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Ernest Kanitz, Rescued from Exile

#20th century #Anna Štube #California #Cello #Chamber music #clarinet #classical #Classical Music #Composers #contemporary music #Erika Raum #Joaquin Valdepeñas #Joel Quarrington #Kevin Ahfat #Modern Music #Music #New Music #Piano #saxophone #Steven Dann #String Quartet #Thomas Wiebe #viola #violin #violin Marie Bérard #Wallace Halladay

Dear Lara: Turning Personal Trauma to Meaningful Activism

#Classical Music #Lara St John #Music #sexual abuse

The Complete Harry Partch, Volume 4

Robert Carl’s “Music Composition in the 21st Century”, a guidebook for the avid listener with essential insights into the composer’s own methods

Composer/musicologist Robert Carl gives his perspective of the “new common practice”, a term which attempts to describe the current state of compositional and performance practices. I first heard that term from Alvin Curran, a composer who indulges (most successfully) in a wide variety of musical practices. And the term appears now to be generally accepted by contemporary musicians and music…

#avant garde #books #classical #Classical Music #Composers #contemporary music #electroacoustic #experimental music #Modern Music #Music #New Music #Robert Carl

Bringing the Past to the Present, for the Future: Notes on AI Music (and other arts)

#American music #avant garde #Chamber music #Charles Amirkhanian #Classical Music #Composers #contemporary music #electronics #experimental music #Ken Nordine #Laurie Anderson #Modern Music #Music #New Music #Pamela Z #Robert Ashley #sound poetry

Bob and Blue, A Musical Pilgrimage

Littlefield Hall (photo copyright by author) …tell the old story for our modern times. Find the beginning. -Homer, The Odyssey (Emily Wilson translation) When I first got the email notice of this concert, I was, to say the least, intrigued. A two piano concert at Littlefield Concert Hall on the campus of Mills College featuring two composer/performers who figured prominently in that Temple of…

Salt, the Residue of Looking Back. Maya Beiser Casts Her Unique Gaze

Denise Burt’s beautiful design effectively encompasses the scope and meaning of this album in arresting images Maya Beiser, cellist, Bang on a Can member, listener, composer, innovator, interpreter, and producer. Beiser’s hats are many and each new album traces the musings of a truly interesting artist, ever evolving, revisioning, thinking, growing. She cuts a singular, intelligent, and deeply…

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Feeding the Feedspot, Standing Among My Peers

Keep Listening I am grateful for this music review aggregator Feedspot. They have declared my blog New Music Buff to be among the top 35 new music blogs. I made number 20 this year. Here is their review: 20. New Music Buff » Experimental Music Blog https://newmusicbuff.com/category/experimenta..Indulge perspectives from an informed new music fan. Enjoy nuanced takes and some amusing anecdotes…

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#20th century #avant garde #black composers #blogs #classical #Classical Music #Composers #contemporary music #electroacoustic #electronics #experimental music #Jazz #minimalism #Modern Music #Music #New Music #political music

Organist Carson Cooman plays Peter Garland’s “plain songs” (after Robert Creeley)

Any release by composer/musicologist Peter Garland is a reason to take notice. The same can be said for organist Carson Cooman and, for that matter, Cold Blue recordings. Add to that the inspiration gleaned from poet Robert Creeley and I dare say we have a major event begging to sound from your favorite speakers or headphones. Cold Blue is a visionary record label from Southern California. You…

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#Carson Cooman #classical #Classical Music #Cold Blue Music #Composers #contemporary music #Modern Music #Music #New Music #Peter Garland

Duo Aya Debut Album

Neuma 218 I’ve listened to this utterly charming debut album from this flute and marimba duo several times. It is an engaging and charming selection of music by composers all unfamiliar to this listener but all seem to have the gift of substance. I will not attempt to survey each of these composers’ works or even their biographies except to provide references for listeners who wish to explore…

