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Articles by Frank Oteri

Frank J. Oteri, New Music USA's Composer Advocate and the Senior Editor of NewMusicBox, is an outspoken crusader for new music and the breaking down of barriers between genres. Frank’s own musical compositions reconcile structural concepts from minimalism and serialism and frequently explore microtonality.

James Tenney: Postcards from the Edge
June 1, 2005 / By
James Tenney: Postcards from the Edge

Whether combining serialism and minimalism, reconceptualizing microtonality or ragtime, or re-assembling an Elvis recording, James Tenney’s music continues to push limits while bridging opposition.

Keeping the Arts Sacred
May 24, 2005 / By

Information about the music winners in the 2005 American Academy of Arts and Letters ceremonial.

Getting Beyond Criticizing the Critics
May 23, 2005 / By

The NAJP Classical Music Critic Survey and the upcoming National Critics Conference in Los Angeles have Critics Critic Frank J. Oteri thinking that maybe it’s time to get beyond the criticism and to rally together.

Schirmer Signs Avner Dorman a Month After His 30th Birthday
May 17, 2005 / By
Schirmer Signs Avner Dorman a Month After His 30th Birthday

G. Schirmer, Inc. has announcd an exclusive agreement with the Israeli-American composer Avner Dorman. With the signing, the 30 year-old Dorman becomes both the newest and youngest composer on the G. Schirmer roster.

Better Than Billy Joel?
May 16, 2005 / By

Silent mental patient known as “Piano Man” gives marathon solo piano performance.

Another Glass Palace
May 3, 2005 / By

Listen to just about anything ever recorded in the Glass canon.

New York: Inside the Hurly-Burly
May 3, 2005 / By

There’s always a moment at some point in the American Music Center’s Annual Awards Meeting and Awards Ceremony when it feels great to be a part of the American new music community. Sometimes there are several. I want to share a few of mine…

Welcome to NewMusicBox 2.0
May 1, 2005 / By

For the past year, we’ve been recreating NewMusicBox from the bottom to the top, making it more intuitive and easier to navigate and giving it a structure that will allow us to update information everywhere on the site more frequently: weekly, daily, hourly! So forget about sleeping…

Not a Vacation In Rome: Charles Norman Mason and Susan Botti head for the American Academy
April 18, 2005 / By

Previous Composers in Residence at the American Academy in Rome Stephen Albert Kathryn Alexander Samuel Barber Leslie Bassett David Snow Bates Robert Beaser Jack Beeson Larry Thomas Bell Derek Bermel Chester Biscardi Martin …

Justin Timberlake Loses Pulitzer
April 11, 2005 / By

Has the Pulitzer prize actually changed? It looks like it hasn’t, and that might be a good thing.