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ArtsJournal: Daily Arts News - Music
Gustav Mahler's Physiognomy
 "Mahler nevertheless perceived his Jewishness to be an encumbrance, even a physical disability. He told a friend that being a Jew was like having one arm shorter than the other. … His appearance was protean to an uncanny degree. Even people close to Mahler described him in contradictory ways: old, young, sickly, strong, pallid, swarthy."... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:13:19 -0800
The King Of Pop, On The Organ
 "Over the last few days, we've noted the many ways that homage has been paid to Michael Jackson, from sculpting him in butter to naming one's Ukrainian village after him. … Yet none of these tributes possess the grandeur of this church organ medley of Mr. Jackson's hits, performed by Robert Ridgell on Sunday at the conclusion of worship services at the Trinity Wall Street church."... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:01:10 -0800
Surge In Private Commissions Enlivens Concert Repertoire
 "[S]mall-scale commissions by individuals are becoming increasingly popular as new types of networks link composers with potential patrons. While many of these commissions arise out of private occasions, the resulting music is set to revitalize the concert repertoire for generations to come."... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:18:15 -0800
At Last, Some Good News: St. Louis Symphony Sees Increases In Audience And Revenue
 "Though the SLSO performed the same number of concerts at Powell Hall as it did in 2007-'08 - 109 - this season it reported a 15 percent increase in revenue: $5.57 million, up from $4.84 million. In addition, total attendance rose … [by] 7.8 percent. Between January and May, the orchestra played to seven near-capacity or sold-out houses."... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:57:04 -0800
A Grant To Keep Opera Alive In Orlando
 "United Arts of Central Florida Board of Directors voted to earmark $200,000 for a proposal to keep opera alive in Central Florida" - with a semi-staged opera-in-concert presented by the Orlando Philharmonic next year - "following the Orlando Opera Company's Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing in early June. […] The [ultimate] goal is for a new opera company to be in place when the $425 million Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center opens."... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:50:19 -0800
Sequenza21/
Hilary Hahn’s enquiring mind wants to know
 Hilary Hahn doesn’t need much introduction; as one of the leading violinists today, many of you have any number of her recordings or have been lucky enough to catch her in concert. Usually we put our stars up on some pedestal, always with that remove of the stage between us. But Hilary herself has a different [...] Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:58:23 +0000
Performances next week at the Lab celebrate 25 years of oddity
 I’ve been working so hard today I’ve forgotten to eat, and it’s in that spirit of lightheadedness and poor impulse control that I share with you the following San Francisco Bay Area new music scene update. The Lab’s 25th anniversary performance series is well underway, and in just one night, they’ll run the gamut of styles [...] Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:05:27 +0000
My Ears Are Open. This week on the podcast: Brad Lubman
 Brad is another musician who needs little introduction to S21 readers. He has worked with a seemingly endless list of ensembles across the United States and Europe, primarily as a conductor, but also as a composer. I caught up with him between Signal rehearsals in a Greenwich Village coffee shop. The thing I love about [...] Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:46:15 +0000
I’m in a band…
 Continuing a theme: earlier this week I mentioned a gig by composer Matt McBane’s “not-quite-neo-alt-rock-chamber-folk-etc” ensemble Build. The pattern continues this Sunday at The Stone in NYC (corner of 2nd street and Ave. C, $10), when two more “NQNARCFE” groups show us what they’ve got (is this the true wave of classical music’s future? — [...] Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:51:09 +0000
Carterhead Heaven
 S21 friend Peter Mueller passed along the good news that: The Library of Congress has completed digitization of another batch of the compositional sketches of Elliott Carter.?? These are now available on our web site.?? This current release consists of the following material: Pocahontas (18*) Symphony No.1 (224) Piano Sonata (20*) Minotaur (108) Emblems (192) Woodwind Quintet (141) Eight Etudes and a Fantasy [...] Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:12:48 +0000
NYT > Music
Pop and Rock Listings
 POP. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400
Lyudmila Zykina, Folk Singer, Dies at 80
 Ms. Zykina rose to stardom from the factory floor to become one of the Soviet Union’s best-loved folk singers. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400
A Jazz Voice Finds a Mellower Range
 When it’s time for the jazz singer Sheila Jordan to work on arrangements, she heads to Middleburgh, N.Y. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400
Celebrating the Sounds of Appalachian Strings
 For 85 years, strummers, pickers and fiddlers have met in the North Carolina hills on a spring weekend to play homage to old-time music. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400
Neverland, Old Neighbors and New Visitors
 The gentle attitude of Los Olivos, Calif., residents may be tested as Neverland ranch will make the village something of a Graceland-like stop on the Michael Jackson after-death tour. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400
The New Yorker:  Arts & Culture
Vince Aletti: Holland Tunnel
 The Museum of the City of New York celebrates the four-hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the original Dutch colonies in New York with an exhibition of works by twelve Dutch photographers, most residents of the city, who explore our shared history. The result, “Dutch Seen: New York Rediscovered . . . Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT
Sasha Frere-Jones; The Grates, at Pianos.
