Podcast appearances and mentions of jack quartet

Su música trabaja el desarrollo de lo que él denomina—a partir del desempeño de Pierre Schaeffer—música concreta instrumental. Discípulo de Luigi Nono, produce un lenguaje musical que abarca el mundo sonoro en toda su amplitud, accesible a través de técnicas interpretativas no convencionales de alta complejidad técnica y artística._____Has escuchadoFassade (1973, rev. 1987). SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg; Michael Gielen, director. Kairos (2001)Schwankungen am Rand (1974-1975). Ensemble Modern; Péter Eötvös, director. ECM (2002)String Quartet No. 3 “Grido” (2001-2002). Jack Quartet. mode (2015)…zwei Gefühle…, Music with Leonardo. So Donn- Brüll-nernd -t nicht das (1991-1992). Ensemble Modern; Péter Eötvös, director. ECM (2002)_____Selección bibliográficaFENEYROU, Laurent, De lave et de fer. Une jeunesse allemande: Helmut Lachenmann. Éditions MF, 2017GUIGUE, Didier, “L'ars subtilior de Lachenmann. Une incursion dans l'univers sonore de Serynade”. Filigrane, n.° 7 (2008), pp. 159-188KALTENECKER, Martin, Avec Helmut Lachenmann. Van Dieren Éditeur, 2000LACHENMANN, Helmut, “Quatre aspects du matériau”. Revue Musicale Suisse, n.º 123-126 (1983), pp. 334-336—, “Open Letter to Hans Werner Henze”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 35, n.º 2 (1997), pp. 189-200*—, Écrits et entretiens. Editado por Martin Kaltenecker. Éditions Contrechamps, 2009SZENDY, Peter, “Entrevista a Helmut Lachenmann”. DDOOSS, consultada el 31 de junio de 2023: [Web]  *Documento disponible para su consulta en la Sala de Nuevas Músicas de la Biblioteca y Centro de Apoyo a la Investigación de la Fundación Juan March

Samn Johnson (he/they, b. 1991) is a composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and historical linguist. Their work often harnesses research on acoustics and historical phonology to set texts in ancient languages like Latin, Old English, Hittite, and Gothic. Samn has written for a range of performers including Chromic Duo, Righteous GIRLS, JACK Quartet, and harpsichordist Nathan Mondry. His latest work is the song cycle Consolation, setting Latin poetry from Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy for vocalist Tis Kaoru Zamler-Carhart. It is out on innova Recordings, June 28, 2024. The two preceding recordings, both self-released, are Ageless Sea (2022), for chamber choir, chamber orchestra, electronics, and rock band, and First Book for Piano (2022), performing his own piano works.Samn is also half of the synth pop duo Acraea, together with Leora Mandel. Samn holds degrees in composition from the University of Michigan and NYU, studied composition at the Interlochen Arts Academy, and has taken courses in Indo-European historical linguistics at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. He lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan.SRTN website

Amerikiečių JACK Quartet įkurtas 2005 m., ir dabar jis vienas pajėgiausių ir kryptingiausiai veikiančių naujosios muzikos kolektyvų. Bene svarbiausias šio styginių kvarteto uždavinys yra muzikos suvokimo ir atlikimo horizonto plėtimas. Todėl ansamblis imasi itin ambicingų techniniu ir estetiniu požiūriu naujosios muzikos projektų, nuolat bendradarbiaudamas su kompozitoriais iš viso pasaulio.Laidos autoriai Šarūnas Nakas ir Mindaugas Urbaitis

Juno Nominees for Classical Composition of the YearPlaylist: Amy Brandon, Symphony Nova Scotia - SimulacraDinuk Wijeratne, Cheng Duo - Portrait of an Imaginary SiblingEmilie Cecilia Lebel, UltraViolet - ...and the Higher Leaves of the Trees Seemed to Shimmer in the Last of the Sunlight's Lingering Touch of Them...Iman Habibi, Orchestre Metropolitain - Shahin-namehNicole Lizée, Christopher Whitley - Don't Throw Your Head in Your HandsGabriel Prokofiev, UNLTD Collective - Pastoral ReflectionsBrian Baumbusch, JACK Quartet, Nata Swara - Prisms for Gene DavisAndy Akiho, Omaha Symphony - Translucent

Chat about contemporary music, composition, and just intonation with us in this theoretically adventurous and wide ranging episode. Christopher Otto, composer and violinist, works with the JACK quartet, a group that has played the music of such individuals as John Zorn, Tristan Perich, Cenk Ergün, Tyshawn Sorey, Catherine Lamb, Georg Frederich Haas, Dan Trueman, and many, many, more. Intro: Christopher Otto (jack quartet) rag'sma  Catherine Lamb - divisio spiralis (mvt. II) Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 (storm section low notes) Vicente Atria - Seasons Will Pass You By Christopher Otto (jack quartet) rag'sma  Christopher Otto - 3x5x7 (loadbang) Christopher Otto - violin octet (d1) LaMonte Young - Trio for Strings (Part 4 out of 8) LaMonte Young - Trio for Strings (Part 4 out of 8) - demo of 17 “equalizing” 9/8 Vicentino - Madonna il poco dolce (31edo) Stephen Weigel cover Christopher Otto - 3x4x5 (Weslos) Outro: Christopher Otto (jack quartet) rag'sma    Rag'sma: https://greyfade-label.bandcamp.com/album/ragsma   Christopher and JACK's links: https://christopherotto.space/ https://www.jackquartet.com/ https://christopherotto.bandcamp.com/album/3x4x5   Support us on Patreon! (If we get 60 patrons, episodes will be released regularly instead of sporadically) https://www.patreon.com/nowandxen Follow http://nowandxen.libsyn.com https://twitter.com/now_xen https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/   Subscribe RSS: http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/rss iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1mhnGsH… Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nowxen Twitter: https://twitter.com/now_xen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmYNMpemAIq8DnK5HJ9gsA  

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Africká zpěvačka Angélique Kidjo, legendární jazzový basista Ron Carter na svém vůbec posledním evropském turné a nebo americké smyčcové kvarteto JACK Quartet. To je jen část z programu 27. ročníku festivalu Prague Sounds – dříve známého jako Struny podzimu, který začíná dnes a potrvá do 18. listopadu.Všechny díly podcastu Mozaika můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.

Mary Kouyoumdjian. Mary is a composer and documentarian with projects ranging from concert works to multimedia collaborations and film scores. Her music covers thematic material that often relates to her family's experiences during the Lebanese Civil War and the Armenian Genocide, exploring themes of displacement and exile through the use of documentary materials. Topics include working with documentary materials, composing from a diaspora perspective, and Kouyoumdjian's monumental work They Will Take My Island, a string octet about Armenian-American abstract expressionist painter Arshile Gorky with video by Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan. Music: Paper Pianos: "You are not a kid" by Mary Kouyoumdjian, performed by Alarm Will Sound; They Will Take My Island by Mary Kouyoumdjian, performed by JACK Quartet and Silvana Quartet Follow Mary on Instagram and Twitter. marykouyoumdjian.com Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. otherminds.org Contact us at otherminds@otherminds.org. The Other Minds Podcast is hosted and edited by Joseph Bohigian. Outro music is “Kings: Atahualpa” by Brian Baumbusch (Other Minds Records).