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#Chamber music #classical #Classical Music #Composers #contemporary music #Duo Aya #Modern Music #Music #New Music #percussion

The Neave Trio’s Post Romantic Gloss on French Piano Trios

CHAN 20337 Chandos is one of my favorite classical labels with an intelligent selection of repertoire. The Neave Trio consisting of violinist Anna Williams, cellist Mikhail Veselov, and pianist Eri Nakamura is clearly a fit for Chandos. This trio’s releases have been consistently interesting and creative. This most recent release is a perfect example. The recording includes three works by three…

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Nova Pon and the Mother and Child Reunion

Redshift TK 546 (also available on Bandcamp) I’ve written before (and likely will again) about the disturbing lack of attention given to new classical composers from Canada. Nova Pon (1983- ) is a Canadian born and educated artist who was awarded an “Emerging Composer” award back in 2015 here, in this release, shows herself to be a composer who has emerged and continues to develop substantial…

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#Canada #Canadian composers #Canadian Musicians #Chamber music #classical #Classical Music #Composers #contemporary music #Modern Music #mothers #Music #New Music #Nova Pon #Owen Underhill #personal themes #Redshift Records #Symphonies #Turning Point Ensemble #women

A View from the Chef’s Table

Chef and his sous chef at work OK, this one is not about music…mostly. This is about the first time in perhaps five years since I’ve seen my good musician/vegan chef friend Philip Gelb. My partner and I embarked on a pilgrimage from Santa Barbara to Oakland where this talented man makes his home and his business. Here I’ve been pleased to have partaken in many a fine vegan meal, occasionally…

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#house concerts #New Music #peaches #Philip Gelb #ramen #underground restaurant #vegan #vegan chef #vegan chef with music

A Great Guy: RIP Guy Klucevsek (1947-2025)

What a gut punch! I’ve been seeing this man in concert, buying his albums, reviewing his albums and imagining in some way that this artist, whose work has become a constant in my life, would always be there. But along comes the inevitable finale and the gut punch that this wonderful artist is also a human being. One takes for granted sometimes that in some way they will always be there, that…

#20th century #accordion #avant garde #Chamber music #classical #Classical Music #Composers #contemporary music #experimental music #folk music #Modern Music #Music #New Music #Starkland #Starkland Records #Tom Steenland

Der Vogelfanger mit eine Starling, Musical Ornithology from Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Book cover photo from Goodreads Who knew? I mean I’ve read many books on this, my desert island composer. Alfred Einstein, Peter Gay, the Dover edition of the collected letters, etc. Perhaps I missed the mention of a starling somewhere in there. But, here we have it, an naturalist writer augmenting mountains of musicology with this delightful volume chronicling this ornithologist’s efforts to…

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#adventure #birds #Luanda Lynn Haupt #memoir #Mozart #musicology. autobiography #mystery #ornithology #starlings

Charles in Charge, Composer/Producer/Impresario Charles Amirkhanian at 80

Charles Amirkhanian (photo by Carol Law, all rights reserved) An overflow crowd packed the lovely auditorium at Berkeley’s David Brower Center this past January 19th. Octogenarians (and younger folks as well) populated both stage and audience in a show of appreciation for a man whose work as music director of KPFA (1969- 1992) and subsequently as an arts promoter and curator of new music in…

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The Elegant Icelandic Pianist and the Woman with Blurry Hands: Òlafsson and Wang Duo Pianos in Santa Barbara

Vinkingur Òlafsson Yuja Wang Program Berio:WasserklavierSchubert: Fantasia in F minor for Four HandsCage:Experiences No. 1Nancarrow (arr. Thomas Adès): Study No. 6John Adams:Hallelujah JunctionArvo Pärt:Hymn to a Great CityRachmaninoff:Symphonic Dances From the very beginning this concert defied convention in so many ways. The Granada Theater hosted a sold out crowd for these two distinctly…

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