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Artist-to-Artist: Cenk Ergün and Jason Treuting—Composers Take All
Cenk Ergün and Jason Treuting have a history of musical familiarity that goes back to their days studying at the Eastman School of Music. Now, after a decade of collaboration, they put each other on the spot.
By Molly Sheridan
Published: 6/17/2009
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Kirsten Broberg in the Abstract
Whether you're a believer in fate or not, you kind of have to think Kirsten Broberg was meant to be a composer.
By Trevor Hunter
Published: 5/19/2009
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Sea of Nostalgia—Wading Into the Music of Angélica Negrón
These days, Angélica Negrón has settled into a way of working that allows her to reach out in many directions without losing her center of gravity, no matter what genre umbrella she happens to be standing under. "In the end, the music that I like to write is the music I want to listen to," she says. "And it's something that you can't control and you can't escape."
By Molly Sheridan
Published: 4/20/2009
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Latter Day Synchronisms—The Music of Steven Ricks
A practicing Mormon who is completely attuned to contemporary culture (everything from Thomas Pynchon to videogames and recent pop trends), Steven Ricks creates latter day synchronisms containing some of the most thought-provoking music written this decade.
By Frank J. Oteri
Published: 3/16/2009
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Traveling Through a Sea—The Music of Grouper
There's a certain set of commonalities to abstract yet evocative music that encourages listeners to identify in a deeply emotional and visceral way, and Grouper's music has these qualities in spades.
By Trevor Hunter
Published: 2/18/2009
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Zeroing In on Composer and Percussionist Lukas Ligeti
There's a steady stream of sound running through Lukas Ligeti's head, and this constant state of mental invention keeps him on his creative toes.
By Molly Sheridan
Published: 1/19/2009
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Keeril Makan—Bodysong
The music of Keeril Makan contains multitudes: pulsating rhythmic gestures, noise and abstraction, beauteous slow-moving harmonies, and long-breathed modal melodies.
By Trevor Hunter
Published: 12/16/2008
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Center Stage With Eric Owens
Whether standing center stage under the spotlights or sitting just across a table while chatting over coffee, American bass baritone Eric Owens only has to utter a few lines to have his audience completely entranced.
By Molly Sheridan
Published: 11/17/2008
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The Other Worlds of Robert Dick
Robert Dick is a "musician who happens to play the flute," with full complementary skills in composition and improvisation.
By Trevor Hunter
Published: 10/21/2008
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Gabriel Kahane Cuts the Genre Cord
The list of guest artists gracing Gabriel Kahane's new self-titled album reads like a Who's Who of great indie/classical/pop/chamber wherever-you-want-to-file-it performers, musicians linked by a shared creative impulse.
By Molly Sheridan
Published: 9/22/2008
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