In this episode, we discuss recordings of “Il Ponte di Leonardo” (Glossa) by Kiya Tabassian, Constantinople & Marco Beasley, “Spanish Light” (Orchid Classics) by Francisco Fullana & Alba Ventura, “Brian Baumbusch: Chemistry for Gamelan and String Quartet” (New World) by Nata Swara & JACK Quartet, “Be Still” (Cellar Live) by Jalen Baker, “A Bouquet (for Lady Day)” (Ubuntu) by Mark Lewandowski & Liam Noble, and “Anthem of Unity” (HighNote Records) by Joel Harrison.   The Adult Music Podcast is featured in: Feedspot's 100 Best Jazz Podcasts   Episode 126 Deezer Playlist   “Il Ponte di Leonardo” (Glossa) Kiya Tabassian, Constantinople, Marco Beasley https://open.spotify.com/album/5ef41IcrV7RkiUkyZwOXk6 https://music.apple.com/us/album/il-ponte-di-leonardo/1680177311   “Spanish Light” (Orchid Classics) Francisco Fullana, Alba Ventura https://open.spotify.com/album/6KbrQQEh8wMSUYMKgs0UlX https://music.apple.com/us/album/spanish-light/1692684799   “Brian Baumbusch: Chemistry for Gamelan and String Quartet” (New World) Nata Swara, JACK Quartet https://open.spotify.com/album/3ofGqzthOMNZ67v9TOuHYp https://music.apple.com/us/album/brian-baumbusch-chemistry-for-gamelan-and-string-quartet/1690462963   “Be Still” (Cellar Live) Jalen Baker https://open.spotify.com/album/1JempSARkLwl4fCGRtMhCA https://music.apple.com/us/album/be-still/1676521264   “A Bouquet (for Lady Day)” (Ubuntu) Mark Lewandowski, Liam Noble https://open.spotify.com/album/4ZzeFoS4bx4huedOFkTNwo https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-bouquet-for-lady-day-feat-liam-noble/1684804178   “Anthem of Unity” (HighNote Records) Joel Harrison https://open.spotify.com/album/4rOHHZSffauem7ziNh0Tmz https://music.apple.com/us/search?term=Joel%20Harrison   Be sure to check out: "Same Difference: 2 Jazz Fans, 1 Jazz Standard" Johnny Valenzuela and Tony Habra look at several versions of the same Jazz standard each week, play snippets from each version, discuss the history of the original and the different versions.        

Das Konzept: Wir fläzen uns aufs imaginäre Sofa, entspannen Hirn- und Ohrenmuskeln. Und hören uns Musik an. Musik, die die beiden Gäste mitgebracht haben und die – das ist die Bedingung – jüngeren Datums ist.  Wir hören und geben dann zum Besten, was uns dabei bewegt, was uns dazu einfällt, stört, erfreut, berührt. Gäste von Benjamin Herzog sind die die Schlagzeugerin Louisa Marxen und der Oboist Matthias Arter. Diese Werke werden besprochen: 1) Carola Bauckholt: Schraubdichtung für Sprechstimme, Kontrafagott, Violoncello und Schlagzeug (1989). Mit dem Thürmchen Ensemble. Wergo 1997 2) Agata Zubel: Konzert für Violine und Kammerorchester (2014) Mit Katarzyna Duda, Violine. Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej. Leitung: Szymon Bywalec. Kairos 2020 3) John Luther Adams: Sila: The Breath of the World (2014). Mit The Crossing Choir. Jack Quartet, University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble and Chamber Musicians. Canatloupe Music, 2022. 4) Carola Bauckholt: Treibstoff für Flöte, Klarinette, Violine, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass, Klavier und Perkussion (1995). Mit dem Thürmchen Ensemble. Wergo 1997

Greetings!   This show will put me about half way to catching up on posting recent shows.  Not a lot of focus, though I did base part of a set on individuals composer & Baltimore local, Ian Power studied with including Chaya Czernowin & John Luther Adams. (I was reading his bio after I planned on airing his composition "BUOY" on today's program.)   Enjoy, enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/envpusher1      9-10-22 PTE Playlist   Evryali - midi programming: Daniel Grossmann / composer: Iannis Xenakis - Music for Keyboard Instruments Realised By Computer - NEOS Music (2008) https://neos-music.com/   Moebius-Ring - piano: Ning Yu / composer: Misato Mochizuki - Of Being - New Focus Recordings (2020) https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/of-being   Frederick Chopin / Arthur Ferrante & Louis Teicher - Christian Marclay - More Encores - ReR (1997)    Deux oreilles concr​è​tess - R​é​my Carré - fragile lesson - Institute For Alien Research (2022) https://ifarmusiqueconcretecompilation.bandcamp.com/album/fragile-lesson   BUOY (after Laurence Crane) - organ, appliances & composer: Ian Power - Maintenance Hums - Carrier (2020) https://ianpoweromg.bandcamp.com/album/maintenance-hums   The Last Leaf for sopranino saxophone - sax: Ryan Muncy / composer: Chaya Czernowin - HOT - New Focus Recordings (2013) https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/hot   Dream of the Canyon Wren - ensemble: The Jack Quartet / composer: John Luther Adams - The Wind In High Places - Cold Blue Music (2015)  https://johnlutheradams-coldblue.bandcamp.com/album/the-wind-in-high-places   The Village Choir Asks The Important Questions of The Day / The Village Orchestra Poses The Main Themes of This Musical Quest / The Village Wind Orchestra: The Answer Is Blowing In The Winds / Who Has The Biggest Noise? / Who Can Play The Fastest? - Paul Dolden - Who Has the Biggest Sound? - Starkland (2014) https://starkland.org/catalog/st220/   Smiles Story & Morning Grin / Rope Ladder To The Moon - Jeff Berlin - Jack Songs - self-release (2022) https://www.jeffberlinmusicgroup.com/shop/scy7kkswbv62yy8z7apqlq5dbc8yrx   Post War - Jack Bruce w/ Clem Clempson, Billy Cobham & David Sancious - Concert Classics: Volume 9 - Concert Classics (1999) http://www.jackbruce.com/  

“It is the act of people being together, and finding that space together that I find most fascinating, and it's the most difficult thing, I feel like I'm still learning how to do that and will be trying to do that for the rest of my life”. In this week's episode, Marina and Madison speak with Catherine Lamb about her extensive practice of composing and performing in rational intonation, Erv Wilson's proof of the harmonic series as a spiral, the process of tuning in as an expression of human agency in performance. We also talk about paradoxical roles of tones, her string quartet divisio spiralis, the Harmonic Space Orchestra, and tips for performers who are interested in deepening their relationship with rational intonation. The music at the beginning and end of this episode is from "divisio spiralis," performed by the JACK Quartet, from their 2021 album CATHERINE LAMB: String Quartets (Kairos) The music in the middle of the episode is an excerpt from "three bodies moving" from the 2019 album of the same name (Another Timbre), performed by Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick - cello; Eric km Clark - violin; and Phil O'Connor - bass clarinet For more information about Catherine Lamb, you can visit her website: https://www.sacredrealism.org/artists/catherine-lamb/

Discovering the building stones of Sycorax, the new opera by Georg Friedrich Haas. We hear some Haas, some Grisey, some Vivier, some Tibetan throat singers, and a wonderful Jubilate.    G.F. Haas - Limited Approximations - SWR Sinfonieorchester and Sylvain Cambreling  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoqvGLdjUhE&t=1540s Gérard Grisey - Partiels - Asko Ensemble and Stefan Asbury https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v7onrjN6RE&t=30s Claude Vivier - Lonely Child - AskoSchoenberg and Reinbert de Leeuw  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP23EnBQjw8 G.F. Haas - String Quartet no 9 - Jack Quartet  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk_2bg3utv8&t=409s W.A. Mozart - Exsultate, Jubilate - Julia Lezhneva and Helsinki Baroque Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLan_H8w8S4 W.A. Mozart - Ach, ich fühl's by - Christiane Oelze, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg96zrTe_jY              

In this episode, Dave and Andrew revisit Elliott Carter, who won his first Pulitzer in 1960. They awarded his String Quartet No. 2 two big thumbs up. Will they be as enthusiastic about Carter's String Quartet No. 3? If you'd like more information about Elliott Carter and his String Quartet No. 3, we recommend: This performance of the String Quartet No. 3 by the Jack Quartet. Andrew W. Mead's article "Pitch Structure in Elliott Carter's String Quartet No. 3" in Perspectives of New Music,  vol. 22, no. 1/2 (Autumn, 1983 - Summer, 1984): 31-60 Laura Emmery's book Compositional Process in Elliott Carter's String Quartets: A Study in Sketches (Routledge, 2020)

