Žibuoklė Martinaitytė: Unexplainable Places
Growing up in Soviet-era Lithuania where people were often afraid to express their real feelings, Žibuoklė Martinaitytė discovered early on that music was safer than language and a realm where she could express her innermost feelings unedited. Now an international-acclaimed composer who spends a great deal of her time in the United States, she understands that music "surpasses words; it surpasses the meaning of words because it can go to unknown places and unexplainable places."
Fran Richard: An Appreciation
Eve Beglarian pays tribute to Fran Richard, Honorary Board member at New Music USA, Founding Director, Vice President of Meet the Composer, and former Vice President and head of ASCAP’s Concert Music department, who passed away on February 8 at the age of 87. Fran is sorely missed by Board and staff, past and present,... Read more »
Other Minds Archives Goes Live January 26, 2024
The Other Minds Archives hosts thousands of audio and video recordings, rare photographs, and ephemera documenting the history of 20th and 21st century experimental music, including interviews and musical recordings by such new music luminaries as George Antheil, Anahid Ajemian, John Cage, Henry Cowell, Laurie Anderson, Anthony Braxton, Conlon Nancarrow, Morton Feldman, Pauline Oliveros, Nicolas... Read more »
Different Cities Different Voices – Pittsburgh
The descendants of the Polish, Irish, and Czech immigrants who were murdered at the Homestead Massacre, the black Pittsburghers that were displaced from the jazz mecca that once was Hill District, and the immigrants who happen upon this beautiful city to pursue some version of the American dream—this is the canvas upon which this city’s artists create.
Even Sweeter the Second Time Around
Life can be unpredictable at times, and that is how I came back to playing baritone saxophone after twenty years of the horn collecting dust in my attic. It was the most unlikely course of events, but I am a firm believer that those are the times to make adventurous choices.
Waking Up From The Dream Job
After nearly a quarter century of continuous work as the Editor of NewMusicBox and also eventually as Composer Advocate for what was originally the American Music Center and which in 2011 became New Music USA, I am resigning from full time work for this organization to devote more of my energies to being an educator.
