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yMusic have bestowed yet another gift from their sophomore effort "Balance Problems": the official video for "Bladed Stance," composed by Marcos Balter and from New Amsterdam Records. -
UPDATE: yMusic Stream 'Balance Problems' a Day Before New Amsterdam Records Release
yMusic have shared the full stream of their sophomore effort, "Balance Problems," on New Amsterdam Records, featuring compositions by Classicalite faves Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly and Timo Andres, as well as works by NOW Ensemble guitarist Mark Dancigers, Chicago timbralist Marcos Balter, Andrew Norman and Jeremy Turner. Set to drop tomorrow, you can stream the full album here thanks to Pitchfork Advance. -
yMusic Release 'Balance Problems' on New Amsterdam Records with Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Timo Andres and More
yMusic have announced plans to release their sophomore effort, 'Balance Problems,' via New Amsterdam Records--featuring compositions by Classicalite faves Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly and Timo Andres, as well as well as works by NOW Ensemble guitarist Mark Dancigers, Chicago timbralist Marcos Balter, Andrew Norman and Jeremy Turner--on September 30. -
Minimal Awkwardness: Philip Glass Versus Steve Reich at Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival 2014
The glass will be shattered regarding who's the better minimalist--Steve Reich vs. Phil Glass--in Brooklyn, New York during a three-day performance at BAM's upcoming Next Wave Festival 2014. Alcohol will be served, too. -
Get Spektral Quartet’s “Mobile Miniatures” for Your Phone: Release Party Features New Music Ringtones by Nico Muhly, David Lang, Shulamit Ran
Last fall, the Spektral Quartet commissioned more than 40 contemporary composers to create mini new-music masterpieces to serve as ringtones and alerts on mobile devices. The Quartet will present them all at its "Mobile Miniatures" release party in Chicago at Constellation on Saturday, March 29 at 8:30 p.m. -
Indie Classicalites from Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Punch Bros. (Not Andrea Bocelli & Lindsey Stirling) are Saving the Music Industry
No, classical music isn't dead. In fact, classical music has become the latest vanity endeavor for most contemporary musicians. -
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein Will Hang Out with Nico Muhly, Talk Bach During Google Plus Hangout (Via WQXR)
Classical radio station WQXR will host a Google Hangout on air with pianist Simone Dinnerstein, who will play music of J.S. Bach and talk about the composer's music with a group of special guests, including composer Nico Muhly and writer Paul Elie, author of Reinventing Bach. -
Contemporary Music Super-Group eighth blackbird Performs 'Still In Motion' at The Kitchen in February
Three-time Grammy-winning contemporary music ensemble eighth blackbird returns with another awe-inspiring performance, Still in Motion, at one of New York City's most storied work spaces, The Kitchen. -
U.K. Farmer Finds That Classical Music Makes Hens Lay More Eggs (Yes, Really!)
This may go down as the weirdest classical music story of 2013, getting in just before the year winds down. According to the U.K.'s tabloid 'Daily Star' newspaper, a Merseyside farmer has discovered that playing classical music to his hens encourages them to lay more eggs. -
Quickies: Taylor Swift's $100K Birthday Gift, Caroline Shaw & Nico Muhly, James Wood on Britten Books, Monk in Paris '69, Wagner Sculpture
Here's Tay at Schermerhorn Symphony Center in December of 2011--showing off her Harmony Award from the Nashville Symphony. -
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein Releases Bach Album, Embarks on U.S. Concert Tour
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein's newest album, a recording of J.S. Bach’s Inventions and Sinfonias, will be released by Sony Classical in the U.S. on January 21, 2014. Following the release of the album, Dinnerstein will embark on a concert tour, performing Bach’s Inventions... -
LIVESTREAM: Met Premieres Nico Muhly’s Cyberspace Opera 'Two Boys'
The Metropolitan Opera presents the U.S. premiere of Nico Muhly's 'Two Boys' tonight at 8:00 p.m. This Met-commissioned opera tells the story of an elaborate internet deception that led to the murder of the teenage computer prodigy who... -
eighth blackbird Plays Music of Wilco Drummer Glenn Kotche and Other Bad Boys of New Music at Free Chicago Concert
You can still hear eighth blackbird before they fly the Chicago coop. The Grammy-winning new music group will present a program dominated by Chicago-area composers on Wednesday, August 28 at Millennium Park--including a première by Glenn... -
LONGREADS: Minnesota Composer Institute Alumni's Full Letter to All of Minnesota
A proposal by vaunted Northern Ireland and Middle East peace negotiator, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, that the Minnesota Orchestra end its 11-month lockout was just shot down by both board and management... -
Glass, Corigliano, Lang, Puts and Muhly: Composer Institute Alums Call for End of Minnesota Orchestra Lockout
"The Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute has been a beacon in the field, and had substantially enriched the Minnesota Orchestra’s stature as a forward-thinking cultural institution." -- Philip Glass, John Corigliano, David Lang, Kevin...
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