Composer Nina Shekhar joins us to chat about her work exploring identity, vulnerability, love, and laughter in her work and her process for exploring such complex aspects of humanity in seemingly mundane experiences, such as the car horns on the streets of India. We talk about how she approaches the business side of a professional career in composition, and how her work as a flutist, saxophonist, and pianist has informed her comfort with a wide array of compositional styles. And we speak about how we can all be more mindful to empower and promote the agency of composers and performers from marginalized communities and avoid the risks of exploiting any individual's otherness. Nina Shekhar is a composer who explores the intersection of identity, vulnerability, love, and laughter to create bold and intensely personal works. Described as “tart and compelling” (New York Times), “vivid” (Washington Post), and “surprises and delights aplenty” (LA Times), her music has been commissioned and performed by leading artists including LA Philharmonic, Albany Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Eighth Blackbird, International Contemporary Ensemble, JACK Quartet, New York Youth Symphony, Alarm Will Sound, The Crossing, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, ETHEL, violinist Jennifer Koh, saxophonist Timothy McAllister, Ensemble Échappé, Music from Copland House, soprano Tony Arnold, Third Angle New Music, The New York Virtuoso Singers, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Lyris Quartet, Ray-Kallay Duo, New Music Detroit, and Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra. Her work has been featured by Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walt Disney Concert Hall (LA Phil's Noon to Midnight), Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, National Sawdust, National Flute Association, North American Saxophone Alliance, I Care If You Listen, WNYC/New Sounds (New York), WFMT (Chicago), and KUSC and KPFK (Los Angeles) radio, ScoreFollower, and New Music Detroit's Strange Beautiful Music. Upcoming events include performances by the New York Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic (joined by soloists Nathalie Joachim and Pamela Z), Minnesota Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and her Hollywood Bowl debut with the LA Philharmonic. Current projects include commissions for the Grand Rapids Symphony, 45th Parallel Universe Chamber Orchestra (sponsored by GLFCAM), and Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) (sponsored by LA Phil and New Music USA). Nina is the recipient of the 2021 Rudolf Nissim Prize, two ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards (2015 and 2019), and the 2018 ASCAP Foundation Leonard Bernstein Award, funded by the Bernstein family. The transcript for this episode can be found here. For more information about Nina Shekhar, please visit her website, Facebook, and Instagram.

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Song 1 by Jon Gibson on Songs & Melodies, 1973 - 1977 (Superior Viaduct) 11′20″ The Beauty and Sorrow, for small accordion & delay by Pauline Oliveros on Tara's Room (Important Records) 34′33″ rag'sma by Christopher Otto & JACK Quartet on rag'sma (greyfade) 53′34″ Vanity & Pride by Michael Chapman on True North (Paradise of Bachelors) Check out the full archives on the website.

In this week's episode, Brad Garton interviews composer Taylor Brook and multi-media artist Lara Lewison about Star Maker Fragments, the new album from TAK Ensemble, out 3/3/2021. Lara Lewison creates audiovisual art for the web and for live performance, with a focus in networking, language, and creating live works that are dependent on exchanges between “performer" and “audience." She works with combinations of software and programming languages and has given unity workshops and lessons at Harvestworks, CUNY Tech, and Columbia. She holds a bachelors of arts in music from Columbia University and was the 2020 recipient of the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts. Taylor Brook writes music for the concert stage, electronic music, music for robotic instruments, as well as music for video, theatre, and dance. He has worked with Ensemble Ascolta, JACK Quartet, Mivos Quartet, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Quatuor Bozzini, Talea Ensemble, and others. He has won numerous SOCAN Young Composers awards, including two first-place prizes and the grand prize in 2016 for Song, for solo cello. Brad Garton is an American composer and computer musician who is professor of music at Columbia University. He has written, or helped to write, a number of computer music applications, including Real-Time Cmix, music synthesis and signal processing language for real time composition. Star Maker Fragments: takensemble.bandcamp.com/album/star-m…er-fragments Star Maker World: laar.world/starmaker/ Lara Lewison: laar.world Taylor Brook: Taylorbrook.info Brad Garton: sites.music.columbia.edu/brad

Lainie Fefferman is a composer, performer, teacher, organizer, and general proponent of new and forward-thinking music. Her most recent commissions have been from JACK Quartet, Tenth Intervention, and So Percussion. "White Fire," her electroacoustic meditation on the heroines of the Hebrew Bible has been touring internationally and is coming out as an album in 2021. She is a co-founder and director of New Music Gathering. She got her doctorate in composition from Princeton University and is a programming/performing member of Princeton-based laptop ensemble Sideband. She is currently a professor of Music & Technology at Stevens Institute of Technology and recently concluded her time as artist in residence at Nokia Bell Labs. Music: Overshare by Lainie Fefferman, performed by Ensemble Decipher Follow Lainie on Facebook and Instagram. lainiefefferman.com Co-hosts: Joseph Bohigian and Taylor Long Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. ensembledecipher.com Contact us at decipherists@ensembledecipher.com. Decipher This! is produced by Joseph Bohigian; intro sounds by Eric Lemmon; outro music toy_3 by Eric Lemmon.

Pianist-composer Pascal le Boeuf joins the Soundweavers team to discuss how he uses composition to prioritize human connections through music and resonating with others by identifying their musical values. He chats with us about living between the realms of new music and jazz (and what does jazz really mean?) and the process of pursuing a Grammy award. We speak about embracing social engagement and using music to communicate that which needs to be conveyed, the power of empathy and communication for successful professional relationships, and the brain candy known as polyrhythms. Described as "sleek, new" and "hyper-fluent" by the New York Times, Pascal Le Boeuf is a Grammy nominated composer, pianist, and producer whose works range from modern improvised music to cross-breeding classical with production-based technology. He is widely recognized for his polyrhythmic approach to chamber music and hybridization of disparate idioms. Pascal's latest project imaginist is a full-length album collaboration between the JACK Quartet and the Le Boeuf Brothers Quintet (co-led by Remy Le Boeuf). The 9-piece hybridized chamber ensemble was praised by the New Yorker for "clearing their own path, mixing the solid swing of the jazz tradition with hip-hop, indie rock, and the complex techniques of classical modernism". Recent projects include “Media Control” recorded by Hub New Music, “Imp in Impulse” recorded by Barbora Kolářová, “Into the Anthropocene” featuring violist Jessica Meyer and cellist Dave Eggar, “Alpha” recorded by cellist Nick Photinos (Eighth Blackbird) on New Amsterdam Records, “Transition Behavior” recorded by the Shattered Glass String Orchestra, and “Empty Promise” an award-winning short film in collaboration with Four/Ten Media, Goldfeather and Robby Bowen. The transcript for this episode can be found here. Resources discussed in this episode: Barbora Kolářová performs Imp & Impulse Imaginist | New Focus Recordings For more information about Pascal le Boeuf, please visit him at his website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and iTunes. Be sure to check out Soundweavers at Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

In this interview, Ellen, Theresa and I talk about grant warriors, long-haul perseverance, mid-life shifts, and keeping your eyes on the ultimate prize: joy in the work.Ellen Fullman is known for her creation and mastery of the Long String Instrument, an installation of over 40 delicate strings played by hand that spans 50 to 100 feet in length. Fullman's distinguished career includes a recent 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship, and upcoming commissions from the JACK Quartet, and The Living Earth Show. Cellist, vocalist and composer Theresa Wong's prolific career includes original multimedia projects like the improvised opera, O Sleep, and The Unlearning, songs for violin, cello and two voices, first performed at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts with violinist Carla Kihlstedt. Fullman and Wong's new album, Harbors, praised by Pitchfork for its "dramatic physical presence," is available online here.Find out more about the artists at theresawong.org and ellenfullman.com.Photo used by permission the artists; taken in front of a Yayoi Kusama installation.

