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Seattle Symphony's Headline-Grabbing, Multi-Layered Commitment to New Music
The Seattle Symphony has earned its share of headlines in the past few years, but the real story is the symphony's multi-layered commitment to new music. Dec 21, 2015
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Listen: JACK Quartet's Out of the Box Marathon with So Percussion
October 18, JACK Quartet presented "JACK Out of the Box": a six-hour marathon of premieres by 17 composers. Set one featured guests So Percussion and Rachel Calloway. Dec 21, 2015
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Mid-December Chamber Music Adventure
To celebrate this mild beginning of winter, the Brothers Balliett share two stunning chamber works to set a contemplative tone for the Holiday season. Dec 17, 2015
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Listen: Machine Music with Acoustic and Robotic Instruments
On Oct 17, the SONiC Festival presented an afternoon program of music that incorporated new robotic instruments with acoustic instruments and voices. Dec 17, 2015
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Listen: Bing & Ruth Perform 'City Lake' at Le Poisson Rouge
Bing & Ruth's music falls somewhere between contemporary classical and ambient electronica. Last month they celebrated the re-release of their celebrated "City Lake" live at LPR. Dec 15, 2015
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Jóhann Jóhannsson's Relentless, Ritualistic 'Sicario' Soundtrack
Relying heavily, and successfully, on low brass, strings and heavy-boned percussion, "Sicario" establishes its bleak worldview early on and never lets go of the listener’s collar. Dec 15, 2015
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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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Nico Muhly: Community Theater
Composer Nico Muhly is a rabid communicator whose personality factors massively in his work. Nico lives his life out loud, and his music is stunning, hilarious, touching, and brilliant. Dec 11, 2015
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Nico Muhly: III. "u"
Nico's community is a massive factor in his life. He is very much "in touch," sending emails from the profane to the profound to literally hundreds of people a day. Dec 11, 2015
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Nico Muhly: II. Working Together
Nico has worked with film directors, librettists, clarinet players and choreographers, and has written arrangements for an impressive roster of bands and songwriters. Dec 11, 2015
