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“Automation Divine”: Early Computer Music and the Selling of the Cold War
“Automation Divine”: Early Computer Music and the Selling of the Cold War
October 10 2018 / Articles
By Matthew Guerrieri
Matthew Guerrieri dives deep into something particular about the early days of computer music in the United States. It got its start, quite literally, in the off-hour downtime of the military-industrial complex.
George Tsontakis—Getting Out of My Introvertism
George Tsontakis—Getting Out of My Introvertism
October 1 2018 / Conversations
By Frank J. Oteri
Although George Tsontakis has had a career that most American composers would envy, he aspires to a hermetic existence in the middle of the woods and composes something only when...
My Search for Ben Weber
My Search for Ben Weber
October 17 2018 / Articles
By Roger Tréfousse
Ben Weber was an enigma. He was a twelve tone composer whose lushly harmonic music is often described as tonal. He was a deeply serious, intellectual artist in the metaphysical...

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Show Up, Stay Awake, and Tell the Truth
Show Up, Stay Awake, and Tell the Truth
This week, Paul Elwood shares his essential composition tips.
Sound, Architecture II: Fog, Ruins, and Ellington
Sound, Architecture II: Fog, Ruins, and Ellington
Creating sound for a large outdoor installation had been a dream of Neil Leonard's for years. But when the opportunity finally arrived, it was filled with a list of elements...
Garlands for Steven Stucky
Garlands for Steven Stucky
Steven Stucky died much too soon—and for so many of us, unacceptably—at the age of 66. The CD recording Garlands for Steven Stucky is a collection of short piano pieces...

Channeling the Messengers
Channeling the Messengers
The fact is, if we’re really doing our jobs as artists, we don’t know what we’re doing. Yes, the work needs to be applied and the technique needs to be...
Only in Los Angeles?
Only in Los Angeles?
It could be said that Los Angeles has conspired, by countless means and for many decades, to make itself into as hospitable an environment for new music as possible.
New Music USA Announces Interim Plans During Nationwide Search for New President and CEO
New Music USA Announces Interim Plans During Nationwide Search for New President and CEO
New Music USA staff member Deborah Steinglass has assumed the role of Interim CEO (effective October 1, 2018) while the organization’s board of directors is involved in a nationwide search...
The Autobiographical Impulse in Composition
The Autobiographical Impulse in Composition
No matter what an artist does, the choices are often subconscious, based on personal experience and background. This background dictates where we take our music.
It’s All People. And It’s All Connected
It’s All People. And It’s All Connected
Writing all of this down has been an opportunity to sort through some of the chaos of the last ten years or so. I’ve never really sat down and written...
Remembering Randy Weston (1926-2018)—A True Musical Giant
Remembering Randy Weston (1926-2018)—A True Musical Giant
On September 1, 2018, we lost a true musical giant, innovator, NEA Jazz Master, and a warrior for the elevation of African-American pride and culture.
Sound, Architecture, and Necromancy
Sound, Architecture, and Necromancy
Neil Leonard is drawn to exploring sound in unusual architectural spaces—locations he finds by accident, through recommendations from friends, and by searching for sites with peculiar histories. This week he...
Surfing on a Constantly Shifting Bed of Earthquaking Sand Dunes
Surfing on a Constantly Shifting Bed of Earthquaking Sand Dunes
You don’t get to just change one part of your life at once. That’s not what life is. Life is where you surf on a constantly shifting bed of earthquaking...
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Esperanza Spalding

Born: Thursday, October 18, 1984 Portland, Oregon

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