 The Grates are an Australian trio who specialize in exuberance. Their sound is bouncy, unadorned rock that has family ties to the riot-grrrl tradition but has passed through several generations of pop-friendly breeding. (It is not unfair to say that they sound like a sunnier version of the . . . Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT
Nancy Franklin: The secret life of an American schoolteacher.
 The title of the new HBO Sunday-night series “Hung” isn’t meant to be a double entendre of the kind that induces snickers--it’s straightforward descriptive slang, a reference to the physical endowments of the show’s main character, Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane). But the word, despite what it implies about . . . Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT
Malcolm Gladwell: Is free the future?
 At a hearing on Capitol Hill in May, James Moroney, the publisher of the Dallas Morning News, told Congress about negotiations he’d just had with the online retailer Amazon. The idea was to license his newspaper’s content to the Kindle, Amazon’s new electronic reader. “They want seventy per cent of . . . Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT
Goings on About Town: The Theatre
 OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information. EAST TO EDINBURGH FESTIVAL Shows heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe play here first. Opens July 14. (59E59, at 59 E. 59th St. 212-279-4200.) LES ÉPHÉMÈRES As part of the Lincoln Center Festival . . . Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT
All About Jazz News
MUSIC INDUSTRY: Aeg Jackson Concert Promoter May Still Make Money
 L.A.-based AEG invested between $25 million and $30 million in the pop star's comeback. But insurance, a commemorative ticket and rehearsal footage may instead prove profitable. Michael Jackson's death stunned the Los Angeles-based concert promoter shepherding his most recent comeback, but what first seemed a devastating financial blow could turn into an unexpected boon...
MUSIC INDUSTRY: Crosby, Stills and Nash Mark 40 Years of Music
 David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash are certainly aware theyve been working together for a long time, but when Rolling Stone spelled out a number 40 years the figure still stunned the trio. It certainly seems to have gone very quickly, Nash told RS during a recent trip to our offices. In my memory its like yesterday, he said. We love each other, Stills added. Which is clearly whats helped keep Crosby, Stills and Nash on the road and in the studio together for so long despite some major hiccups along the way...
OBITUARY: 5 Questions About Michael Jacksons Funeral
 He lived in the spotlight from the age of 10, and he died in it as well, with the nation glued to their TV sets. Now Michael Jackson's fans are waiting to publicly mourn him. His funeral, to be held Tuesday at Los Angeles's Staples Center, according to news reports, could be huge. It's possible that it will eclipse Elvis's (75,000 fans congregated in Memphis, Tenn.) and rival Princess Diana's (250,000 people in Hyde Park), according to the Daily Telegraph. But what exactly can we expect? A prominent friend of the Jackson family who asked to remain anonymous offers some insights...
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: "Birdland, the Jazz Corner of the World" - - Charlie Parker
 BIRDLAND JULY SCHEDULE LEW TABACKIN and TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI QUARTET Wednesday-Saturday, July 1-4 @ 8:30 and 11pm Music Charges: $30, general seating; $40, premium seating Lew Tabackin is one of the few jazz musicians who maintains a dual musical personality. As a tenor saxophonist, he is a hard-driving, tough-toned player reminiscent of Sonny Rollins or Don Byas. But as a flutist, he can also sound like a highly expressive master of Asian classical music. Lew moved to New York in the mid 1960s, where he was involved with the big bands of Cab Calloway, Maynard Ferguson, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis among others. His distinctive sound has also graced various studio bands such as Dick Cavett's television orchestra. Tabackin met and married jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1968 and co-founded the award winning Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, which had a New York residence at Birdland from 1996 until it disbanded in 2002...
DVD/VIDEO: Video Released of Michael Jackson's Final Rehearsals
 Michael Jackson's final rehearsals at Staples Center were filmed, and footage was released today via CNN. Photos from the rehearsals trickled out last week. Prior to his death last Thursday, Jackson was in Los Angeles prepping for his upcoming "This Is It" tour at the O2 Arena in London. The Times last week reported on the rehearsals. In his article, Chris Lee noted that director Kenny Ortega, a journeyman choreographer and movie director whose career highlights include High School Musical, the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour and Dirty Dancing, began working with Jackson on the intricate staging four months ago...
