Showing posts with label alex ross. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
Friday, April 17, 2009
BEDA Day 17: New Music Bakesale
Well, it's BEDA Day #17, and April 17th. That means I'm on par, so far!
I know, I know, it's supposed to be New Music Appetizer Friday, but 1.) I have Ultimate in 20 minutes, 2.) the weather is too nice outside to spend too much time on this, and 3.) this is awesome:
Courtesy of the boundless connections of music critic and blogger Alex Ross, check out the New Music Bakesale happening this evening in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of NYC. A $15 cover charge buys access to more than ten ensembles playing four hours of contemporary classical music, two drinks, and a whole host of baked goods for sale.
What a great idea for a new music event! Maybe SCI at CUA can organize a smaller version of this next year. Maybe in conjunction with someone's thesis or degree recital. Maybe someone is reading my blog right now who has ideas about that and/or a recital on the horizon. Hmmm...
(P.S. - See? Wasn't that cooler than the Harmony class sample chorales I was going to slap up here to meet my quota? Enjoy.)
I know, I know, it's supposed to be New Music Appetizer Friday, but 1.) I have Ultimate in 20 minutes, 2.) the weather is too nice outside to spend too much time on this, and 3.) this is awesome:
Courtesy of the boundless connections of music critic and blogger Alex Ross, check out the New Music Bakesale happening this evening in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of NYC. A $15 cover charge buys access to more than ten ensembles playing four hours of contemporary classical music, two drinks, and a whole host of baked goods for sale.
What a great idea for a new music event! Maybe SCI at CUA can organize a smaller version of this next year. Maybe in conjunction with someone's thesis or degree recital. Maybe someone is reading my blog right now who has ideas about that and/or a recital on the horizon. Hmmm...
(P.S. - See? Wasn't that cooler than the Harmony class sample chorales I was going to slap up here to meet my quota? Enjoy.)
Friday, April 3, 2009
BEDA Day 3: Riley's in C
Courtesy of Alex Ross' blog, you can download a 45-minute version of Terry Riley's in C (MP3) from Amazon.
Rumor has it that it's only available today (Friday 4/3).
Enjoy!
This isn't exactly my own music, but this will have to count for this week's New Music Appetizer. I'm leaving tonight for a weekend Ultimate (frisbee) tournament in Maryland and won't be back until Sunday.
Rumor has it that it's only available today (Friday 4/3).
Enjoy!
This isn't exactly my own music, but this will have to count for this week's New Music Appetizer. I'm leaving tonight for a weekend Ultimate (frisbee) tournament in Maryland and won't be back until Sunday.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Obama Reciting Copland's Lincoln Portrait, via Alex Ross
If you have 1.083 minutes to spare, visit Alex Ross' blog, The Rest Is Noise, and check out the brief video of Barack Obama performing the recitation to Aaron Copland's famous work Lincoln Portrait. Moving on so many levels.
Monday, January 28, 2008
New Film Score from Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood
Alex Ross' latest article for the New Yorker is definitely worth reading. It critiques the film score to Paul Thomas Anderson’s recent movie There Will Be Blood, composed by Jonny Greenwood, lead guitarist of Radiohead. I can't wait to hear it!
Also, check out Alex Ross' blog The Rest Is Noise, which features consistently interesting posts mostly related to new music. Ross is a composer and the music critic for The New Yorker, among other things.
Also, check out Alex Ross' blog The Rest Is Noise, which features consistently interesting posts mostly related to new music. Ross is a composer and the music critic for The New Yorker, among other things.
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