Loving the idiosyncratic and the zany, Lainie Fefferman is a composer, performer, and experimenter in the performative application of emergent music technologies. Her most recent commissions have been from Tenth Intervention, So Percussion, Make Music NY, Experiments in Opera, ETHEL, Kathleen Supové, TILT Brass, James Moore, Eleonore Oppenheim, JACK Quartet, and Dither. Her one-woman voice & electronics feminist song performance project "White Fire," an electroacoustic meditation on the heroines of the Hebrew Bible, premiered at Merkin Hall in 2016 and she has been touring it internationally ever since. She is a co-founder and director of New Music Gathering, an annual conference/festival hybrid event for the international New Music Community. She got her doctorate in composition from Princeton University and is a programming/performing member of Princeton-based laptop ensemble Sideband. She is currently a professor of Music & Technology at Stevens Institute of Technology and recently concluded her time as artist in residence at Nokia Bell Labs.The question of the week is, "How can classical musicians balance their identities as people and as musicians?" Lainie and I discuss the dichotomy of living in the classical music world during the twenty-first century, why she likes to include fun facts about herself in her biography, how she thinks about audiences during her compositional process, and how she would define a happy, healthy, and balanced musician. You can find out more about Lainie on her website, lainiefefferman.com, and on Instagram @lainiebobainie.

Devin speaks about contemporary and historical interactions between music and the art world, featuring two creative entrepreneurs that are paving the way in their respective fields, Contemporary visual artist Will Day, and composer Jonathan Bingham. Jonathan discusses his formative inspirations, including the music of John Williams. Will Day's wife, Aimee, barely survived the 9/11 attacks in tower two and this profoundly affected him as he became an architect and then visual artist.  Their stories will inspire you to find the artist within, discard your fears, follow your passion, and find your life purpose. The podcast episode’s conception revolved around the “Quaternity” project that was created by Devin Patrick Hughes, Boulder Symphony, Jonathan Bingham, and Will Day. The artwork can be viewed on Will’s website: WillDayArt.comThank you to all the incredible performers who made this episode possible including JACK Quartet, New York University Contemporary Ensemble, conductor Jonathan Haas, violinist Charles Wetherbee, Boulder Symphony, tenor Luciano Pavarotti, conductor and composer John Williams, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Richard Bonynge, and the  English Chamber Orchestra. Also shoutout to the Decca label.Musical excerpts were taken from Jonathan Bingham’s “Music for Four Instruments”, String Quartet No. 1, Third Movement, “Untitled”, Violin Concerto; film scores including I’m Not Special & I Feel Better, and Quaternity.Additional musical passages come from John Williams’ Across the Stars from Star Wars Attack of the Clones and Gaetano Donizetti’s una furtiva Lagrima from l’Elisir D’Amore Thank you for joining us. you can always find more info at OneSymphony.org. For info on composer Jonathan Bingham you can find him online at Jonathan-bingham.com. You can contemporary fine artist Will Day at WillDayArt.com. Please feel free to rate review or share the show! Until next time, thank you for being part of the music!

Music, like the stillness and solitude of a Montana winter, is a special kind of gift. John Luther Adams and the JACK Quartet share their thoughts and hopes for the music of our time.

Composer Amy Williams joins us to discuss her youth surrounded by amazing composers and performers in her living room and her early professional years embarking on crazy projects like transcribing Conlon Nancarrow's music for piano four-hands with her duo partner Helena Bugallo. She speaks with us about collaborating closely with and tailoring commissions to specific performers and ensembles. We also chat about her role as Artistic Director of New Music on the Point, where she connects superstar performers and composers with young emerging artists, fostering collaborations lasting many years. The compositions of Amy Williams have been presented at renowned contemporary music venues in the United States, Australia, Asia and Europe, including Thailand International Composition Festival, Ars Musica (Belgium), Gaudeamus Music Week (Netherlands), Dresden New Music Days (Germany), Musikhøst (Denmark), Festival Aspekte (Austria), Festival Musica Nova (Brazil), Roulette and Bargemusic (New York), LA County Museum of Art, Piano Spheres (Los Angeles) and Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. Her works have been performed by leading contemporary music soloists and ensembles, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JACK Quartet, Ensemble Aleph, Dal Niente, Wet Ink, Talujon, Empyrean Ensemble, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, California E.A.R. Unit, Dinosaur Annex, International Contemporary Ensemble, h2 Saxophone Quartet, Bent Frequency, pianists Ursula Oppens, Corey Hamm and Amy Briggs, and bassist Robert Black. Her pieces appear on the Albany, Parma, VDM (Italy), Blue Griffin, Centaur and New Ariel labels. As a member of the Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo, Ms. Williams has performed at important new music festivals and series throughout Europe and the Americas. The Duo has recorded four critically-acclaimed CDs for Wergo (works of Nancarrow, Stravinsky, Varèse/Feldman and Kurtág), as well as appearing on the Neos and Albany labels. Ms. Williams was the recipient of a Howard Foundation Fellowship for 2008-2009, a Fromm Music Foundation Commission in 2009 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2015-2016. Ms. Williams has taught at Bennington College and Northwestern University and is currently Associate Professor of Composition at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the Artistic Director of the New Music on the Point Festival in Vermont. Resources discussed in today's episode: George Lewis, A Power Stronger than Itself The musical excerpts heard in today's episode were composed by Conlon Nancarrow and Amy Williams and performed by the Bugallo-Williams Duo and the JACK Quartet. The transcript for today's episode can be found here. For more information about Amy Williams, please visit her at her website.

Bethany Younge’s acoustic and electronic music explores the manifold kinesthetic properties of musical performance. For her, the act of music-making cannot be divorced from the physical presence of the human instigator. Her works often incorporate instrumental deconstruction, exaggerated movement, motion tracking, sounding costumes, and/or other aesthetic devices to sonically heighten corporeal expressivity. Younge is currently pursuing her DMA in Music Composition at Columbia University in New York. Her works have been featured in the 2016 and 2018 International Summer Course for New Music Darmstadt, Resonant Bodies Festival, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, The 16th International Young Composers Meeting, and many other festivals. She has worked with many ensembles including JACK Quartet, Distractfold, ASKO|Schönberg Ensemble, TAK Ensemble, TILT Brass, Sputter Box, KLANG, Ereprijs Orkestra, Fonema Consort, AndPlay, Chartreuse, Gyre Ensemble, Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble, Inversion Ensemble, Mocrep, and others throughout Europe and the USA. In 2016, she was awarded the Stipend Prize at the International Summer Course for New Music Darmstadt. She was also awarded a commission prize by National Sawdust, in New York City and the 10th Mivos/Kanter prize. Bethany was one of TAK's commissioned composers of the 2019-2020 season, and we premiered her work "at midnight I walked into the middle of the desert" at Saint Mary's Church in Harlem last fall. On today's episode, Bethany speaks with Merche Blasco, a multimedia artist and composer based in New York. Blasco designs and builds imprecise technological assemblages that catalyze embodied forms of live electroacoustic composition and new modes of listening. Through her constructed devices, she attempts to establish a more horizontal relationship with other entities, distancing herself from parameters of precision, power, and control. As an alternative form of performance, she engineers collaborative spaces with instruments that are given their own agency, in compositions where her body and the live exploration of organic materials are central elements. She has presented her performances and installations at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Sonar Festival in Barcelona, La Biennale di Venezia, NIME conferences, Tsonami International Sound Art Festival in Chile, The High Line in New York, SONIC Festival, Mapping Festival (Geneva), Queens Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago de Chile, among others. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Wire magazine. You can find Bethany online at: www.bethanyyounge.com You can find Merche online at: http://half-half.es/ https://soundcloud.com/mercheblasco @blasco.merche The music in this episode is all by Merche Blasco: RECONFIGURATIONS I: Conversations with Anette Shelley Hirsch – Voice Dafna Naphtali – Voice, electronics Levy Lorenzo – Percussion Dennis Sullivan – Percussion Merche Blasco – Anette Audio recording and mix: Yi-Wen Lai-Tremewan Bardenas, live performance by The Rhythm Method Leah Asher, violin Marina Kifferstein, violin Carrie Frey, viola Meaghan Burke, cello EEMF03: Rinoceronte azul Christa Robinson … Electric guitar + electric toothbrushes Alice Teyssier … Antenna and piezoelectric collar Mosa Tsay … Electric guitar + electric toothbrushes Viola Yip … Antenna and piezoelectric collar Viento y Sierra Merche Blasco - Electronics and musical saw Rehearsal saws - recorded in Cleft Ridge Span in Prospect Park Gryphon Rue - Musical saw Merche Blasco - Musical saw This week's episode was produced by Bethany Younge in collaboration with TAK Ensemble, and edited by Marina Kifferstein.

