Sunday: Cleveland Chamber Symphony
I've been waiting for months for Sunday's Cleveland Chamber Symphony concert, set for 3:30 p.m. at the Kulas Musical Arts Building at 96 Front Street in Berea. The show is free; lots of free parking, too, a short block away west in a parking lot across from the Giant Eagle. The program: "Lumen" by Marta Ptaszynska; "Prometheus Wept" by Dennis Eberhard; "Osa Sinfonica" by Monica Houghton, and something by Loris Chobanian. Three out of four (Ptaszynska the exception) are Cleveland folks. We'll have to see, but the program looks very promising.
Showing posts with label Free music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free music. Show all posts
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Sunday, March 09, 2008
March concerts in Cleveland
Here are some concerts this month in Cleveland, all free, that might interest fans of new music. At 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, the Cleveland Institute of Music will present a Cleveland Composers Guild concert at Mixon Hall featuring works by Margaret Brouwer, Jeffrey Quick and Jeffrey Mumford. Info here. (If you follow the link, note the March 19 faculty recital featuring Penderecki and Golijov.) The Cleveland Contemporary Players over at Cleveland State University are presenting a concert by the San Antonio Chamber Choir at 8 p.m. Monday, March 17, at Drinko Recital Hall in the Music and Communication Building. The program isn't listed, but it "focuses on the 20th Century." More here. At 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 30, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony will present a concert at Baldwin-Wallace featuring work by Marta Ptaszynska, Dennis Eberhard, Monica Houghton and Loris Chobanian. More on the latter concert soon.
Here are some concerts this month in Cleveland, all free, that might interest fans of new music. At 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, the Cleveland Institute of Music will present a Cleveland Composers Guild concert at Mixon Hall featuring works by Margaret Brouwer, Jeffrey Quick and Jeffrey Mumford. Info here. (If you follow the link, note the March 19 faculty recital featuring Penderecki and Golijov.) The Cleveland Contemporary Players over at Cleveland State University are presenting a concert by the San Antonio Chamber Choir at 8 p.m. Monday, March 17, at Drinko Recital Hall in the Music and Communication Building. The program isn't listed, but it "focuses on the 20th Century." More here. At 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 30, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony will present a concert at Baldwin-Wallace featuring work by Marta Ptaszynska, Dennis Eberhard, Monica Houghton and Loris Chobanian. More on the latter concert soon.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Duckworth's iOrpheus on YouTube
For those of you who couldn't make it to Australia a few months ago to see the performance of the William Duckworth and Nora Farrell opera iOrpheus, there's now a 10-minute film by Paul Davidson that includes interviews with the two creators and clips of the performance. You can see it here. For audio and video feeds of the work, go here.
For those of you who couldn't make it to Australia a few months ago to see the performance of the William Duckworth and Nora Farrell opera iOrpheus, there's now a 10-minute film by Paul Davidson that includes interviews with the two creators and clips of the performance. You can see it here. For audio and video feeds of the work, go here.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Cleveland composers' new concert season
The Cleveland Composers Guild has posted its schedule of free concerts for 2007-2008; the first concert will be at 3 p.m. Sept. 23, a Sunday, at Drinko Hall at Cleveland State University and will feature pieces by Eric Charnofsky (scroll down this page for bio), Stephen Stanziano, Larry Baker, Amy Kaplan, Margaret Griebling-Haigh and Monica Houghton. Meanwhile, I am trying to figure out what's happening with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, whose Web site hasn't been updated for a few months.
The Cleveland Composers Guild has posted its schedule of free concerts for 2007-2008; the first concert will be at 3 p.m. Sept. 23, a Sunday, at Drinko Hall at Cleveland State University and will feature pieces by Eric Charnofsky (scroll down this page for bio), Stephen Stanziano, Larry Baker, Amy Kaplan, Margaret Griebling-Haigh and Monica Houghton. Meanwhile, I am trying to figure out what's happening with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, whose Web site hasn't been updated for a few months.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Duckworth's iPod Opera 2.0 completed
As promised, the Cathedral site released the 26th and final episode of William Duckworth and Nora Farrell's iPod Opera 2.0 podcast. There's a podcast for video episode and and a separate feed for MP3 files.
The podcast was created for Apple iPods; Apple folks can easily subscribe to it on iTunes.
But it's also easy for Windows computer owners to obtain the podcast. I got my copies of the files by right-clicking the podcast URLs at Cathedral and then pasting them in to Google Reader.
When I downloaded the final track, "The Moresca," I burned an audio CD of all of the tracks in order. Whether by accident or design, the entire 26 tracks fill up almost all of a homemade audio disk -- 78 minutes and 53 seconds of a CD disk limited to 80 minutes of music.
