sauer-notations-21/ Music by Fellows of the American Academy in Rome, Donald Berman, Artistic Director, 4 Discs, Bridge Records 9271A/D 2008. by Andrew Violette The first thing that struck me was the homogeneous style. These composers are not the pioneering visionaries you’d expect from an American disc. You’ll find no Conlon Nancarrow, La ... http://newmusicon.org/index.php/2010/04/18/americans-in-rome/ by Anne Eisenberg Roger Zare, Time Lapse; Sebastian Currier, Next Atlantis; Paquito D’Rivera, Conversations with Cachao; Anne Manson, conductor; Zankel Hall, January 29, 2010 The young American composer Roger Zare was inspired by photography when he wrote Time Lapse, an inventive and lovely orchestral piece that had its world premiere on ... http://newmusicon.org/index.php/2010/04/18/orchestral-underground-conversations/ On the cover: Preston Trombly’s “Sonata #2”, mixed-media assemblage made from piano parts in combination with other materials and artist pigments. In this Issue +++ Contributors, 4 Bravi To, 4 Letters to the Editor, 4 A Note from the Editor, 5 +++ Live Performance Reviews From the House of the Dead, 6 A Dark and Thorny Night, 8 Orchestral Underground: Conversations, 10 The ... http://newmusicon.org/index.php/2010/04/18/spring-2010-issue/ by Leonard J. Lehrman, Nov. 2009 Leon Kirchner was a force of nature, as pianist, conductor, composer, and musical analyst. In 1966, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his Third String Quartet with Electronic Sound, which he had learned about mostly from Morton Subotnick, and never taught any of his students. ... http://newmusicon.org/index.php/2010/02/21/thoughts-on-leon-kirchner-1919-2009/ CONTENTS Masthead/Credits: … 2 In This Issue: … 3 Bravi To: … 4 Recently Departed, 5 (Additional, web-extra article.) LIVE EVENTS“Prepared and Unprepared” Peter Kroll, 6 A Space-Inspired Event BLC, 6 Love and Rockets Michael McDonagh, 7 Getting an Earful (ACA Festival) BLC, 8 Madrigals Made Magical Randy Woolf, 11 A New Era Begins Barry O’Neal, 12 DOTTED NOTES from … BLC, ... http://newmusicon.org/index.php/2010/02/07/where-is-new-music-going/ On November 24, 2009, at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall, Fred Lerdahl was honored with the Classical Recording Foundation’s prestigious “Composer of the Year” award. The award was given to the 63 year old American composer for his recent recording, “Music of Fred Lerdahl, Vol. 2″ (BRIDGE 9269), a disc ... http://newmusicon.org/index.php/2009/12/17/fred-lerdahl-named-crfs-composer-of-the-year/ Preston Stahly, Artistic and Executive Director of the New York Art Ensemble, announces the 2010 Young Composer Competition for students 21 years of age and younger (born after December 31, 1987). This national competition has been one of the most exciting events at the New York Art Ensemble, and this will ... http://newmusicon.org/index.php/2009/12/17/tribeca-young-composer-competition/ Survey Participants at Largest Online Classical Music Site, www.ClassicalArchives.com Say Classical Music Acts as a Stress Reliever In a survey just conducted by Classical Archives, the ultimate online destination for classical music, over 20% of the respondents said they love classical music because it relaxes them and acts as a ... http://newmusicon.org/index.php/2009/12/17/more-people-love-classical-during-tough-times/ Acentech’s Studio A Unveils Acoustics for Puerto Rico’s Brand-New Sala Sinfonica Pablo Casals Firm Provides Acoustical Consulting for New Symphony Hall in Centro de Bellas Artes CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – October 5, 2009 – Acentech Inc., a nationally recognized multi-disciplinary acoustics, audiovisual systems design, and vibration consulting firm, is proud to announce that ... http://newmusicon.org/index.php/2009/12/17/acentech-acoustics-for-sala-sinfonica-pablo-casals/