John Pickford Richards of the JACK Quartet joins us to discuss the evolution of the ensemble from a fledgling student group to an international powerhouse for contemporary music; navigating personnel changes; strategies for working with both new and familiar collaborators; recording over forty-one albums; managing JACK Studio for commissions, workshops, and recording projects; and approaches toward improving inclusivity with careful programming and personnel. Hailed by The New York Times as “our leading new-music foursome”, the JACK Quartet is one of the most acclaimed, renowned, and respected groups performing today. JACK has maintained an unwavering commitment to their mission of performing and commissioning new works, giving voice to underheard composers, and cultivating an ever-greater sense of openness toward contemporary classical music. Over the past season, they have been selected as Musical America's 2018 “Ensemble of the Year”, named to WQXR's “19 for 19 Artists to Watch”, and awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant. Resources discussed in today's episode: - JACK Studio The transcript for this episode can be found at here. For more information about the JACK Quartet, please visit them at their website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Soundcloud, and Vimeo.

It's Indigenous art if Indigenous artists make it. Olivia Shortt joins us to talk about her project with Face the Music and the Jack Quartet in New York City, creating Indigenous space in a new environment. She talks about the impact that the quarantine has had one her work, and how it has made her think about creative ways to accomplish her goals. We also talk about the overwhelming elitism of the arts and how difficult it can be as Black and Indigenous women to be in these places. Transcript is available here: http://daanis.ca/2020/04/19/making-space-for-indigenous-art/

Composers Jem Finer, Elaine Mitchener, and Chaya Czernowin share their music and thoughts exploring the theme of Time. We listen to a piece of music lasting 1,000 years, explore the politics of history and time past, and get a flavour for what non-linear music sounds like. Join our CEO Susanna Eastburn MBE and composer Des Oliver for a unique insight into composing. This podcast was produced by Michael Umney (Resonance FM) and mixed by Chris Bartholomew, with our theme tune composed by Rob Bentall. Our recommendation at the end is for the Excuse the Mess podcast. In this episode, you listen to the following music and sounds: Jem Finer (b.1955) Longplayer (1999), with the support and collaboration of Artangel Elaine Mitchener the then + the now = now time (2019), commissioned by MaerzMusik – Festival für Zeitfragen  Sweet Tooth (2017), performed by Elaine Mitchener, Sylvia Hallett, Mark Sanders, Jason Yarde Rolling Calf – a black power trio featuring vocalist Elaine Mitchener, saxophonist Jason Yarde and bassist Neil Charles Chaya Czernowin (b.1957) Hidden (2014), performed by The Jack Quartet with electronics by Carlo Laurenzi and Jérémie Henrot, released by Schott Music (CD) and Wergo Records Infinite Now (2017), performed by Opera Vlaanderen, courtesy of IRCAM Our heartfelt thanks to the record labels, performers, composers and organisations who allowed us to include excerpts of these recordings on the podcast.

Wombat recently took trips to Phoenix, AZ and Warrensburg, MO, with a hometown show at Trumpet Blossom in between. And because of that, Carlos Cotallo Solares was back in Iowa City! Carlos joined me on the radio to discuss and listen to some artists he's been meeting and working with since he moved to Philadelphia last year.This episode features music by:Sylvia Haynes (sylviahaynes.bandcamp.com)Erica Corbo (ericacorbo.bandcamp.com)Desertion Trio (nickmillevoi.bandcamp.com)Mysteries of the Heart (mysteriesoftheheart.bandcamp.com)Leo Suarez (leosuarez.bandcamp.com)Black Stork (blackstorkmusic.bandcamp.com)Wombat (wombatnoise.bandcamp.com)iHearIC PLUGS:The next iHearIC live show will be 3/27 at 8PM at Yacht Club, free as always, featuring Mark Rheaume, Aligned at Variance, Mechanical Ditchdigger, and Thieves: facebook.com/events/522447175060772Future iHearIC live show dates are 4/24, and 5/15The full video of our 2/13 show is available on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/ihearic-at-yacht-34070341KICI is replaying older episodes of iHearIC Radio at 8PM on Tuesdays and Fridays. Tune in at 105.3FM or kiciradio.org.Buy iHearIC t-shirts and prints (designed by Vero Rose Smith and printed at IC Press Co-op): ihearic.bandcamp.com (patreon supporters get a discount, patreon.com/ihearic)Next week's radio show (3/15 at 3PM) will feature Aligned at Variance!Listen to my politics podcast, Rock Hard Caucus: soundcloud.com/rockhardcaucus + patreon.com/rockhardcaucusOther Iowa City music events you may be interested in:Bob Bucko Jr, Hobby Horse, Haunter @ PURGATORY (3/10 7:30PM): facebook.com/events/205339887305644JACK Quartet performs works by UI students @ Voxman (3/11 7:30PM): facebook.com/events/941554412908941FemmeDecks w. MATT RISSI + Miss Conduct @ Yacht Club (3/13 10PM): facebook.com/events/812458109229410Direct mp3 link: https://archive.org/download/20200308ihearic108/2020-03-08%20ihearic%20108.mp3ihearic.compatreon.com/ihearicfacebook.com/ihearictwitter.com/ihearicyoutube.com/ihearicinstagram.com/ihearicihearic.bandcamp.combit.ly/iHearICiTunesbit.ly/iHearICGooglebit.ly/iHearICspotifymixcloud.com/iHearICsoundcloud.com/ihearicbit.ly/iHearICStitcherihearic.blogspot.comRSS: feeds.feedburner.com/ihearic

What you'll hear: The delicate dance of raising money and writing grants -  The income story - what everyone wants to know about self-founded ensembles Band Mindset vs. Business Mindset: Navigating the transition to making the ensemble a business The surprising things about grant writing and the learning curves involved Managing their own finances… and what they learned from their mistakes To learn more about JACK and their projects, check them out at their website: http://jackquartet.com/ SIGN UP for the Crushing Classical mailing list and never miss a beat! I'll only send podcast and Crushing Classical news, never spam, and I would NEVER share your email. Sign up now and receive the free PDF download, Three Ways Becoming Visible Can Revolutionize Your Music Career: https://mailchi.mp/809d9dfaa1e3/crushingclassical I want to thank Ficks Music for sponsoring Crushing Classical. When you’re looking for high quality sheet music, look no further than FICKS!  https://www.ficksmusic.com/discount/CRUSH Use the link above to get 10% off your first order! A HUGE thanks to Gaby Castro of Fourplay Clarinet and composer of the NEW Crushing Classical theme music! Check her out at @fourplayclarinet on Facebook and Instagram!

In April 2019, the JACK Quartet performed a two-concert cycle of the complete string quartets by Elliott Carter, in a lunchtime and evening recital they have been looking forward to with anticipation. Journalist Tom Service breaks down the music particularly of Carter’s 2nd and 3rd quartets, which form part of the evening concert programme, and 1st quartet which the JACK played at lunchtime. The JACK Quartet joins Tom with instruments in hand, to give live musical examples and bring to life the exuberant and exciting characters under discussion.

