Kronos Quartet to Release World Premiere Recording of MY LAI Photo
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- March 16, 2022
On Friday, May 20, 2022, the renowned Kronos Quartet releases the world premiere recording of Mỹ Lai, the acclaimed opera composed by Jonathan Berger with libretto by Harriet Scott Chessman, on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings....
Ecce Ensemble Releases Debut Album Today Photo
by A.A. Cristi
- April 24, 2020
Hailed as “virtuosic (WBUR Radio) for its “creative, sympathetic players…and cornucopia of unusual, extended-technique sounds (The Boston Globe),” the Ecce ensemble today announced the release of its latest album Angelus (New Focus Recordings, TBR April 24, 2020). A 45-minute monodrama by composer John Aylward, Angelus takes its name from Paul Klee's painting Angelus Novus. ...
International Contemporary Ensemble Announces New ICEcommons Composer Residency Photo
by Stephi Wild
- May 21, 2019
The International Contemporary Ensemble announces six composers chosen to be the first ICEcommons Artists-in-Residence: Helga Arias, Kate Gentile, Murat olak, Ylva Lund Bergner, Fernanda Navarro, and Bergr n Sn bj rnsd ttir. Represented by a diversity of backgrounds and musical styles, the cohort was selected by a panel of ICE musicians and outside experts who, over the course of six weeks, became familiar with more than 700 composers who submitted their creative work for consideration via a new...
EtM Con Edison Composer in Residence Taylor Brook Conducts Free Workshop for Young Co Photo
by A.A. Cristi
- January 31, 2019
Bloomingdale School of Music (BSM) is pleased to host 2018-19 Exploring the Metropolis Composer in Residence Taylor Brook in a free workshop for young composers on the use of electronics on March 5, 2019 at 7:00 pm. Featured as part of the event will be Taylor's composition, 'Alluvium.' The workshop will be held at BSM's David Greer Recital Hall located at the school's home site located at 323 West 108th Street, between Broadway and Riverside Drive in Manhattan....