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How do you connect with composers to write new works for you and how does that fit in with your other activities? William Anderson, Guitarist/Composer, Cygnus Ensmble NYC
February 1, 2001 / By

William AndersonPhoto courtesy of William Anderson

The first and foremost reason for the success of Cygnus’ adventurous programs is that all of the six core members (Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Jacqueline Carrasco, violin; Susannah …

How do you connect with composers to write new works for you and how does that fit in with your other activities? Matthew Albert, Violinist, eighth blackbird
February 1, 2001 / By

Since eighth blackbird is essentially a cover band, we are completely dependent on composers to keep our sound, our passion, our concretizing experiences alive. So finding the right composers, people excited about what we do …

Sitting in Different Rooms
February 1, 2001 / By

The very expression “chamber music” designates music that is site specific more than anything else.

Four Quartets
February 1, 2001 / By

Frederick KaimannPhoto by Melissa Richard

Entering history on the ground floor is an exciting thing, but over time new floors get added beneath as you’re jacked high above the street where you entered. …

How do you connect with composers to write new works for you and how does that fit in with your other activities?
February 1, 2001 / By

Matthew Albert“…Two methods of connecting with composers have worked extremely well for us so far: new music festivals and the Internet…”

William Anderson“…We meet composers through our work with Cygnus, and also through our freelance work …

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 …

Finding the Center
January 1, 2001 / By

Maybe wherever you are—listening, composing, performing, writing and talking about it—is the center of American music.

Michael Torke Remembers James Legg
January 1, 2001 / By

William Butler Yeats, one of the richest and deepest poets to ever write in the English language, is said to have requested only three words for his tombstone, “Horseman, ride by!” His odd request, …

Recorded Sound Collections Endangered
January 1, 2001 / By

Virginia Danielson of the Archive of World Music at HarvardPhoto by Jim Hardin

Hundreds of thousands of historic ethnographic audio recordings are in serious danger, according to a recent survey conducted by the Library …

Teresa Sterne, 73, Pioneer in Making Classical Records, Dies
January 1, 2001 / By

Tracey SternePhoto by Gene Maggio

The record producer Teresa Sterne died on December 10th at her Manhattan home. Ms. Sterne had been suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. She …