  Today, I'm so happy to bring you the incredible cellist Joshua Roman!  Joshua is a multifaceted artist with a remarkably vibrant career as a soloist, chamber musician, composer, curator, artistic director, and philanthropist!  In this episode, we discuss practicing purposefully and building a meaningful career, and he tells about the impact and mission of his popular Popper Etude Project and Challenge. As you'll see Joshua's journey and approach to music-making are rooted in authenticity and a sense of purpose and are highly inspiring!  I know you'll find value and a source for a deeper reflection in this conversation! In our discussion, Joshua elaborates on: How he feels that the multiple facets of his career are all parts of being a complete musician His beginnings in Oklahoma and his studies at the Cleveland Institute How it's we should follow our heart and use our skills to explore what we love - pushing passed the bounds of what we were “taught” and explore further What he thinks about building a meaningful career – how we get the career that we build Why it's important to figure out what we want and focus on that The importance of questioning ourselves, getting to know ourselves, exploring our passions, and see if and how we can incorporate them into our career “Find your voice and build your career around your voice” Why there is no luck: “it's a series of things that you build on” Why we need both to be prepared and get opportunities Some of the challenges he faced on the way to his dream career How important it was for him to feel like what he did mattered The Popper Project and the Popper Challenge – what and why How it turned into a way for cellists to come together and created a supportive and inspiring community “Why do we need to practice etudes at all” How he maximizes practice   MORE ABOUT JOSHUA: Website: https://www.joshuaroman.com/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFT1OzgeBtU69e5v6sIwSag Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/joshuaroman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joshuaromancello/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshuaromancello/   Biography Cellist / Composer / Curator Joshua Roman has earned an international reputation for his wide-ranging repertoire, a commitment to communicating the essence of music in visionary ways, artistic leadership and versatility. As well as being a celebrated performer, he is recognized as an accomplished composer and curator, and was named a TED Senior Fellow in 2015. Recent seasons have seen Roman perform recitals and concert with orchestras around the US and the world, including performances of Mason Bates's Cello Concerto (which was written for him) and his very own concerto.  Roman is also a very active chamber musician and shares the stage with today's finest musicians. Roman has demonstrated inspirational artistic leadership throughout his career. As Artistic Director of TownMusic in Seattle he has showcased his own eclectic musical influences and chamber music favorites, while also promoting newly commissioned works. Under his direction, the series has offered world premieres of compositions by some of today's brightest young composers and performances by cutting-edge ensembles. In the 2015-16 season at TownMusic he presented his own song cycle, … we do it to one another, based on Tracy K. Smith's book of poems Life on Mars, with soprano Jessica Rivera. He has also recently been appointed the inaugural Artistic Advisor of award-winning contemporary streaming channel Second Inversion, launched by Seattle's KING-FM to cultivate the next generation of classical audiences. The cellist additionally took on a new curatorial role last summer, as Creative Partner of the Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts. The same organization sponsored him in April 2016 at the 68th Annual Conference on World Affairs on the University of Colorado campus, where he contributed his innovative ideas about how classical music is conceived and presented.  Roman performed at the Kennedy Center Arts Summit that same month and is a member of the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors artists committee. Roman's cultural leadership includes using digital platforms to harness new audiences. In 2009 he developed “The Popper Project,” performing, recording and uploading the complete etudes from David Popper's High School of Cello Playing to his dedicated YouTube channel. In his latest YouTube project, “Everyday Bach,” Roman performs Bach's cello suites in beautiful settings around the world. He has collaborated with photographer Chase Jarvis on Nikon video projects, and Paste magazine singled out Roman and DJ Spooky for their cello and iPad cover of Radiohead's “Everything in Its Right Place,” created for the Voice Project. For his creative initiatives on behalf of classical music, Roman was named a TED Fellow in 2011, joining a select group of next-generation innovators who show potential to positively affect the world. He acted as curator for an outdoor amphitheater performance at the TED Summit in Banff in the Canadian Rockies this past summer. Beyond these initiatives, Roman's adventurous spirit has led to collaborations with artists outside the music community, including his co-creation of “On Grace” with Tony Award-nominated actress Anna Deavere Smith, a work for actor and cello which premiered in February 2012 at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral. His outreach endeavors have taken him to Uganda with his violin-playing siblings, where they played chamber music in schools, HIV/AIDS centers and displacement camps, communicating a message of hope through music. Before embarking on a solo career, Roman spent two seasons as principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony, a position he won in 2006 at the age of 22. Since that time, he has appeared as a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mariinsky Orchestra, New World Symphony, Alabama Symphony, and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Ecuador, among many others. An active chamber musician, Roman has collaborated with established artists such as Andrius Zlabys, Cho-Liang Lin, Assad Brothers, Earl Carlyss, Christian Zacharias and Yo-Yo Ma, as well as other dynamic young soloists and performers from New York's vibrant music scene, including the JACK Quartet, Talea Ensemble, Derek Bermel and the Enso String Quartet. A native of Oklahoma City, Roman began playing the cello at the age of three on a quarter-size instrument, and gave his first public recital at age ten. Home-schooled until he was 16, he then pursued his musical studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Richard Aaron. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Cello Performance in 2004, and his Master's in 2005, as a student of Desmond Hoebig, former principal cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra. Roman is grateful for the loan of an 1899 cello by Giulio Degani of Venice.   If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes!  I truly appreciate your support! Visit www.mindoverfinger.com for information about past and future podcasts, and for more resources on mindful practice. Join the Mind Over Finger Tribe here!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/mindoverfingertribe/     THANK YOU: Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Also a HUGE thank you to my fantastic producer, Bella Kelly!   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/ https://www.instagram.com/mindoverfinger/

"Classical music is relaxing." "I listen to classical music because it's soothing." "I turn on classical music when I want to concentrate." These are all things we're guessing very few people have said about the composer you're going to learn about in this episode. Elliott Carter's music is about something much more vast and complex than chillaxing: it's about the full range of human experience. If you've been alive for long enough to read this, you know that being a person is not always easy - that, in fact, ease can't exist without difficulty. It's a thing that we expect other art forms to reflect. And in this episode, Austin Wulliman and Christopher Otto of the JACK Quartet teach all about a composer who used this music to convey It All, too. PS, You can go see the JACK Quartet perform the music of Elliott Carter, or go check them out at the Ojai Festival this summer. Find out more here. Music in this episode: Special thanks to Todd Reynolds for his music, Taskforce: Farmlab from Outerbourough.

Acclaimed young composer Viet Cuong joins the show to share his thoughts about band music, his work as a composer, and how growing up in the Lassiter band helped him fit in and find his place in the world. Topics: 
Viet’s background and how he got his start as a musician, percussionist, and composer. How band and music helped Viet “find his place” in the world and the importance of band as a place where kids who are struggling to feel accepted have a place where they can fit in and grow. Growing up in the legendary Lassiter Band Program under the baton of Alfred Watkins. Thought about what band directors can do to support young musicians who are writing music or want to become composers. Thoughts about academic music, new music for band, and some insights into building design at Princeton. The Blue Dot Collective Links: Viet Cuong, Composer The Blue Dot Collective Cuong: Diamond Tide Cuong: Moth Stravinsky: Rite of Spring Biography: Called “alluring” and “wildly inventive” by The New York Times, the “ingenious” and “knockout” (Times Union) music of Viet Cuong (b. 1990) has been performed on six continents by musicians and ensembles such as Sō Percussion, Eighth Blackbird, Alarm Will Sound, Sandbox Percussion, the PRISM Quartet, JACK Quartet, Gregory Oakes, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Albany Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, and Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, among many others. Viet’s music has been featured in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Aspen Music Festival, New Music Gathering, Boston GuitarFest, International Double Reed Society Conference, US Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium, and on American Public Radio’s Performance Today. He also enjoys composing for the wind ensemble medium, and his works for winds have amassed over one hundred performances by conservatory and university ensembles worldwide, including at Midwest, WASBE, and CBDNA conferences. Viet holds the Curtis Institute of Music’s Daniel W. Dietrich II Composition Fellowship as an Artist Diploma student of David Ludwig and Jennifer Higdon. Viet received his MFA from Princeton University as a Naumburg and Roger Sessions Fellow, and he is currently finishing his PhD there. At Princeton he studied with Steve Mackey, Donnacha Dennehy, Dan Trueman, Dmitri Tymoczko, Paul Lansky, and Louis Andriessen. Viet holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Pulitzer Prize-winner Kevin Puts and Oscar Bettison. While at Peabody, he received the Peabody Alumni Award (the Valedictorian honor) and the Gustav Klemm Award for excellence in composition. Viet has been a fellow at the Mizzou International Composers Festival, Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab, Cabrillo Festival’s Young Composer Workshop, Copland House’s CULTIVATE emerging composers workshop, and was also a scholarship student at the Aspen, Bowdoin, and Lake Champlain music festivals. Additionally, he has received artist residencies from Yaddo, Copland House, Ucross Foundation, and Atlantic Center for the Arts (under Melinda Wagner, 2012 and Christopher Theofanidis, 2014). Viet is a recipient of the Barlow Endowment Commission, Copland House Residency Award, ASCAP Morton Gould Composers Award, Suzanne and Lee Ettelson Composers Award, Theodore Presser Foundation Music Award, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra Call for Scores, Cortona Prize, New York Youth Symphony First Music Commission, Boston GuitarFest Composition Competition, and Walter Beeler Memorial Prize, among others. In addition, he received honorable mentions in the Harvey Gaul Composition Competition and two consecutive ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prizes. Scholarships include the Evergreen House Foundation scholarship at Peabody, a 2010 Susan and Ford Schumann Merit Scholarship from the Aspen Music Festival and School, and the 2011 Bachrach Memorial Gift from the Bowdoin International Music Festival.

