Q2 Music
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Music Curation and Keeping Alive Your Full Artistic Personality
One of the best ways I have to positively impact the music community is to ask myself what I need, as an artist, and then to develop a way to address that need that also serves others. Dec 11, 2015
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Taylor Swift Donates $50K To Seattle Symphony
Moved by the orchestra's recording of John Luther Adam's "Become Ocean," pop superstar Taylor Swift has donated $50,000 to the Seattle Symphony. Dec 3, 2015
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Q2 Music's 2015 New-Music Countdown
Each weekday this week at 11 am, we're counting down of the greatest 50 pieces of the last 20 years as chosen by our listeners. We'll bring in 2016 with the #1 choice. Dec 1, 2015
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Vote: What Does the 'New' in 'New Music' Mean to You?
What does it mean for a piece of classical music to be considered contemporary, or new? Vote now and help change the rules of Q2 Music's 5th annual new-music countdown. Nov 25, 2015
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Horn of Plenty: 24 Hours of Music of Constant, Inexorable Change
Join us all day Tuesday, Nov. 24 for a pre-Thanksgiving sonic horn of plenty with 24 hours of music of subtly ever-shifting, unstoppable change. Nov 20, 2015
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Travel Journal: Oslo's Ultima Festival of Contemporary Music
Oslo, Norway's Ultima Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary this Fall. With two Norwegian performances happening this week, Q2 Producer Hannis Brown recalls the opening weekend. Nov 10, 2015
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Interview: Richard Reed Parry on the US Premiere of 'Wave Movements'
A new work by Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire) and Bryce Dessner (The National) gets its US premiere this Friday and Saturday. Parry joins us in the studio to discuss the concept. Nov 5, 2015
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QBoo! Q2 Music's 3rd Annual Halloween Scarathon
This Friday and Saturday, Q2 Music celebrates Halloween with the scariest music out there, from iconic, hair-raising works by Ligeti and Penderecki to slasher-film suites. Oct 31, 2015
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Generation XYZ: 24-Hour Marathon of Composers Age 40 and Under
All day today, join us for an encore presentation of Generation XYZ, a 24-hour marathon of music by your favorite composers from around the world, ages 40 and under. Oct 14, 2015
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9 Ceiling-Shattering Composers of the Last 100 Years... and One from a Bit Earlier
This began as a list of female composers who had "first" or "only" in their stories, but it morphed into something a bit different. Sep 17, 2015
