Dolce and Johannes NewMusicBox Brahms has a sweet tooth. Who else has a quirky palate when it comes to expression markings? Johannes Brahms ; 1 year ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Blogging the 2011 ACO Composer Readings: J... NewMusicBox The production of art is strongly or even largely social. 1 year ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Goose Bumps in the C... NewMusicBox Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Music and the only living composer ever mentioned in a Peanuts® comic strip, believes that pinnacle of success is hearing a wonderful performance. Read the interview... Ellen Taaffe Zwilich ; 1 year ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Concluding Commissions: Seattle Celebrates... NewMusicBox This year in Seattle, Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony are celebrating the music director's final season at the helm of the orchestra by presenting 22 world premieres, including 18 new works commissioned under the banner of the Gund/Simonyi Farewell Commissions. We caught up with the maestro in advance of his final concerts of the season to chat about new music, new ideas, and not taking no for an answer. Gerard Schwarz ; 1 year ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Sounds Heard: Du Yun—Shark In Yo... NewMusicBox With her recent CD Shark In You, composer Du Yun unleashes a recording with an ultra-visceral sensibility that ropes the listener in through its attractively bizarre sonic landscape. Du Yun ; 1 year ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

A Single Sound NewMusicBox A single sound that can confront silence itself? This would be as impossible as the creation of true silence. 1 year ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Good Intentions NewMusicBox The extent to which each individual artist relies on intention has much to do with the eventual character and scope of their output and their careers. 1 year ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Why Improvise, Part 2 NewMusicBox The idea that there is nothing new is self-referential; that is, it's nothing new—even derivative performances are unique, although they might be boring. 1 year ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

2011 ASCAP Concert Music Awards Celebrated NewMusicBox Zhou Long, George Manahan, Le Poisson Rouge, Music Publishers Association, Face The Music and 49 young American composers were honored at the 12th annual ASCAP Concert Music Awards at Merkin Concert Hall. George Manahan ; 1 year ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

The Grass Is (Only Slightly) Greener NewMusicBox The academic year is fast winding down, and along with the peace and quiet of a school after finals are over, come the signs of those working in academia starting to relax; most noticeably the gleam in the eyes of academically ensconced friends anticipating summer. 1 year ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story