Pairing Composers and Orchestras, With an Eye on Younger Audiences
Pairing Composers and Orchestras, With an Eye on Younger Audiences
By ALLAN KOZINN OCTOBER 22, 2014 11:09 AMThe League of American Orchestras has always encouraged its members to champion new music, but lately it has been particularly active in establishing programs to bring composers and orchestras together. Music by the youngest generation of composers has a proven appeal to the younger audiences that orchestras are trying to reach, and as those audiences are drawn in they are finding the appeal in older contemporary (and earlier) works as well. Read More...
WONDERING SOUND
The girl from Ipanema has been replaced by socially-conscious wordsmiths like Emicida, and artists such as anarchic funk group Metá Metá are reinventing Brazil’s glorious musical history with a harsh electronic edge. The new sound of Brazil is often fueled by anger — which spilled out in the protests against the excess of the World Cup preparations — and captured by labels like Mais Um Discos and Biscoito Fino, whose releases feel like snapshots from the frontline of a society in flux.
To celebrate the World Cup, Chris Nickson spotlights albums that are shaping Brazil’s musical revolution, from 10 of the hottest artists south of the equator. Read More...
Call For Guitarists Winners
I am very excited to be writing music for such wonderful *guitar players and I would like to keep anyone who is interested, in the loop of what’s happening !
Ultimately, these great folks are helping me create a very unique suite for the guitar - since it will be all based on whatever they want. I’ve been slowly gathering some information about them and what they want - and it’s been very interesting! Already I know that Connie wants a piece that celebrates motherhood, Jose Antonio Escobar is into playing something moody and minor; Marek said he’s a composer himself so he’s probably be more into whatever it is that someone else comes up on his behalf; while Cecilio wrote that he loves all kinds of styles, including rock an roll… Mmm I will provably follow up on that 
Gaëlle demonstrated a strong interest in exploring extended techniques including adding some vocal lines as well, which is right up my alley, and finally, Alieksey will be playing something very rhythmic and fiery, something Brazilian perhaps?
It will be way too much fun !
The Disinherited
COMPOSER CLARICE ASSAD AND LIBRETTIST NILOUFAR TALEBI AT THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
THE DISINHERITED.
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Volterra Project
The mission of the Volterra Project is to help young guitarists develop well-rounded and non-competitive approaches to performing, to foster a generation of accomplished young guitarists who are prepared for the multiple aspects of performing careers, and to bring the guitar outside traditional performance venues into places of community access. MORE INFORMATION
