Asked about what’s caught his ear of late, he identifies some recent Elliott Carter music for piano, as well as a Beyonc\u00e9 song that his daughter brought into his life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
While exciting music is now being made everywhere, some places have been transformational loci for decades. It’s no small coincidence that Threadgill was born and raised in Chicago and that his career began there as one of the original members of the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians), who were pioneers of 21st-century music as early as the 1960s. AACM’s founder, composer Muhal Richard Abrams, epitomized the AACM philosophy when I spoke with him for NewMusicBox earlier this year:<\/p>\n
If we say music, it could be anywhere. It’s just music. The next question, what type of music? Okay. No type of music. Just sound.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Though both of these two maverick elder statesmen moved to New York City decades ago, and therefore neither will participate in the Ear Taxi Festival in Chicago, their all-embracing spirit pervades this unprecedented week-long musical immersion. Over the course of six days, the music of 88 different composers will be presented. More than half of them (56 to be exact) are emerging composers. \u00a0The only common ground they share is that they all transmit their ideas through music notation. \u00a0Among the works being performed, 53 will be world premieres. All in all, it comes to more than 8 hours of totally brand new music.<\/p>\n
Over the short span of time that we call the 21st century, a new breed of interpreter has arisen\u2014polyglots who can speak and be understood in any musical language. It\u2019s no surprise that given Chicago\u2019s legacy as a hotbed for open-minded creativity, it is now one of the epicenters for such interpreters and more than 300 of them (soloists as well as 25 ensembles) will be involved in these performances. It is why of all the places in the world I can be, this week I am here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Since music from literally any place and time can now be equally with us in the here and now, the once seemingly impenetrable dichotomies of domestic vs. foreign, new vs. old, and us vs. them have become completely porous and ultimately meaningless. It is all equally ours to enjoy, as well as to be the source of inspiration for our own creative impulses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":522,"featured_media":435163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,49],"tags":[705,90,1342,1343],"nmb_categories":[6],"how_to_category":[],"nmb_tags":[],"internal_taxonomy":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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