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What makes you attend a music event?

What makes you attend a music event? George Steel “Free drinks: A concert is a celebration. It should feel like one…” Eugene V. Carr “Whenever I go to a modern dance performance I’m usually thrilled by the air of expectation…” Dean Stein “…The history buff in me wants to hear what writers and composers have… Read more »

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Frank J. Oteri

The Who and Why of Bang on a Can

For the premiere issue of NewMusicBox (May 1999), the three founders of Bang on a Can–Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, and David Lang–met at ASCAP for a lengthy conversation with Frank J. Oteri, Richard Kessler, and Fran Richard about the current state of new music.

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What makes you attend a music event? Dean Stein

Dean Stein Photo © Peter Schaaf Executive Director, Chamber Music America I’ve always been a bit of a history buff — not so much academically as romantically. For example, I love the theater and try to see the off-off, off and Broadway productions that crowd a typical New York season – experimental works, revivals, classics,… Read more »

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What makes you attend a music event? Matthew Sigman

Former editor of Symphony magazineCurrently an executive with R.R. Donnelley & Sons, a board member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra and of the American Music Center For several years, while I was on the editorial staff of Symphony magazine, it was my honor and anguish to edit the late great Ralph Black, a man whose… Read more »

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John Luther Adams

From California to Alaska: Lou Harrison in Conversation with John Luther Adams

Two major American maverick composers talk via telephone about creating music without compromise, the impending end of the 20th century, and how to develop new audiences for new music in the future.

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Richard Kessler

Libby Larsen: Communicating Through Music

Composer and American Composers Forum co-founder Libby Larsen talks about how she came to music, taking charge of her own path as a composer, and how to be a good musical citizen.

Interviews
Richard Kessler

Dave Liebman: Unabashed Eclectic

Saxophonist, composer, band leader, and one-time Miles Davis sideman Dave Liebman talks about the changing directions in jazz during his four decades involved in the scene.

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Richard Kessler

Paul Kellogg: Life Beyond Bohème, Carmen, and Traviata

Paul Kellogg, then artistic director of both Glimmerglass and New York City Opera describes how these opera companies “show people that there is life beyond Bohème, Carmen, and Traviata.”

Interviews
Richard Kessler

Thomas Hampson: Singing American Songs

Baritone Thomas Hampson describes his unending fascination with American art songs.

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Richard Kessler

Steve Reich in Conversation with Richard Kessler

In this 1998 interview, which was the blueprint for “In The First Person” (and subsequently “Cover”) on NewMusicBox, Steve Reich reflects on the changes in the music scene that had occurred over the past thirty years. “Thirty years ago I had just returned to New York City from San Francisco. […] At that time, everybody was under the influence of music that was not ‘pulsitile,’ [not with a regular beat]. You can’t tap your foot to either Boulez or John Cage.”

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NewMusicBox receives major support from the Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts and The ASCAP Foundation.

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NewMusicBox is funded in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and with support from The Aaron Copland Fund for Music and The Amphion Foundation, Inc. Support for New Music USA and its many programs and activities is provided by foundations, corporations, government agencies, and hundreds of individual contributors.

NewMusicBox receives major support from the Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts and The ASCAP Foundation. NewMusicBox is funded in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and with support from The Aaron Copland Fund for Music and The Amphion Foundation, Inc. Support for New Music USA and its many programs and activities is provided by foundations, corporations, government agencies, and hundreds of individual contributors.