If you want to watch the video versions of the tracks on a Windows computer, you'll need to download a copy of Quicktime.
In other Duckworth news, one of the composer's solo albums, "Southern Harmony," has just become available on Emusic.
As promised, the Cathedral site released the 26th and final episode of William Duckworth and Nora Farrell's iPod Opera 2.0 podcast. There's a podcast for video episode and and a separate feed for MP3 files.
The podcast was created for Apple iPods; Apple folks can easily subscribe to it on iTunes.
But it's also easy for Windows computer owners to obtain the podcast. I got my copies of the files by right-clicking the podcast URLs at Cathedral and then pasting them in to Google Reader.
When I downloaded the final track, "The Moresca," I burned an audio CD of all of the tracks in order. Whether by accident or design, the entire 26 tracks fill up almost all of a homemade audio disk -- 78 minutes and 53 seconds of a CD disk limited to 80 minutes of music.
If you want to watch the video versions of the tracks on a Windows computer, you'll need to download a copy of Quicktime.
In other Duckworth news, one of the composer's solo albums, "Southern Harmony," has just become available on Emusic.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Free music: Kyle Gann
I discovered Kyle Gann mainly through my interest in William Duckworth; Gann apparently is the world's leading authority on Duckworth's music (see my Dec. 18 post.) But reading Gann's comments made me curious about Gann himself, and I went from his blog to his official site, and discovered that it contains a great deal of Gann's music, freely downloadable as MP3 files. Gann's site is amusingly unhindered by modesty. I tried some of the files and found out Gann's music is very listenable, indeed. I'll download "Long Night," his only work available at Emusic.com, when my monthly subscription renews in a few days.
I've been reading Gann's book, AMERICAN MUSIC IN THE 20th CENTURY. (By reading, I mean jumping around and reading about various composers who interest me, while skipping over the music theory stuff which I don't understand.) The book includes an entry on one Kyle Gann. My guess is Gann is probably a leading authority on Gann, too, so let's quote the entry:
"Another composer heavily influenced by American Indian music is Kyle Gann (the author, born 1955 in Dallas, Texas) whose works are also drum-driven; specifically, he has developed a rhythmic language of changing tempos from the beat-shifting music of the Hopi, Zuni and Pueblo Indians. In this respect his ensemble music (such as "Astrological Studies," 1994) is similar to Michael Gordon's, but smoother, more consonant, and more melodic, in a style once referred to by the "New York Times" as "naive pictorialism." Oddly (since postminimalism provides such a clear context for microtonal perception), Gann is the only totalist or postminimalist composer working in just-intonation tuning; his electronic works use purely tuned pitch systems of up to thirty-seven pitches per octave. An example is "Custer's Ghost to Sitting Bull" (1995), on a text imagined as spoken by General George Custer after the Little Bighorn debacle."
I discovered Kyle Gann mainly through my interest in William Duckworth; Gann apparently is the world's leading authority on Duckworth's music (see my Dec. 18 post.) But reading Gann's comments made me curious about Gann himself, and I went from his blog to his official site, and discovered that it contains a great deal of Gann's music, freely downloadable as MP3 files. Gann's site is amusingly unhindered by modesty. I tried some of the files and found out Gann's music is very listenable, indeed. I'll download "Long Night," his only work available at Emusic.com, when my monthly subscription renews in a few days.
I've been reading Gann's book, AMERICAN MUSIC IN THE 20th CENTURY. (By reading, I mean jumping around and reading about various composers who interest me, while skipping over the music theory stuff which I don't understand.) The book includes an entry on one Kyle Gann. My guess is Gann is probably a leading authority on Gann, too, so let's quote the entry:
"Another composer heavily influenced by American Indian music is Kyle Gann (the author, born 1955 in Dallas, Texas) whose works are also drum-driven; specifically, he has developed a rhythmic language of changing tempos from the beat-shifting music of the Hopi, Zuni and Pueblo Indians. In this respect his ensemble music (such as "Astrological Studies," 1994) is similar to Michael Gordon's, but smoother, more consonant, and more melodic, in a style once referred to by the "New York Times" as "naive pictorialism." Oddly (since postminimalism provides such a clear context for microtonal perception), Gann is the only totalist or postminimalist composer working in just-intonation tuning; his electronic works use purely tuned pitch systems of up to thirty-seven pitches per octave. An example is "Custer's Ghost to Sitting Bull" (1995), on a text imagined as spoken by General George Custer after the Little Bighorn debacle."
