Photo by Marion Gold

The Copland House is inaugurating a new series called The Composer’s Hour. The series is presented for Copland Society members and is hosted by Artistic Director Michael Boriskin.
Each program features …

German publisher Schott Musik International has signed a deal to put its entire catalog online. The 230-year-old firm has joined hands with the online sheet music retailer Net4Music.
It is not Schott’s first flirtation with …

Amy ScurriaPhoto by Phyllis Berger

mp3 – A Young Composer’s Perspective
Every young professional must at some point give more than they gain in return. Whether it be a beginning salary or a starting …

The 2000-2001 Visiting Composers’ Series at the University of Texas will bring an impressive roster of composers to the school’s Austin campus for four-day residencies, during which School of Music students, faculty, and guest …

Amy Knoles Photo by Richard Hines

I think of Napster as radio for the Zeros. It’s great advertisement. There is a new mp3 player that has just come out, it looks like …

Karel Husaphoto credit Alexander Dippold

Czech-born composer and conductor Karel Husa recently donated his archive to Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. The Archive now exceeds in scope and volume the Husa documents in …

Jeff Harrington Photo by Elsie Russell

What we have today on the Web music distribution scene is chaos. Nobody is making much money selling music on the Internet. A few of us …

John Coriglianophoto credit Christian Steiner

Music of John Corigliano will provide the main focus for the Royal Northern College of Music‘s American Reflections Festival, which will run from November 30th until December 16th. Under …

Richard Danielpour Photo by Bill Bernstein, courtesy G. Schirmer/Associated Music Publishers

Right now we are at a point where the current structure of how classical music is recorded and disseminated in this country is …

Lee Erwin, a theater organist who composed scores for more than 70 silent films and whose performances helped create a revival of interest in silent films during the 1970s, died on September 21st at …