They don't make them like Jay Campbell every day. A young and virtuosic cellist, raised in Berkeley CA, Jay has worked closely with Pierre Boulez, Elliott Carter, Matthias Pintscher, John Adams, Kaija Saariaho, and countless others from his own generation. His close association with John Zorn resulted in the 2015 release ofHen to Pan (Tzadik) featuring all works written for Campbell, and was listed in the New York Times year-end Best Recordings of 2015. Since 2016 Jay has been a member of the world renowned JACK Quartet. Today's talk is a good one and covers a lot of ground.

Happy Memorial Day! For this most important and solemn of holidays I am joined by Sara Corry, the staff arranger for the U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own." Topics: Sara's background and how her parents took her to the doctor as a child because she heard music in her head! The variety of ensembles and opportunities that she writes for as an arranger for the "Pershing's Own." Thoughts about what we can do as educators to help encourage young women to become composers. Links: Sara Corry, Composer The United States Army Band "Pershing's Own" University of Colorado, Boulder Pärt: Cantus in memorium Benjamin Britten Schnittke: Piano Quartet No. 5 (5th movement) Schwantner: ...And the Mountains Rising Nowhere Jolley: The Eyes of the World Are Upon You Biography:   Sara Corry is currently a member of the U.S. Army where she serves as a Staff Arranger for the U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own." For the last six years she has been a Teaching Fellow at Interlochen Arts Camp, providing instruction on electronic music and theory. As a composer, Corry has had notable performances by the JACK Quartet, Harvard's Videri String Quartet, Dallas Symphony Chamber Players, Meadows Symphony Orchestra (Dallas), Interlochen Ensemble and the Musica Nova Ensemble (UMKC). She has received commissions from the Playground Ensemble, Dallas Museum of Art - Nasher Sculpture Center, and University of Colorado. She has been a featured composer at the Aquilla Summer Music Festival, ISCM Miami, and the UNC Open Space Festival. Her Composition "Aftersong" is included on the "Electronic Masters Vol. 5" CD released in 2016 by ABLAZE Records. Coming from both a scientific and musical background, she was the recipient of a Catalyst grant to fund her ideas linking music and physics and won the O'Neal-Taniguchi prize for Arts Entrepreneurship for the development of a computer program that reads brainwaves and aids in musical performance. In addition to composing and arranging, Corry is an active harpist. As a musician, she has performed in Carnegie Hall, Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Meyerson Symphony Center, Meng Concert Hall, as well as venues in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France. She earned a Master's degree in Music Composition from the University of Texas at Austin and is currently finishing her D.M.A in Music Composition and Technology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her principle teachers include Dan Kellogg, John Drumheller, Donald Grantham, Dan Welcher, Yevgeniy Sharlat, and Rob Frank.

Jay Campbell loves skateboarding. Jay talks to Kai about his favorite form of transportation to get around cities, his colorful high school career, and that one time he got arrested. He also shares his mindset going into the Juilliard School, what he learned from his eight years there and time in New York City, as well as the JACK Quartet's working process in preparing highly complex new music. 

With the debut of the Barnes Ensemble the Barnes is bringing performers from around the world into dialogue with its renowned collection. The Barnes Ensemble, which debuts on October 8 and features the renowned JACK Quartet and 20 String Fellows, is an innovative contemporary music collective that draws inspiration from Albert Barnes’s unconventional approach to arranging art. Tune in for a conversation with co-artistic directors, Katherine Skovira and Robert Whalen, to hear about the genesis of this unique music collective.

Meet the Composer is thrilled to bring you a world-premiere recording as our first bonus track of Season Three! Our previous episode The Performer: Part One featured, among other things, a really fascinating conversation with the Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas (if you haven’t heard the episode yet, go check it out!). As we are a talk show about music, we are always dying to simply play some music, and so today we bring you our exclusive, first recording of Haas’ 9th String Quartet. The whole thing! Featuring the fantastic JACK Quartet. The JACK Quartet has spent years performing and championing an older piece of Haas’, his 3rd String Quartet. They played it so well, in fact, Haas decided to write his 9th quartet specifically for the JACKs, taking full advantage of their superpower: just intonation. So we figured, what could be better than having the JACKs over to Q2 Music to bring this piece to life? Like his 3rd String Quartet, this piece comes with an unusual stipulation: it is to be performed in complete, india ink, can’t-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face darkness. So turn out the lights and join Meet the Composer and the JACKs for the first-ever recording of this spectacular piece of oddly-tuned awesome. –Nadia Sirota

Hear unusual music for string quartet on this program, as Australian composer Andrew Byrne, now based in New York, uses the string quartet as a percussion instrument in his work called “Striking.” Then, listen to Bang on a Can All-Star saxman, clarinetist and composer Ken Thomson’s work for the JACK Quartet, “THAW.” There’s also folk-informed music from the singer, songwriter and composer Aoife O Donovan as played by Brooklyn Rider. Hear string quartet music by multi-instrumentalist composer Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ, who plays a traditional Vietnamese string instrument on “Green River Delta,” in collaboration with Kronos Quartet. Plus, hear a work from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams that uses the string quartet as an ambient music ensemble, relying upon harmonics and on tones played on open strings. That, and more. PROGRAM #3686 Music for String Quartet (First aired on 1/21/2015)   ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Ken Thomson (JACK quartet) THAW Thaw, excerpt [1:41] Cantaloupe Records 21095 bangonacan.org Members of Either/Or Ensemble Striking; Whispers and Cries Andrew Byrne: Striking Parts 1 & 2 [7:32] Available for purchase directly through composer here: andrewbyrne.com JACK Quartet John Luther Adams: The Wind in High Places John Luther Adams: The Wind in High Places - Above Sunset Pass [7:24] Cold Blue Music CBM 41 coldbluemusic.com Ken Thomson (JACK quartet) THAW THAW: Thaw [10:55] Cantaloupe Music 21095 bangonacan.org Brooklyn Rider Almanac Aoife O'Donovan: Show Me [4:56] Mercury Classics / In A Circle Records #002159302 mercuryclassics.com Available at iTunes, Amazon.com, Emusic.com Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ with Kronos Quartet  Three-Mountain Pass Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ: Green River Delta/Luu Thuy Truong [4:40] Innova 866 innova.mu   Members of Either/Or Ensemble Striking; Whispers and Cries Andrew Byrne: Striking Parts 3 & 4 [8:30] Available for purchase directly through composer here: andrewbyrne.com

