John & June HechingerPhoto courtesy of June Hechinger

“Focus on American Composers”
I’ve been on the board of the National Symphony for a long time and my husband and I have been subscribers to symphony …

Meredith MonkPhoto by K. Scott Schafer

Meredith Monk and her publishing company, Meredith Monk Music, recently signed a long-term, worldwide agreement with the publishing firm of Boosey & Hawkes. President Linda S. Golding of …

Thomas BucknerPhoto by Jack Mitchell; courtesy of Thomas Buckner

“Open Up the System”
What strikes me as a key issue in the funding for new music or any art form is the danger that it …

Theodore WiprudPhoto by Melissa Richard

Think “new music,” and chances are, whatever you mean by “new music” does not earn its keep.
Fortunately, there is more to musical life than earned income. That’s because in …

It was not by editorial design, but rather a reflection of the current state of new music in this country, that in a month where NewMusicBox focuses on funding for New Music, almost every recording …

Frank J. OteriPhoto by Melissa Richard

As one of many American composers who has yet to make a living from composing music, I am simultaneously perplexed and humbled by the economics of music making in …

Thomas BucknerOpen up the System: “Instead of having only a few giant organizations, we should spread the power around…”

June HechingerFocus on American Composers: “As American citizens, we felt it was important to focus on American …

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.

Young musicians and listeners today are increasingly sophisticated and open-eared. They don’t care much about what music is called. They care about how it sounds.

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