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Michael Tilson Thomas: Making Anything Sound Good
May 1, 2001 / By

Michael Tilson ThomasPhoto by Terrence McCarthy

Michael Tilson Thomas talks with Frank J. Oteri@ the New World Symphony, Miami Beach, FL
Monday, April 16, 2001, 1:00 p.m.
Transcribed by Julia Lu

American Music and Welcoming in …

Robert Ashley: You Can’t Call It Anything Else But Opera
April 1, 2001 / By

Robert Ashleyphoto by Jacques Bekaert

Robert Ashley at home, in conversationwith Frank J. Oteri
March 13, 2001
Transcribed by Julia LuFilmed by Jenny Undercofler

Traditions and Influences

America and Popular Culture

Opera vs. Musical Theater

Hip-Hop, D.I.Y. …

The Jazz Composers Collective on Creating and Performing
March 1, 2001 / By

Photo by Lourdes Delgado

February 8, 2001 at The Jazz Standard, NYC
Members:
Ben Allison Frank Kimbrough Ted Nash Michael Blake Ron Horton
with Frank J. Oteri
Conversation transcribed by Karyn Joaquino

Precedents for the Collective

Mutual …

Joan Jeanrenaud: A Fourth Approach to Performing Music
February 1, 2001 / By

Joan JeanrenaudPhoto by Marion Ettinger, courtesy New Albion Records

Joan Jeanrenaud talks with NewMusicBox editor Frank J. Oteri at her home in San Francisco, CA, about her unusual post-Kronos career
Friday, November 9, 2000
Transcribed by …

John Adams: In The Center Of American Music
January 1, 2001 / By

John AdamsPhoto by Christine AlicinoCourtesy Nonesuch Records

Just three days after completing the score for El Niño, a 110-minute "Christmas oratorio" for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, John Adams invites NewMusicBox editor Frank J. Oteri …

Pauline Oliveros: Creating, Performing And Listening
December 1, 2000 / By

Pauline Oliveros

Frank J. Oteri meets with Pauline Oliveros at Mills College, Oakland CA
Wednesday, November 8, 2000, 8:30 – 10:00 p.m.
Transcribed by Lisa Kang

Defining a Legacy
Rethinking the Canon
Texas
Role Models and Contemporaries
Electronics and Indeterminate Music
Collaboration …

Carl Stone: Intellectual Property, Artistic License and Free Access to Information in the Age of Sample-Based Music and the Internet
November 1, 2000 / By

Carl Stone

California-based composer, radio host and computer music guru Carl Stone meets NewMusicBox editor Frank J. Oteri at the American Music Center
Tuesday, October 17, 2000, 10 AM – 12 p.m.
Filmed by Jenny UndercoflerTranscribed …

Music and the American Presidency: A Virtual Fireside Chat with U.S. Presidents
October 1, 2000 / By

An aerial view of the South side of the White House

Compiled by Frank J. Oteri andJenny UndercoflerAdditional research by David Hughes

The Role of Music in American Life
Personal Attitudes About Music
Great American Composers
Other …

John Eaton: Involving Audiences in the Sweep of the Music
September 1, 2000 / By

John EatonPhoto by Lloyd DeGrane, courtesy of The University of Chicago Chronicle

August 3, 2000 – 1:00 to 3:30 pm
John Eaton in conversation with Frank J. Oteriat The American Music Center
Filmed by Jonathan Murphy …

The Many Views of Betty Freeman
August 1, 2000 / By
The Many Views of Betty Freeman

Photographer and patron Betty Freeman, who has been something of a Nadezhda von Meck to composers ranging from Harry Partch and John Cage to La Monte Young and Kaija Saariaho as well as numerous visual artists, talks about what music she funds and why.