Great Noise Ensemble plays John Luther Adams

Great Noise Ensemble, DC's champion of the new, is at it again. Catch them this Friday, April 22, performing John Luther Adams' formidable Clouds of Forgetting, Clouds of Unknowing.

Is it just me, or is John Luther Adams the most famous living composer that no one really knows? Even among informed new music fans, I rarely come across people who can name one piece of his.

Maybe it's his esoteric topics (Alaska. Time.). Maybe it's his sloooowwwww music. Maybe it's the stigma of being the "other" John Adams in contemporary classical music. So, is this piece alone worth the 70-minute listen?

Decide for yourself this Friday. Then check back here for the review.

April 22, 2011 - 7:30pm

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring

$15 ($10 students/seniors)

DMA Lecture Recital: April 7 at 7:30

April 7th (next Thursday) at 7:30 P.M., my final degree requirement, the Lecture Recital, comes to CUA's John Paul Haul. It's a recital of original music, along with analyses and comments, by your truly.

This event highlights my recent compositions, which have grown increasingly concerned with social and environmental issues and other topics of practical, everyday relevance. Click here for more information and a detailed program.

Hope to see you there!

The King of Limbs

Are your ears burning? Because Radiohead's The King of Limbs drops this Saturday, 2/19, via digital download. All you audiophiles out there will have to wait until March 28 for your vinyls.

More info here: http://www.thekingoflimbs.com/

Peruse The Googles for a smattering of idle speculations on content and style. As always, the Interwebs have plenty to say.

Speaking of plenty to say, check back this weekend for my album review. In the meantime, maybe whet your appetite with their (legal) free download single, These Are My Twisted Words.