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ArtsJournal: Daily Arts News - Music
Time To Close The Rock Hall Of Fame?
 "The Hall of Fame is a notoriously top-down institution, with an elite group of insiders making up a nominating committee that pre-selects their own idiosyncratic idea of the worthy candidates. So all of us lowly peons are only allowed to vote for 5 out of 12 possible candidates, which judging from this year's nominees makes for slim pickings."... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:48:59 -0800
Pianists As Super Heroes (Okay, Virtuosos, Then)
 "Today's virtuosos and super-virtuosos are reluctant members of the club. Many of the younger generation are shunning the repertoire and the older ones are shunning the label. So why are pianists wary of being associated with this tradition?"... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:25:40 -0800
Honolulu Symphony Fails To Make Payroll
 "The chairman of the Honolulu Symphony's board of directors [said] that as of last Friday, the symphony did not have enough money to make its payroll. … He refused to confirm whether the orchestra will file for bankruptcy or postpone part of its season. The symphony has already put off two concerts this weekend."... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:16:23 -0800
Rolando Villazón Says His Voice Is Back
 "In a new video that was posted on his official website last month and has since been making the rounds on YouTube, [the tenor] declares that his [vocal cord] surgery was a success and even provides a brief vocal demonstration for his fans." He says he will return to the opera stage next year.... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:11:03 -0800
Vancouver Opera Celebrates Its Golden Anniversary
 It's been an eventful 50 years for opera in the City of Rainshine: a legendary 1963 Norma with Sutherland and Horne; Sutherland's husband, Richard Bonynge, as boss during the '70s; a lively Britten-and-Janacek phase; and plenty of the argument, strife and money troubles that are endemic to the art form.... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:02:50 -0800
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November portraits
 Miller Theatre at Columbia University is running a great little series of composer portrait concerts this month: Saturday, Nov. 7th, Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006) is featured, with Chicago’s Fifth House Ensemble doing the honors. The program includes Ustvolskaya’s Trio (1949), Piano Sonata No. 6 (1988), Octet (1949-1950), Composition 2 (1972-1973), Piano Sonata No. [...] Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:25:09 +0000
N.C. without the Y.
 I’ve just been informed via press release, that our s21 blogging regular Lawrence Dillon is a “mid-career composer.”?? It’s nice to know that he’s only half-done making great music and not already washed-up! Said release was about the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts LINKS Commissioning Awards, and the four composers who’ll be getting premieres [...] Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:36:04 +0000
Hey bidder bidder!
 Like to own a piece of potential history? Or maybe just somebody to lug your bags around? Grab some fare or flair, from fluff to full, all to be had at the American Music Center’s 70th anniversary online auction fundraiser. Proceeds will support the Center???s ongoing programs, which have been working to build a national [...] Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:35:42 +0000
Who Interviewed Amanda Palmer?
 Amanda Palmer (photo by Martin Foster) Amanda Palmer is a bona fide rock star.?? She first made her name as half of The Dresden Dolls, and has since struck out on her own with a solo album called “Who Killed Amanda Palmer.”?? In June of 2008 she teamed up with the Boston Pops for two nights, [...] Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:03:05 +0000
Tuning in to Gravity at Galapagos
 Last Friday I finally made it down to the new DUMBO location of Galapagos Art Space to see the release party/performance of Mikel Rouse’s haunting new album Gravity Radio. But let’s back up for a moment before we get to Rouse. DUMBO, for you non-New Yorkers, is one of the myriad New York City neighborhood [...] Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:14:50 +0000
NYT > Music
Events on Long Island
 Arts listings for the week of November 8, 2009. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500
Jay-Z, His Bid for King of the Hill
 The rap star is shooting not only for popularity with his song “Empire State of Mind,” but also for a symbolic crown: the king of New York music. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500
Stirring Ska, Rock, R&B and Hip-Hop Into a Freak-Folk Stew
 Devendra Banhart discusses music and its many uses. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500
Events in Westchester
 Arts listings for the week of November 8, 2009. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500
Events in New Jersey
 Arts listings for the week of November 8, 2009. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500
The New Yorker:  Arts & Culture
Peter Schjeldahl: French Connection
 Pluck a magnifying glass from a rack at the Frick and sift great from good in “Watteau to Degas: French Drawings from the Frits Lugt Collection.” The prodigious Dutch connoisseur Lugt (1884-1970), a collector by the age of eight, acquired thousands of Old Master drawings, with a special . . . Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
Jill Lepore: Why is American history so murderous?
 Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, who met three years ago in a Hartford drug-treatment center and shared a room in a halfway house in between stints in prison, were both seasoned burglars, though Hayes, a forty-four-year-old crack addict, was quite a bit older than Komisarjevsky, who . . . Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
Hilton Als: Matinée Idol
 You might not associate avant-garde theatre with sexiness, but, for a time, the Wooster Group embodied it in the form of Ron Vawter. Other members of the company, such as Willem Dafoe and Spalding Gray, went on to have successful film careers, but Vawter, who had AIDS and died . . . Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
Goings on About Town: The View from Abroad
 paragraph class="noindent">Hollywood has always been a haven for immigrants with talent. One of the greatest, Ernst Lubitsch, arrived there from Germany in the early nineteen-twenties, not pushed by political turmoil but pulled by money. American wealth is at the heart of his 1938 comedy, “Bluebeard’ . . . Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
Goings on About Town: The Theatre
 PageBreak --> OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information. THE AGE OF IRON To kick off the Classic Stage Company season, Brian Kulick adapts and directs a mashup of Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida” and Thomas Heywood’ . . . Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
All About Jazz News
FESTIVAL/CRUISE: 2009 Madrid International Jazz Festival
 Travellers staying in Madrid hotels next month will have the chance to soak up some culture at one of Europe's biggest musical events. Taking place from November 4th until November 28th, Madrid International Jazz Festival is now in its 26th year and the 2009 edition features a world-class line-up of talented performers...
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Mega Concert "The 3 Accordions" - Richard Galliano - Frank Marocco - Coba
 To mark the Ninetieth anniversary of Victoria Accordions there was a truly superlative concert held in Tokyo. A mega-event of no equal, for there were three of the most famous Accordionists in the world together on stage in the Megura Permission Hall, a 1200 seat Theater with excellent acoustics. Richard Galliano (France), Frank Marocco (USA) and Coba (Japan) enchanted the audience with a concert program lasting approximately 2 hours, during which each Artist had the opportunity to present their own repertoire, but also to play together in duo and trio fashion. The concert began with a solo by Coba who was accompanied by Tomo (Drums) and Armano (Guitar), two fantastic Japanese Musicians and the French Double-Bass player Jean-Philippe Viret, who normally plays with Richard Galliano. Coba played his original Rock-Pop Music greatly exciting and energizing the audience. He followed this with a duo piece with Frank Marocco "Estamos Ai". Frank Marocco touched the Hearts of the Japanese with his solo piece "With a Song in My Heart", and then changing the genre to the world of American Bebop- mainstream Jazz. Pure American Jazz history--a master of the old school, enchanting the audience with this Music. To crown this, Frank Marocco and Richard Galliano played in Duo, the Jazz classic "Bluesette", having so much fun they appeared to be dancing as they improvised. It was like a conversation between 2 old acquaintances. Incredible touching moments. Richard Galliano then followed with his solo piece "Aria", an original composition in classical style. This took the audience into another world. He then followed with more originals with Bassist Jean-Philippe accompanying--a dialogue of Accordion and Double Bass traveling with the audience in Music full of Harmonies and Rhythms between New Musette, Classical and Jazz. After the trip from Japan to America to Europe the 3 players took the stage together. With Cobas' Jazz-rock song "Merged Cloc" the debut of the Great 3 of the Accordion began. A fusion of 3 genres, Rock, New Musette, and Jazz...
ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM: 125 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center
 The AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center has just been updated with 125 new releases, reissues, imports and DVDs...
EVENT: Tubman Museum Holds Annual Jazzy Fundraiser
 The Tubman African American Museum will host the 14th annual All That Jazz fundraiser in support of its educational outreach programs this weekend. Chris Spicer, director of sales and marketing for the museum, talked about the event in a recent phone interview. "Every year, we offer a different live jazz band. This year, we are very excited to have a local band--Harold Thomas and the Danger Zone--play for us for part of the evening," Spicer said...
