Last week I had the fortunate opportunity to see both the dress rehearsal and the opening performance of the Cincinnati Opera's...

When your ensemble is selected to represent your country at an international conference, what do you play? Do you play a piece that makes...

Things have been pretty happening in Cincinnati - I attended the Banda Sinfonica Del Centre Artistic Musical de Betera concert on Monday...

Happy 4th of July everyone! This evening I plan on attending the P&G Fourth of July Bash in Cincinnati, which includes a performance by...

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This morning NewMusicBox.org reported the ASCAP Orchestra Awards for Adventurous Programming. You can read the press release here. On...

On Friday, at the CCM Wind Ensemble Concert, Phi Mu Alpha presented my award for the piece All Grief Empty, the Clear Night Passes. The...

Found this online via Twitter through LACOtweets. This is a tone matrix, something that André Michelle constructed using a simple...

Sibelius just released Sibelius 6, an upgrade that promises to cut your editing time in half. Their new magnetic layout will prevent...

Found this on Rainn Wilson's Soul Pancake website this morning. Diego Stocco - Music From Sand from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.

Here's to NewMusicBox.org, a site for many of us composers who want to know what's going on in the new music world. Admittedly, I set...

Here it is folks: Salonen's last concert at the LA Phil. Program includes Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and Symphony of Psalms. I really wish...

On Tax Day, the YouTube Symphony Orchestra gave its first performance with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting. How was it? I have yet to...

Check out this article: Nathan Currier is suing the Brooklyn Philharmonic because they curtailed the climax of his piece Gaian Variations...

Esa-Pekka Salonen's last concert is less than a week away. Isn't that nuts? He's been around *forever* (or at least as long as I...

I had to post this WSJ article about Jim Stewart, a classical violinist who also made a fortune writing calculus textbooks, asked...

Happy start of baseball! Yes, I know this is a sad attempt at a new music blog, but I can't let this day pass us by. But here is...