We wish all the constituencies—musicians, patrons, donors, board, the city of New York—well as they seek to honor the Metropolitan Opera’s stated mission to provide “a vibrant home for the most creative and talented artists working in the multidisciplinary field of opera, including singers, conductors, composers, orchestra musicians, stage directors,… Read More
by Melissa J. de Graaf The Composers’ Forum was a weekly series of new and contemporary music concerts sponsored by the Federal Music Project and Works Progress Administration (WPA). It showcased such diverse composers as Aaron Copland, Amy Beach, Henry Cowell, and Ruth Crawford Seeger. Q&A sessions between composers and… Read More
Peter Maxwell Davies:Eight Songs for a Mad King Jayn Rosenfeld, fluteJean Kopperud, clarinetLinda Quan, violinHaleh Abgari, singer/shrieker The New York New Music Ensemble, established 1976, has made available its extensive archive, including communications with composers, presenters,… Read More
by D. Kern Holoman The term “radical chic” was invented to describe Leonard Bernstein. Tom Wolfe’s “That Party at Lenny’s” was an irreverent look for New York magazine at a 1970 fund-raiser held in the Bernsteins’ Park Avenue penthouse for the… Read More