PlaybillArts.com
New York Philharmonic Conversation: Summer Lights
 In the summer, Bruckner makes way for Gershwin, oratorios are exchanged for overtures, and Tchaikovsky the symphonist is replaced by Tchaikovsky the writer of tone poems. Summertime Classics series conductor Bramwell Tovey and four soloists share thoughts on lighter fare. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST
Photo Journal: Ashton's <I>Sylvia</i> Dances at American Ballet Theatre
 American Ballet Theatre's Spring Season continues this week with Sir Frederick Ashton's fantastical love story Sylvia. The work, with a score by L?o Delibes, runs at the Metropolitan Opera House through July 4. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EST
The Philly Pops at 30: An Ongoing Celebration
 The year: 1977. The place: Las Vegas. Peter Nero and his new bride, Peggy, were seated in the place of honor. Frank Sinatra raised his glass to the couple and made a toast Nero will never forget: "If you dare to be as happy as Barbara and I are— I'll break your fingers." Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST
Sneak Preview: Dessay's First Violetta
 The Santa Fe Opera opens its summer repertory season in style, with Natalie Dessay performing her first ever Traviata. She officially adds Violetta to her massive repertoire July 3. Here is a sneak peek at the star soprano in rehearsal. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:00:00 EST
Photo Journal and Recap: <I>Carmen</i> Triumphs (Again) at the Op?ra Comique
 Bizet's famed heroine Carmen returned this June to the place where it all began, in a critically-heralded new production by Adrian Noble. Frank Cadenhead was on hand to experience the staging held at the opulent newly-renovated Op?ra Comique. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:00:00 EST
NYT > Jazz
A Jazz Voice Finds a Mellower Range
 When it’s time for the jazz singer Sheila Jordan to work on arrangements, she heads to Middleburgh, N.Y. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400
Tradition Leaping to the Sky
 Tradition is of considerable use to Hiromi, but mainly as a springboard; she’s always poised to jackknife through the stratosphere. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400
1 Charmer, 5 Albums, and Still a Teenager
 Having five albums to her name is a sure testament to Grace Kelly’s preternatural skill, but it also possibly indicates a discomforting order of priorities. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400
Jazz Listings
 JAZZ. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400
An All-Star Tribute Recalls the Downtown Loft Scene
 The 30th anniversary tribute to the Jazz Forum featured a crowded bill of over a dozen veterans from the former East Village space. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400
NewMusicBox
Boston Modern Orchestra Project Launches The Score Board
 Thirty-six composers have joined forces to form The Score Board in support of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. The Boston-area composers have committed themselves to "sustaining, generating, and organizing composer activities" in support of the ensemble. Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Gunther Schuller: Multiple Streams
 Gunther Schuller has had profound importance as a jazz arranger and historian as well as a twelve-tone composer, conductor, publisher and record producer, and at 83 years young he's still going strong. Read the interview... Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Go Ahead, Second Guess Me
 The conviction—one under which I labored for some years—that the resistance to commodification inherent in ugly, bleak sounds was an imperative, that the only way to raise one's voice against the totalizing, alienating press of the market was to shrivel and wither that voice so completely that nobody would ever want to hear it, blinded me to the possibility that good music, ethical music of high integrity, can sound good too. Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Four Composers Selected for EarShot/Colorado Symphony Readings
 Compositions by four emerging composers—Yotam Haber, Angel Lam, Jeremy Podgursky, and Tim Sullivan—will be featured by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in their first-ever new music readings on July 16-17, 2009 in Denver. Tuesday, June 30, 2009
NAACP Centennial Convention to Feature Newly-Commissioned Musical Works
 Meet The Composer, in collaboration with arts activist and educator Dr. Rae Alexander-Minter, has commissioned compositions by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. and Paul D. Miller (a.k.a. DJ Spooky) for the NAACP Centennial Convention on July 12, 2009 at New York's Hilton Hotel Ballroom. Tuesday, June 30, 2009
nymag.com: Arts and Culture
The NYC Reality Freak Show
 In NYC Prep, as in The Real Housewives of New York City, Manhattan is a kind of moral hell, corrupted by money and power and baubles and drinks. Is it really this bad? Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:05:03 -0400
Mincing Minstrelsy
 Are we laughing with Br?no or at him? Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:04:53 -0400
Toward a Smarter Summer
 Outside the megaplex (and even outdoors), there are films that do not involve gun-toting guinea pigs and jive-talking robots. Five film options for the more discerning filmgoer. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:04:45 -0400
Comics Relief
 Finally, the great New York (graphic) novel. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:04:39 -0400
Picture-Perfect Playlists
 Cool summer sounds from four hot bands for up on the roof. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:04:38 -0400
 
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