Steve Reich in 1996

Terry Riley in 1995

Virgil Thomson at home

Virgil Thomson outside his apartment at the Chelsea Hotel

Diamanda Galas“…I think my performances, as independent as they may be from each other, allow me to reside, musically, under my own name…”

Neil Haverstick“Ever since I was a young boy, stylistic classifications in music have …

More probably than any component of NewMusicBox, SoundTracks inevitably reflects the diversity and ultimately uncategorizability of the music being created by American composers. Whereas each issue of NewMusicBox looks at a specific, albeit different, aspect …

David Borden (right) with Keith Emerson (left)Photo by Vivian Lee

The classification of genres in the arts is, I suppose, necessary for both critics and historians. Mostly though, I find that marketing, the need …

Diamanda GalasPhoto by Tom Pitts

I think it is, indeed, difficult to locate my music; and I have seen it under pop, opera, new music, new electronic music, blues, satanic music, noise, gothic, black …

Neil Haverstick

Ever since I was a young boy, stylistic classifications in music have meant absolutely nothing to me. At a young age, some of my favorite pieces were Ravel‘s Bolero, “Peggy Sue” (Buddy …

Erik HoverstenPhoto courtesy Erik Hoversten

Despite the “classical” training we may have, all of us in Threnody Ensemble spent our formative years playing in bands. The music we make now is inextricably linked to …