In this episode, we learn about Brian's passion for becoming a composer/musician, the constant challenges he faced with accepting that playing music could be a full-time profession that was meaningful and appreciated by others. Brian constantly struggled with accepting that working as a musician was a fine way of making a living, and eventually learned that he didn't need to work a traditional 9-5 job to contribute to the advancement of society. His genuine appreciation for the musical talent he was born with, his supportive environment, and the acknowledgement of the good luck he came across played a pivotal role in his success.  We also discuss how failure is a part of the process, how accepting failure can actually be an achievement in the grander scheme of things, and how failure serves as motivation to continue on your path, not as a deterrent from it. Brian Baumbusch is a composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Oakland, California, whose "harmonically vivid... intense... simmering" (NY Times) compositions push the boundaries of new music. He has spearheaded projects of both western and non-western music which are considered a “cultural treat” (Maryland Gazette). He has headlined performances at the Bali Arts Festival in Denpasar, The Smithsonian Instituion in Washington, The Clarice Smith Center of Maryland, Kresge Hall at MIT, Cambridge, The Yerba Buena Center of San Francisco, and the Prado Concert Series in Madrid, among others. He has collaborated with musicians such as The JACK Quartet, Evan Ziporyn, Pauline Oliveros, David Behrman, Wayne Vitale, and I Made Bandem. Baumbusch has conducted extensive research and collaborated with a variety of musicians from around the globe. In 2009, he founded the Cacho Ensemble in Madrid, dedicated to reviving traditional Argentinean folk music, which has performed throughout Europe and the United States. In 2010, Baumbusch completed the first full English translation of Atahualpa Yupanqui's epic poem "El payador perseguido.” The translation was presented at the Embassy of Argentina in Washington D.C., sponsored by the cultural attaché of the embassy, Francisco Achaval, who describes Baumbusch's playing as embodying “supurb technique which, while listening, took me back to the deep heartland of my country; he has found a way to sing zambas from the bottom of his soul.”  Baumbusch has also performed with and helped direct many Balinese gamelan groups across the U.S., including Dharma Swara of New York, Galak Tikka of Boston, Sekar Jaya of San Francisco, Gita Sari of Holy Cross, and Candra Kancana of Bard College. Dr. I Made Bandem describes Baumbusch as “a serious musician and composer whose profound understanding of Balinese music, dance, and culture has contributed a lot to the development of Balinese music.” In 2012, Baumbusch produced a large scale collaboration with the JACK Quartet and Balinese choreographers Dr. I Made Bandem and Dr. Suasthi Bandem, together with Dr. Bandem's performing group Makaradhwaja. They premiered their collaboration at the Bali Arts Festival in June, 2012. The Jakarta Post described the premiere saying "Baumbusch's overture was a grand and rich musical epic and instantly drew the crowd's amazement. Its patterns were intricate, a testament of Baumbusch's virtuosity and his ability to push the musicians to reveal the astounding ability of their instruments." Additionally, Baumbusch's arrangements of traditional gamelan pieces for string quartet caught the attention of David Harrington (violinist and director of the Kronos Quatet) who describes Baumbusch's work as  “one of the finest attempts to bring the string quartet into the world of Gamelan music. For a composer so youthful to possess this expertise is a very hopeful sign.”  In 2013, Baumbusch founded The Lightbulb Ensemble, an new-music composer's collective performing on steel instruments built and designed by Baumbusch. The group was highlighted in November of 2013 at the Performing Indonesia Festival at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, where they represented the advent of American experimental performing ensembles drawing heavy influence from gamelan music. In 2014, The Lightbulb Ensemble was awarded a major grant from the Gerbode Foundation, commissioning Baumbusch and his mentor and collaborator, Wayne Vitale, to compose an evening length work for The Lightbulb Ensemble to be premiered alongside Gamelan Sekar Jaya at the Yerba Buena Center of San Francisco, in May, 2015. The group is currently busy developing these ongoing projects. Baumbusch received his undergraduate degree from Bard College, where he studied microtonal composition with Kyle Gann, and received his M.A. in composition from Mills College, where he studied under various established composers including Chris Brown, Fred Frith, Roscoe Mitchell, and Zeena Parkins, among others. Baumbusch has lectured on composition and world music at the University of Maryland, The Smithsonian Institution, CalArts, Union College, Holy Cross, Bard College, Mills College, U.N. Reno, and the Escuela TAI of Madrid. He has additionally presented electronic music performances at UCSD, UCSB, CalArts, UNR and Mills College. He is currently based in the Bay Area. Website: brianbaumbusch.com Email: brianbaumbusch@yahoo.com ------- VISIT: www.progress-not-perfection.com SPREAD THE WORD: If you liked this episode, please subscribe in iTunes and WRITE A REVIEW. This is what helps make the podcast easily accessible to those who could benefit from it. GET NEW EPISODES DELIVERED TO YOUR PHONE: Download the Podcasts app and subscribe to the progress-not-perfection podcast to have new episodes delivered directly to your phone. FEEDBACK: If you want to bounce any ideas off me, provide show feedback, or guest recommendations, email me at zaid@progress-not-perfection.com.   

Gordon Wright, the Alaskan composer, conductor, professor and environmentalist, was John Luther Adams's best friend. When he died suddenly in 2007, Adams wrote three pieces for solo violin titled Three High Places, vignettes representing moments Adams and Wright shared while camping. These pieces eventually led Adams to write his first string quartet, at age 59, called The Wind in High Places. In a process that Adams likens to "primitive man discovers fire," he approached the traditional music form in a way that felt true to his compositional identity. The entire work is built on natural harmonics and open strings, allowing an airy, breathy timbre.  John Luther Adams wrote his first string quartet at age 59 as vignettes representing moments he and Gordon Wright shared while camping, and likens his approach to the traditional music form as "primitive man discovers fire." Download The Wind in High Places as Meet the Composer's first Bonus Track with John Luther Adams. The above audio is an exclusive live recording of this currently unavailable piece, performed recently in the Q2 Music Studios by the dynamic JACK Quartet. A studio recording of The Wind in High Places will come out in January 2015, again with JACK Quartet, on the label Cold Blue Music.

Yoshi a Japanese American composer and conductor who is currently a Teaching Fellow at Columbia University. His principal teachers at Columbia have been Fabien Lévy, Fred Lerdahl, and Tristan Murail. His music has been performed worldwide by such ensembles as JACK Quartet, Next Mushroom Promotion, and the Nieuw Ensemble. He was awarded the Gaudeamus Prize 2011. Other recent honors include an artistic residency fellowship from Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Umbertide, Italy, as well as a commission from Ensemble Intercontemporain. You can listen to more of his music at www.yoshionishi.com.In our conversation we talk about how and why he came to the U.S., how he gets his initial impulse when beginning a piece, and his relationship to social media.The first piece played in this podcast is Tramespace, performed by the Asko|Schönberg Ensemble conducted by Clark Rundell and recorded live by Richard de Gruyl for Concertzender/VPRO during Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2013. The second piece is Tr (épilogue) performed by Patrick McGuire.

Richard is a New York based composer, pianist and conductor. His music has been performed internationally by the New York Philharmonic, Vienna’s Konzerthaus, Darmstadt Summer Festival, Merkin Hall, JACK Quartet, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, and others. You can listen to more of his works at www.richardcarrick.comIn our conversation we talk about his origins as a club med baby, his use of Mihály Csíkszentmihályi’s Flow Concept, and the stylistic shifts that happened after his education.

Evan is a composer from the U.S. who is currently based in Berlin. He has also spent an extended amount of time in Norway where he studied at the Norwegian State Academy of Music. His music has been played by such groups as, Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Jack Quartet, and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. You can find more of his music at www.evangardner.com.In our conversation we talk about when a composer should or should not write safe music, the difference of expectations between European and American audiences, and risk assessment in both poker and composing.