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Tag: Composers

  • DMG Newsletter June 26th, 2009

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    Spontaneous Music Ensemble via last.fm From DMG: Engine Records: Fred Anderson Trio, Warren Smith’s Composers Workshop & Tom Abbs’ Frequency Response! Two Classic Reissues from Nessa: Bobby Bradford Spontaneous Music Ensemble & Roscoe Mitchell‘s Congliptious! Billy Bang & Shoji Hano! Joe Morris / Simon H Fell / Alex Ward! Peter Kowald & Vinny Golia! Zimology…

  • Young composers take over Green Umbrella

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    And now for some info on the new music scene in LA. You never know quite what you’re going to get at a Green Umbrella concert, and that’s a big part of the fun. The L.A. Philharmonic’s new music series is designed to be surprising. The rule of law has been loosened here. Composers can…

  • Bang on a Can All-Stars – The Audience Calls the Tune

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    The Times reports how fan funding is allowing Band on a Can to play works of young composers. When concertgoers think about how music is commissioned, they tend to consider it other people’s business: somehow the money is raised to pay for the works, and presumably the musicians decide what composers to invite. But the…

  • Seattle Composers Salon on March 6

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    From the Seattle Composers Salon: The Seattle Composers’ Salon is an informal presentation of new music by regional composers. The salon meets the last Friday of every other month, and features finished works, previews, and works-in-progress. It brings together composers, performers and audience members in a casual setting that allows for discussion and experimentation. Next…