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At long last, composer and NewMusicBox founding editor Frank J. Oteri stops by to tell us the inception of NewMusicBox, its role in contemporary music, his own compositions, and the validity of the word “y’all.”
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- This week on SoundNotion, Frank J. Oteri tells the origin myth of NewMusicBox (long ago in the age of dial-up), shares his oratorio for George Maciunas, divides the octave into 36 parts for a rock band and finally gets a premiere Nurturing River (completed in 1982).
- Pandora says that letting them pay the same in royalties as terrestrial radio will give rise to the musician’s middle class. What do you think?
- In orchestra news (always with the orchestra news!) the CSO strike is over, but money is still a big issue and the LA Phil is ending its movie theatre broadcast program.
- The English National Opera puts the “O” in ENO with a new ad for its staging of Don Giovanni.
- In more opera news, James Levine (looking fit as a fiddle) is set to conduct three operas this season with The Met.
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon joins the panel to discuss “Concerto 4-3”, the Baltimore Symphony’s redress, the Milwaukee Symphony’s balanced budget, Amanda Palmer paying musicians with beer & hugs and the legacy of William Duckworth.
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- This week on SoundNotion Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon joins the panel to discuss “Concerto 4-3”, commissions, collaborations and upcoming performances.
- Frank Oteri at NewMusicBox considers the strange brew of pieces found at concerts these days and a modern-day exquisite corpse.
- Kyle Gann remembers William Duckworth (1943-2012).
- Musical kids make smarter grown-ups.
- Amanda Palmer wants you to play on her tour for beer and hugs; she’ll keep the 1.2 million she got on Kickstarter.
- The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra has a balanced budget.
- The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is getting some new threads thanks to Parsons, The New School for Design.
- Jennifer Higdon‘s Concerto 4-3, perf. TF3 and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra – CD Baby – Amazon MP3
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On this week’s SoundNotion #FoTS Rachel Yoder makes us feel lazy taking time off from being a performer, communications director and writer to join the panel. We talk impossible music, sexist pigs, Art of Fugue (FROM MEMORY!) and Stockhausen’s giant ego.
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- This week on SoundNotion #FoTS Rachel Yoder joins the panel to talk about premiere-hunting, communication skills, 44 contrabass clarinets, clari-blogging, her woodwind quintet and “real” interactive music (it keeps a marriage strong).
- Some guy named Karl finally gets his big break. Mittwoch aus Licht is premiered as part of the Cultural Olympiad in Birmingham England. Helicopters? Not so much.
- Frank J. Oteri contemplates impossible music.
- And you thought that shallow objectification was just for pop-stars. Violinist Nicola Benedetti gets the treatment and Matt Bendoris is a pig. Jessica Duchen experiments with flipping objectification on its head.
- Pianist Taka Kigawa is a crazy person. Need proof?
- RIP Chris Lighty who changed music forever by moving Hip Hop from the fringe to the center and rappers into brands.
- Karlheinz Stockhausen‘s Helicopter Quartet from Mittwoch_aus_Licht, perf. Elysian
String Quartet and the Birmingham Opera Company – Guardian Archive
This week we talk about hope for Ives house, keeping tickets cheap at The Met and access to USA Projects for students, classical radio in Philly (that’s not afraid to get crunchy), piano graveyards and making the most out of the Pussy Riot kerfuffle.
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- This week on SoundNotion the Charles Ives Society announces that it will announce a plan to save the historic Ives house.
- USA Projects is now open to students, alumni and faculty.
- The Metropolitan Opera finds new funding to support rush tickets for students after the passing of benefactor Agnes Varis (she had been funding the entire thing).
- WWFM out of Mercer County Community College likes its classical music on the crunchy side.
- When pianos are sent to die. Warning! Graphic images of piano violence. Please, help stop the madness.
- Pussy Riot has become world famous with just 6 songs in the can thus far. Frank Oteri wants to know how we can make the most out of the turmoil.
- AND We made a Spotify playlist. Check out SoundNotion radio with picks of the week and other stuff we like.
Rob Deemer and Charith Premawardhana join the panel to discuss anthologizing composers, the Tokyo String Quartet’s official goodbye, the music initiative Classical Revolution, Kevin Puts’s Pulitzer Prize win, and much more!
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- Twice the guests, twice the fun. Charith Premawardhana founded Classical Revolution and #FoTS Rob Deemer fears a composer revolution after daring to pick three names for a book.
- The Best Damn New Music Team (Frank J. Oteri, Emily Green and Rob Deemer) gives perspective as Anthologygate continues to unfold.
- Classical Revolution holds its first international conference in Chicago – seminars and two live shows. Find a Classical Revolution chapter near you.
- Tokyo String Quartet will be hanging it up after the 2012/2013 season.
- The music world loses Dick Clark, Levon Helm and Greg Ham.
- Kevin Puts wins the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in music for his opera Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts.
