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NewMusicBox Mix: The Jazz Edition 27 Aug 2013 | 08:08 pm
This edition of the NewMusicBox Mix contains a sampling of the many different sound worlds of jazz in 2013.
Composing and Responsibility 26 Aug 2013 | 11:12 pm
When you compose a piece of music it is something for which you are taking responsibility. I was reminded of this last week when I observed the final session of the first American Composers Orchestra/...
Wellesley Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center 26 Aug 2013 | 09:07 pm
The conference is among the old guard of summer composer institutes and will celebrate its 70th anniversary next summer. Headed by Mario Davidovsky for nearly 40 years, the primary goal of the confere...
Music is Music: The 2013 PARMA Music Festival 23 Aug 2013 | 10:04 pm
What was most striking about the PARMA Festival was its diversity; diversity within musical styles and event types, its combination of local, national, and international artists, and also its audience...
Turn Out the Stars 23 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
Three of the American music community's most influential luminaries--pianists Marian McPartland and Cedar Walton plus author Albert Murray--passed in the first three days of this week. They, along wit...
Your 2013-14 Attitude Guide: Four to Cop, Four to Drop for an Amazing Season 21 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
September is coming, with all of its promise and terror. Remember that it’s a marathon, not a sprint. You trained all your life for this stuff, and now you get to do it. Believe in your unique self; t...
Sounds Heard: In the Mood for a Melody (Piano Person Edition) 20 Aug 2013 | 11:52 pm
This week, three unique keyboard albums caught my attention: Phyllis Chen's Little Things, Jim Fox's Black Water, and Timo Andres’s Home Stretch.
New Music USA Announces More Than $1.2M in New Grants 20 Aug 2013 | 08:52 pm
New Music USA has announced more than $1,200,000 in new awards made during the spring season through its grantmaking programs.
It’s Always Now 20 Aug 2013 | 02:59 am
All of us, not just those of us who are involved with music, waste so much time dwelling on the past as well as trying to predict what the future is, when in fact the only thing we can really affect i...
Grant Enables Major Expansion of American Lyric Theater’s Composer Librettist Development Program 19 Aug 2013 | 10:40 pm
A $150,000 Mellon grant enables the American Lyric Theater to expand its Composer Librettist Development Program from an annually offered 10-month period to a comprehensive three-year artist mentorshi...
