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Maria João Pires: “I’m no longer a pianist” - Moto Perpetuo In an interview with Renascença, Maria João Pires reflects on life after the stage, following her June announcement to step away from performing and sell her Belgais Arts Centre.

Maria João Pires: “I’m no longer a pianist” - Moto Perpetuo bit.ly/4owcGOi #ClassicalMusic

Opinion | This activity freed me from the clock Joining an improv music ensemble transformed my relationship with time.

"I joined an improv music ensemble — and found freedom" wapo.st/3EpeAhV #ClassicalMusic #NewMusic #MusicEducation #Jazz

Musicians with disabilities aim to break stereotypes with performance in Boston Musicians are coming together in Boston for a concert featuring artists with physical or mental disabilities.

Musicians with disabilities aim to break stereotypes with performance in Boston cbsn.ws/4ihcdvb #NewMusic #ClassicalMusic #Boston #Berklee

Inside the Detail-Obsessed, Essential World of Music Editing When composers publish their scores or prepare them for performance, they need an editor — a role that rarely enjoys the classical music limelight.

This was an interesting perspective on music notation, editing, and publishing:

"Inside the Detail-Obsessed, Essential World of Music Editing"
nyti.ms/4hp9wHC #NewMusic #MusicEducation #ClassicalMusic #MusicNotation #Composing

From the Margins to the Mainstream: How the Synthesizer Conquered American Music Our conceptions of artifice and authenticity have always been mutually dependent. Ever since machines began to change the world and the way humans have thought about it, establishing the idea of th…

From the Margins to the Mainstream:
How the Synthesizer Conquered American Music
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Rondeau, Ostinato, and Fantasia // Juri Seo YouTube video by Collage New Music

New upload from Collage featuring a piece written by Juri Seo 🤙

"Rondeau, Ostinato, and Fantasia" (2018)
youtu.be/041bbZHejvw #NewMusic #ClassicalMusic #Boston

State of Being: Restoration or Conservation? » Early Music America Restoration means bringing an instrument back to a playable condition. Conservation is about preserving an instrument in its current state and ensuring its survival. Is "restorative conservation" the ...

Restoration or Conservation?

Restoration brings an instrument back to a playable condition. Conservation preserves an instrument in its current state, ensuring its survival. Is "restorative conservation" the solution? #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #MusicEducation bit.ly/42oyTW9

The Remarkable Contradictions of Dmitri Shostakovich It’s not easy to parse the composer’s ironic, often anguished music, even 50 years after his death.

The Remarkable Contradictions of Dmitri Shostakovich | San Francisco Classical Voice #ClassicalMusic #MusicHistory bit.ly/40rYMmO

Not your grandma's Shostakovich: How classical music is attracting younger audiences | CBC News Classical music is experiencing a surge in popularity, with the under-35 crowd listening more today than in years. Still, many orchestras and classical music institutions are struggling to recover fro...

How classical music is attracting younger audiences bit.ly/3BGF4du #ClassicalMusic #NewMusic #MusicEducation

Opinion | Schubert Is the Best Cure I Know for Loneliness Schubert’s final three piano sonatas are a deep exploration of loneliness, and particularly apt for our age of isolation.

An interesting piece from pianist Jonathan Biss:

Schubert Is the Best Cure I Know for Loneliness nyti.ms/3ZSlpPL #ClassicalMusic

Margaret Brouwer, Cleveland's unofficial composer laureate has no intention of stopping or slowing down – The Land One line you’ll probably never see on Margaret Brouwer’s lengthy “about” page is any reference to retirement.  Never mind that Brouwer will soon turn 85. Cleveland’s unofficial composer laureate has n...

Margaret Brouwer, Cleveland's unofficial composer laureate has no intention of stopping or slowing down – The Land bit.ly/4iN6IpB #ClassicalMusic

Composer Profile Submission Form — Institute for Composer Diversity This submission form allows for composers from historically excluded groups to create profiles for themselves or for profiles of deceased composers from those underrepresented groups to be created.

While I'm deciding whether or not to create a separate account for the Institute for Composer Diversity here, I wanted to make sure folks knew that we do have a profile form for composers who wish to have their works in our search resources—it only takes a couple of minutes to fill out!

Musician Interview: Cappella Clausura Explores the Light Amidst the Darkness - The Arts Fuse Among Artistic Director Holly Druckman's goals is to turn Cappella Clausura into a “very serious player in the Boston early-music-new music scene."

Cappella Clausura Explores the Light Amidst the Darkness

(The Arts Fuse) artsfuse.org?p=300907 #classicalmusic #Boston

Anchoring Shards of Memory - The American Scholar We don’t often associate Charles Ives and Gustav Mahler, but both composers mined the past to root themselves in an unstable present

"Among canonized composers of classical music, Charles Ives - born 150 years ago this autumn - possesses the most elusive, least stable reputation...Even our orchestras and instrumentalists perform him far less than they should."
bit.ly/47vMdIT #ClassicalMusic

I would listen to it! 😁

Perspective | Losing Bandcamp would mean losing a path into music’s future The new owner of the artist-friendly, community-minded music platform Bandcamp dumped half its staff this week. What next?

This is not good. 😟

Losing Bandcamp would mean losing a path into music’s future - wapo.st/3rU1D9F #NewMusic

Dystonia plagues musicians and has no easy remedies | Aeon Essays One day, my hand stopped speaking to my brain. As a doctor and flute player, I had to understand this strange affliction

"Musicians with dystonia will unconsciously change their body shape to preserve the integrity of the sounds"

Dystonia plagues musicians and has no easy remedies:
bit.ly/3PCEY9r