aperiodic is a wonderful new concert series in Chicago, curated by Nomi Epstein. She says: For me, it came out of a number of things: my appreciation and enjoyment of that music, and my seeing that I didn’t have the … Continue reading
I knew something was up when I saw the members of the JACK quartet fold their scores back to break bindings that had obviously still been intact a moment before. They started discussing rehearsal techniques for the piece. In the … Continue reading
Two pieces on the final, orchestral concert at the 2010 Donaueschinger Musiktage, though very different from one another, brought up powerful images of landscapes, geographies, topologies. In fact, I can’t think of another musical experience that’s done that more powerfully … Continue reading