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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.

Uncommon Ground
February 1, 2004 / By

The quest for common ground in music seems as fanciful as searching for El Dorado.

Can January Conference Fever Warm Up New York?
January 26, 2004 / By
Can January Conference Fever Warm Up New York?

Annual Conferences of Chamber Music America and the International Association of Jazz Educators made January a busy month in New York.

Second Nature
January 1, 2004 / By

Appreciating my natural habitat

Composer and…
December 1, 2003 / By

Mixing composition with a day job

The Piano: More Than Black and White
October 1, 2003 / By

Frank J. OteriPhoto by Jeffrey Herman

It feels like pianos are everywhere again. The media was all over the 150th Anniversary of Steinway, which also happened to be concurrent with the 175th anniversary of Bösendorfer and …

Rediscovering John La Montaine
September 1, 2003 / By
Rediscovering John La Montaine

John La Montaine reflects on his meteoric rise to success in the late 1950s and the current music scene.

Is It Romantic?
September 1, 2003 / By

Why “romantic” is as bad a word as “classical”