EVENT: Steve Reid Ensemble at the Jazz Cafe London
 Mean Fiddler and Elastic Artists presents THE STEVE REID ENSEMBLE 9th November 2009 @ The Jazz Cafe 5, Parkway, Camden, London, NW1 7PG 14 from seetickets.co.uk Doors: 7pm The Steve Reid Ensemble are set to play an exclusive London show at The Jazz Cafe on Monday 9th November. The cult free-Jazz drummer and percussionist has an illustrious career working with the likes of Miles Davies, James Brown, Sun Ra and Fela Kuti as well as a hugely successful collaboration with Kieran Hebden of Four Tet. Steve Reid and friends will be showcasing tracks from his new album 'In The Rhythms', due to be released in mid 2010 and as well as playing tracks from his seminal 1977 album 'The Odyssey Of The Oblong Square' and 'Daxaar' (Domino). The Odyssey of the Oblong Square is currently being rereleased on Soul Jazz...
PlaybillArts.com
"A Test of the Dionysian and the Apollonian": Four Orchestras in Four Nights
 Frank Cadenhead was recently in Paris where, in one extraordinary weekend, top orchestras from London, Cleveland, Caracas and Cologne played one after the other. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST
Sound & Vision: Che&#769;reau and Salonen Chat About the Met's <I>From the House of the Dead</i>
 Director Patrice Chéreau and acclaimed conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen make company debuts bringing Leoš Jan?cek's From the House of the Dead to the Met for the first time. The artists discuss the production, which runs Nov. 12-Dec. 5. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST
20 (PLUS) QUESTIONS WITH: Pianist Ingrid Fliter
 Winning the Gilmore Award in 2006 put Buenos Aires-born pianist Ingrid Fliter dramatically on the map, marking her as one of the most important young artists on the international scene. Her latest album, Chopin Waltzes, was released Nov. 3 on EMI Classics. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST
Thomas Hampson Sings Zemlinsky's<em> Lyric Symphony</em> in NYC Nov. 5-10
 Thomas Hampson began his New York Philharmonic residency with a Nov. 2 lecture and will now present a series of concerts at Avery Fisher Hall Nov. 5-10. He chats here about his work with the Phil and other current projects. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST
Weisgall at City Opera- The Making of a Modern American Masterpiece
 New York City Opera officially begins its 2009-10 season at the newly renovated David H. Koch Theater Nov. 7 with Hugo Weisgall's Esther. Olivia Giovetti explores the history behind the piece and reflects on the composer's relationship with City Opera. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST
NYT > Jazz
Master of the Mutable, in an Idiom All His Own
 The world of improvised music is poised for a Henry Threadgill moment. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500
Stacy Rowles, Jazz Musician, Is Dead at 54
 The jazz trumpeter, fluegelhorn player and singer had been active on the Los Angeles jazz scene since the 1980s. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500
Art D’Lugoff, Village Gate Impresario, Dies at 85
 Mr. D’Lugoff’s nightclub, the Village Gate, was home to performers as celebrated, and diverse, as Duke Ellington, Allen Ginsberg and John Belushi. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500
Corrections
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Musicians’ Collective Harks Back to ’70s Avant-Garde
 The New Haven Improvisers Collective creates jazz in a tradition of free improvisation and open access. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400
NewMusicBox
Discovery and Creativity
 By Dan Visconti
What distinguishes an "author" from all others is not necessarily superior creative ability or technique, but rather an ability to value something that others might have considered too insignificant. Thursday, November 05, 2009
American Music Center Holds First-Ever Auction
 The American Music Center, in celebration of its 70th anniversary this month, is holding its first-ever online auction which is now open and will run through November 20, 2009. Thursday, November 05, 2009
The AvantGrand: Even Better Than the Real Thing?
 By Colin Holter
If the piano world isn't abuzz over the new Yamaha AvantGrand, it should be. Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Equals, Snapshots, Presence:<br> ISIM – the International Society for Improvised Music
 By Stephen Nachmanovitch
Those of us who gravitate toward improvisational music do so because we enjoy relating to other human beings as equals. Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Whirled Series
 Despite today being Election Day, last night's World Series game got the entire front page of both the New York Post and the Daily News, and since sports news always gets the back page of the local tabloids (imagine if such status were accorded to music or to the arts in general), the game captured those pages, too. Tuesday, November 03, 2009
 
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