Eighth Blackbird Shacks Up in 'Lonely Motel'
Can one call a recording that is selections from a larger theater work a “concept album?” Or is such a term redundant when every theatrical recording is more or less conceptual in its inherent unifying...
View ArticleLunaire Eclipse with Steven Mackey
Yourchat with Steven Mackeybegins Friday at 1 pm. Sign up for a reminder now!On The New Canon this week, we celebrate the centennial of Schoenberg's revolutionary Pierrot Lunaire with composer Steven...
View ArticleListen: JACK Quartet and Guitarist Steven Mackey
On Sunday, March 25 at 3 pm, the JACK Quartet celebrated the complex lyricism of American modernists Charles Ives and Ruth Crawford Seeger and teamed up with composer-guitarist Steven Mackey to present...
View ArticleTranscendent Music with Paul Lansky
In addition to his landmark work in computer music, the composer Paul Lansky has worked with So Percussion, David Starobin and the Brentano String Quartet.Best known for his pioneering work with...
View ArticleListen: Steven Mackey & Rinde Eckert with Big Farm & JACK Quartet
On Mar. 20 at 7:30 p.m., new-music supergroup Big Farm, consisting of guitarist-composer Steven Mackey, composer-director and accordionist Rinde Eckert, bassist Lek Darger and So Percussion's Jason...
View ArticleSteven Mackey's Music for Sleepless Nights
The music of Grammy-winning composer and guitarist Steven Mackey has been performed by an extensive roster of acclaimed orchestral and chamber groups including Eighth Blackbird, the Los Angeles...
View ArticleOrli Shaham's Piano Album 'American Grace' Is a Decidedly Family Affair
Steven Mackey's new piano concerto for Orli Shaham, Stumble to Grace, is an easy fit with the music of John Adams. As Frank Oteri points out in his liner notes to this premiere recording on the album...
View ArticleTop Five Epic Classical Works for Electric Guitar
Composers from Bach to Harrison Birtwistle have written for the guitar, while other electric guitar players have transcribed works into plugged-in their instrument. In honor of April being...
View ArticleFive and a Half Things I Say on the First Day of Orchestration Class
Join Q2 Music on Sunday, April 24 (with an encore presentation Tuesday, April 26) for our second annual Symphomania, a 24-hour marathon stream of music that offers a vision of orchestral repertoire...
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