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What the Optics of New Music Say to Black Composers
November 14 2018 / Articles
By Anthony R. Green
The absence of music by black composers in concert programming and academic institutions tells them that they are not wanted, no matter how much success they gain. The new music community has not only the responsibility, but also the incentive, to change this.
Bun-Ching Lam: Home is Where You Park Your Suitcase
November 1 2018 / NewMusicBox
By Frank J. Oteri
Born in Macau, educated in Hong Kong and California, and now dividing her time between Paris and Upstate New York, Bun-Ching Lam creates music that is shaped by her multicultural...
Help Me Help You: What Orchestra Managements Need from the New Music Community
November 7 2018 / Articles
By Patrick Castillo
There are a great number of interlocking gears in motion behind every orchestral programming decision. Understanding this can help all of us in the new music community be constructive, rather...

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Taking a Cue: Accompanying Early Film
Many cue sheets for silent film show notations where the performer swapped out a suggested piece with one they already knew or owned. Claire Hamack, an accompanist whose scores, photoplay...
Always In The Moment—Remembering Roy Hargrove (1969-2018)
Roy Hargrove (1969-2018) was always only in the moment, hard and sincerely. In that moment, he meant everything he did; he meant every word he said; he felt everything he...
Toward a Music of the Spheres
It’s August and I can finally turn my head to a collaboration with Polish violinist Kinga Augustyn for a concert in mid November—a piece for solo violin influenced by Bach’s...

New Music for a New Art Form: Photoplay Music
The advent of the moving picture brought about the development of an enormous amount of new music composed specifically to accompany film. There are hundreds of pieces in the Silent...
Musical Experiences in Daily Life
Looking at life through a musical lens, I see many correspondences that are perhaps easier to see in a city like New York, where the counterpoint of life is omnipresent.
A New Music Halloween Playlist Curated By Vanessa Ague
Our friend and colleague Vanessa Ague agreed to curate a Halloween-themed playlist with works that she sourced from across the New Music USA platform. She found some great tracks!
The Irresistible Soundtrack to Terror
Originally recorded for Counterstream Radio in 2008, Diamanda Galás presents selections from "The Exorcist" (1973), "Squirm" (1976), "The Alligator People" (1959), "The Mechanic" (1972), "Blood of Dracula" (1957), "Sisters" (1973),...
Six Great Film Composers Tell Their Own Stories in Music for Solo Piano
Montage: Great Film Composers and the Piano was a collaboration that was bound to happen one day given my years of living in Los Angeles and working with composers.
Determining a Different Outcome
Paul Elwood confesses that he used to become jealous, mildly enraged, or depressed by the accomplishments of others until he realized how pointless it was to hold his own creative...
The Secret Lives Of Composers Who Work In The Trades
The only way you fail at art is if you stop doing it. There's no reason a composer can't be a plumber or an electrician instead of a teacher. All...
Reclimbing the Heaven Ladder
The idea for playing some joint recitals with Terry Riley was conceived in January 2017 when I met up with him at one of his solo concerts at Los Angeles’...
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Brian Friedland

Born: Monday, November 15, 1982

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