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Photograph: Walter Wlodarczyk Originally published on National Sawdust Log, Nov. 29, 2017 Even for an artist as versatile and unpredictable as Sarah Hennies—a percussionist, improviser, and composer originally from Louisville, Kentucky, and now based in Ithaca, New York—her newest work represents a substantial achievement. Contralto, an hour-long work for vocalists on video with strings and
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Charles Curtis, Abigail Levine, Dancers, and Wind EnsembleIssue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY February 21, 2020 General admission Personnel: Charles Curtis, cello Abigail Levine, dancer, choreographer Amanda Brown, design Rob Besserer, Elena Demyanenko, Kentoria Earle, Ayano Elson, Maho Ogawa, Kristopher K.Q. Pourzal, dancers Michael Matsuno, Teresa Diaz de Cossio, flutes Nicolee Kuester, French horn Rachel Allen,
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I find the implication that there are “ears” everywhere, at every point in a world, a fascinating concept, even if it is rather hard to imagine. It implies that position might be more important than time in hearing; and that the sounding configuration of a world can be understood (differently) from an infinite number of
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Anne Guthrie and Richard Kamerman (Photograph: Billy Gomberg) ErstAEU ShowcaseIssue Project Room; Sat 25 For some time now it’s been possible to labor under the impression that electroacoustic improvisation (or EAI) is exclusively available on import, primarily the domain of Japanese, German and English performers. Actually, that’s never been the case; Americans have contributed to
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<a href="http://recordings.irritablehedgehog.com/album/dennis-johnson-november-2" _mce_href="http://recordings.irritablehedgehog.com/album/dennis-johnson-november-2">Dennis Johnson: November by R. Andrew Lee</a> Pianist R. Andrew Lee, whose previous recordings for the Irritable Hedgehog label have featured illuminating performances of works by Tom Johnson, Ann Southam, William Duckworth and Jürg Frey, has just released a new album that brings to light a long-lost milestone of early minimalism: November,
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Stockhausen and Boulez at Darmstadt in 1962. Photo from The Guardian. The Week Ahead: Nov. 28-Dec. 4The New York Times, November 28, 2010 As plugged in this week's Arts & Leisure, the fine folks who bring you Darmstadt "Classics of the Avant-Garde" events sporadically throughout the year will open their third-annual Darmstadt Essential Repertoire festival
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Photograph by Richard Termine/The New York Times Ne(x)tworks at 110 Livingston StreetThe New York Times, April 13, 2009 And we're back, after the longest break I've ever taken from blogging. Let's not dwell on the reasons why I haven't posted anything since late December; suffice it to say that for the first few months I
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