Q2 Music
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A Day in the Life: Sandbox Percussion
How do artists refresh and maintain their creative lives? This week, Sandbox Percussion takes over our Instagram to reveal their favorite forms of downtime. Apr 19, 2017
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Watch: Composer John Zorn's Game Piece 'Cobra' and a Glimpse of Experimental New York
Watch Zorn lead a Cobra rehearsal in a clip from Derek Bailey's 1992 documentary On the Edge: Improvisation in Music. Mar 31, 2017
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Watch: 'Saturn' from Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner and Nico Muhly's 'Planetarium'
Sufjan Stevens, The National's Bryce Dessner and composer Nico Muhly will soon release an album version of their solar-system inspired song cycle. Watch the video for 'Saturn' today. Mar 27, 2017
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Watch: Animated Video for Sarah Kirkland Snider's 'The Barn' With DM Stith and Shara Nova
Watch a new animated video for Sarah Kirkland Snider's 'The Barn' from her opera 'Unremembered' featuring vocalists DM Stith and Shara Nova and The Unremembered Orchestra. Mar 1, 2017
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Watch: Vicky Chow Performs Andy Akiho's 'Vick(i/y)'
Watch pianist Vicky Chow perform composer Andy Akiho's haunting "Vick(i/y)" for prepared piano at Brooklyn's Pioneer Works and at the Storm King sculpture garden. Feb 22, 2017
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Celebrating Trickster, Polystylist John Adams @ 70
Sunday, Feb. 20, join host Phil Kline for an encore presentation celebrating the birthday of one of classical music's most celebrated and performed living composers: John Adams. Feb 14, 2017
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Video Premiere: Grant Cutler's 'Georgia'
For Grant Cutler's "Georgia," the composer and electronic musician recorded artists improvising to delayed recordings of themselves. Watch the video premiere for the work. Jan 31, 2017
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Philip Glass @ 80: A 24-Hour Birthday Celebration
This Sunday, Q2 Music celebrates the 80th birthday of the iconic minimalist composer Philip Glass with an encore 24-hour marathon of his music. Jan 30, 2017
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Announcing: New Sounds with John Schaefer on Q2 Music
Beginning Monday, Jan. 23, WNYC's New Sounds – an hour of new and unusual music with John Schaefer – can be heard at 9 am and 6 pm daily on Q2 Music. Jan 23, 2017
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Video Premiere: Robert Honstein's 'Grand Tour'
Robert Honstein's "Grand Tour" offers a musical tour of the canals, alleyways and lagoons of Venice, Italy. Watch pianist Karl Larson perform the piece in this video premiere. Jan 9, 2017