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Rzewski a 'hot bootleg'
A posting at Sequenza21 by Jerry Bowles points to a bootleg recording of Frederic Rzewski's "Coming Together." The posting says, "Not available commercially. Rzewski says it’s his favorite recording of the work." Recording is available here.
A posting at Sequenza21 by Jerry Bowles points to a bootleg recording of Frederic Rzewski's "Coming Together." The posting says, "Not available commercially. Rzewski says it’s his favorite recording of the work." Recording is available here.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Free music: Weixler, Andersen and Sirota
Composer Steve Layton has posted his second "recommended listening" contribution for Sequenza21, listing web sites by modern composers and performers which offer free music files which Layton believes are worth downloading. This time he suggests Andreas Weixler ("a strong interest in integrating digital and visual elements into his work, often in interactive, fluid situations"), Simon Steen Andersen ("pretty virtuostic, with a love for instrumental high-drama")and Nadia Sirota (a violist who likes works by "close contemporaries").
Composer Steve Layton has posted his second "recommended listening" contribution for Sequenza21, listing web sites by modern composers and performers which offer free music files which Layton believes are worth downloading. This time he suggests Andreas Weixler ("a strong interest in integrating digital and visual elements into his work, often in interactive, fluid situations"), Simon Steen Andersen ("pretty virtuostic, with a love for instrumental high-drama")and Nadia Sirota (a violist who likes works by "close contemporaries").
Monday, October 09, 2006
Free music: New Dave Holland
My favorite jazz musician, Dave Holland, has released a new album by one of his bands, the Dave Holland Quintet. Dave's Web site has three free downloadable MP3 songs from the new album, "Critical Mass."
My favorite jazz musician, Dave Holland, has released a new album by one of his bands, the Dave Holland Quintet. Dave's Web site has three free downloadable MP3 songs from the new album, "Critical Mass."
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Free music: Hirs, Paz and Ingalls
Apparently inaugurating a new feature, the excellent Sequenza21 Web site has a posting from composer Steve Layton listing three sources of free music from contemporary composers Rosalie Hirs ("beautifully poised work, full of play and color") Erel Paz (traditional, but "an idiosyncrasy that I find pretty appealing" and Matt Ingalls ("one of those Bay-Area powerhouses").
Apparently inaugurating a new feature, the excellent Sequenza21 Web site has a posting from composer Steve Layton listing three sources of free music from contemporary composers Rosalie Hirs ("beautifully poised work, full of play and color") Erel Paz (traditional, but "an idiosyncrasy that I find pretty appealing" and Matt Ingalls ("one of those Bay-Area powerhouses").
Friday, September 22, 2006
Free music: Steve Coleman's "Alternate Dimension"
On the theory that listeners who enjoy modern classical music also might be open to avant garde jazz, I wanted to let you know that one of Steve Coleman's albums is an Internet-only release, available as a free download. I enjoy Alternate Dimension Series One and listen to it quite often. Many of Coleman's other albums also are available as a free download.
On the theory that listeners who enjoy modern classical music also might be open to avant garde jazz, I wanted to let you know that one of Steve Coleman's albums is an Internet-only release, available as a free download. I enjoy Alternate Dimension Series One and listen to it quite often. Many of Coleman's other albums also are available as a free download.
Friday, September 15, 2006
Free Music: Tim Crowley
Yeah, I know you've never heard of him, but I went to a concert of Crowley's compositions several years ago at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, and I enjoyed it. The first half of the show was Crowley's computer music, followed by a choral piece.
I remember that the music dean praised Crowley's compositions and the dean's stunningly beautiful daughter was one of the singers. Despite this supportive creative atmosphere, the young composer left Cameron (where he was an assistant professor) and went to Fort Hays State University in Kansas (where he is a full professor.)
Crowley's personal web page with downloadable Windows Media and Real Player files of his music is available here .
The files don't have a lot of tags and I had to add "Tim Crowley" as the artist tag to my copy of "Canonic Dances" to get it show up on my MP3 player.
Yeah, I know you've never heard of him, but I went to a concert of Crowley's compositions several years ago at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, and I enjoyed it. The first half of the show was Crowley's computer music, followed by a choral piece.
I remember that the music dean praised Crowley's compositions and the dean's stunningly beautiful daughter was one of the singers. Despite this supportive creative atmosphere, the young composer left Cameron (where he was an assistant professor) and went to Fort Hays State University in Kansas (where he is a full professor.)
Crowley's personal web page with downloadable Windows Media and Real Player files of his music is available here .
The files don't have a lot of tags and I had to add "Tim Crowley" as the artist tag to my copy of "Canonic Dances" to get it show up on my MP3 player.
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