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See Me, Hear Me: A/V Circa 2008
May 1, 2008 / By
See Me, Hear Me: A/V Circa 2008

See Me, Hear Me: A/V Circa 2008
NewMusicBox celebrates its 9th anniversary with a bi-coastal exploration of audio/visual work, featuring talks with Scott Arford, Betsey Biggs, R. Luke DuBois, and the duo LoVid (Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus).

Gabriela Lena Frank: Identidad compuesta
April 1, 2008 / By

La musica de Gabriela Lena Frank es una musica mestiza.

Gabriela Lena Frank: Composite Identity
April 1, 2008 / By
Gabriela Lena Frank: Composite Identity

Gabriela Lena Frank’s compositions are a unique musical response to mestizaje, a state in which cultures can co-exist without one subjugating another.

Alvin Singleton: Intuitions and Reminders
March 1, 2008 / By
Alvin Singleton: Intuitions and Reminders

Alvin Singleton’s voracious appetite for all kinds of music is a starting place for understanding his own musical creations.

Breathing Ghosts and Dancing with the Devil: Sxip Shirey’s Fractured Sonic Fairy Tales
February 1, 2008 / By
Breathing Ghosts and Dancing with the Devil: Sxip Shirey’s Fractured Sonic Fairy Tales

Is Sxip Shirey an overly serious novelty composer or an underly serious experimental musician? Either way, he’s completely committed to creating music that carries a sense of wonder and awe into the ears of his audiences.

Lois V Vierk: Slideways
January 1, 2008 / By
Lois V Vierk: Slideways

Lois V Vierk’s extensive use of slides is a personal musical response to a reality of nature.

Tan Dun: Tradition and Invention
December 1, 2007 / By
Tan Dun: Tradition and Invention

Tan Dun has found a way to simultaneously be an experimenter and a populist.

David Rakowski: The Piano Etude Guy
November 1, 2007 / By
David Rakowski: The Piano Etude Guy

David Rakowski combines hardcore intellectual rigor with unabashed humor and, at times, pure silliness.

Ornette Coleman: Freedom of Expression
October 1, 2007 / By
Ornette Coleman: Freedom of Expression

Freedom guides how Ornette Coleman has been making his music for over a half a century, and it’s also how he leads his life.

Jennifer Higdon: Down to Earth
September 1, 2007 / By
Jennifer Higdon: Down to Earth

If ever there was a spokesperson who could clearly describe what this field is to folks who are not a part of it and get them excited to learn more about it, it’s Jennifer Higdon.