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A new must-read in Van: Georg Friedrich Haas is pushing microtonal music to its limits. My label just released his seminal, powerful Violin Concerto No. 2 with soloist Miranda Cuckson - and this article provides deeper insight into what drives the composer.

Send an email to people who's work you like. It's easy and generally makes folks happy to know people appreciate their work. Better than being paid in exposure points tbh.

Ellen Fullman & JACK at VMFA January 23 7pm free.

Take advantage of this last chance to experience A Trio Virtuosic today @ 2:30 PM, Rodef Shalom's Levy Hall. It is a rare opportunity to hear Andrew, Patty, & Scott perform in Levy Hall's exceptional acoustics, an intimate venue for them to perform in. We hope to see you there! chathambaroque.org

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Alex Ross has included our newest release - Georg Friedrich Haas's Violin Concerto No. 2 played by @mirandac.bsky.social Miranda Cuckson - on his latest playlist. Link to preorder (available Friday) in comments. therestisnoise.com/nightafterni...

Essential reading this week with George Grella illuminating the history, collaborative magic, and diaspora of new innovators flowing from the work of Terry Riley and La Monte Young. We would add composer Michael Harrison to the mix — a longtime acolyte of both! daily.bandcamp.com/lists/terry-...

If any of my higher ed colleagues need a visiting music professor for Spring 2026, let me know.

Tonight is music for violin and piano by composers who should be better known, but died too soon

20 years, today. A profoundly consequential release, inaugurating the Era of Julius. Not all of the results are to my taste but the erasure has been undone. Large Ups to Mary Jane Leach, David Borden, Paul Tai, and @newworlddram.bsky.social www.newworldrecords.org/products/jul...

Tonight at the DiMenna Center in Manhattan, 7:30 PM! Ekmeles + Mivos give the premiere of the ca. half-hour "O Maria" for six voices and four strings, alongside another big premiere from Taylor Brook and vocal music from Ekmeles's repertoire. See you there! www.ekmeles.com/11-1-25-O-Ma...

Album of the week: Antoine Tamestit plays Morton Feldman’s The Viola in My Life, a meditative cycle where the viola finds its most intimate voice. With the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne conducted by François-Xavier Roth and Harry Ogg. Discover more at moto-perpetuo.com/antoine-tame...

"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice."

“The trio approaches microtonal music with unsentimental respect,” writes Bill Meyer. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7986736...

Out now — Scott Ordway & Lorelei Ensemble: North Woods Scott Ordway's North Woods, written for the treble voice choir Lorelei Ensemble in 2014, is an exploration of the edges of understanding, the boundaries between the world of the cerebral known and the mystery of the irrational

And we are live! purlis.substack.com

These sounds rest on a sublime and tragic premise: fragile existence as a harmonious balance. Maybe what's especially audible today is the hope with which they were written. on.soundcloud.com/YeV0S0hCrbDN...

These sounds rest on a sublime and tragic premise: fragile existence as a harmonious balance. Maybe what's especially audible today is the hope with which they were written. on.soundcloud.com/YeV0S0hCrbDN...

Coming out this Friday — Lei Liang: String Quartets: Live These five works for string quartet by Lei Liang draw on some of his longest standing sources of inspiration, highlighting the depth of his connection to diverse musical traditions newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/string...

Tonight on Flotation Device: La Monte Young at 90 w/Riley, Zazeela & Cale. Plus the latest from Dai Fujikura, Dobrinka Tabakova, Partch Ensemble & Shardik, and Earshot Jazz & Seattle Opera previews. Sunday 10pm PDT 91.3fm kbcs.fm @kbcs.bsky.social @seattleopera.bsky.social @daifujikura.bsky.social

"In an extract from a new collection of writings and interviews by James Tenney, Douglas Kahn interviews the US Fluxus composer and theorist in 1999 about his influences and works." Read an extract from James Tenney: Writings And Interviews On Experimental Music:

It is always a pleasure to read Peter Margasak's monthly reflections and to listen to the music in his contemporary classical music column. And I am delighted that ‘Composer, Alone’ is in the September selection, as always with some beautiful thoughts. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

Bach Tunings by Marc Sabat / Johann Sebastian Bach anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/bach-t...

A few people on the label: @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social @mirandac.bsky.social @elmira-darvarova.bsky.social @synaphai.com

Out today.

It's time sawyereditions.bandcamp.com

Read an extract from James Tenney: Writings And Interviews On Experimental Music In an extract from this new collection, Douglas Kahn interviews the US Fluxus composer and theorist in 1999 about his influences and works. www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/book-extracts/read-an-extract-from

Released back in May, Chatherine Lamb's album, interius/exterius, features a special tuning system that inspires a transcendent, macrocosmic perspective.' Check it out and read more about it at:

#ClassicalMusic #NewMusic #Violin #music #música #musique #musicsky #musiciansky

Tonight in Greensboro.

Last day! Tomorrow back to the regular price.

It's Bandcamp Friday where 100% proceeds go towards the artists! collectionqb.bandcamp.com Owen Underhill: Songs and Quartets Jürg Frey: String Quartets Michael Oesterle: Quatuors Tom Johnson: Combinations Alvin Lucier: Navigations Aldo Clementi: Momento Éliane Radigue: Occam Delta XV

Very excited for this early-morning premiere with the incredible GBSR Duo in Aberdeen next month! sound-scotland.co.uk/event/james-...

davidbeardsley.bandcamp.com September 5, 2025 two new albums being time & the sky chases the bird

“The music that resonates with me and that I try to write uses microtonality as a tool. Shimmer Wince was a look at Just Intonation, which was an extension of the natural microtonality of my instruments" Anna Webber – Shimmer Wince - Organic Intelligence XLVII: #MicrotonalJazz buff.ly/ZbbhyVM

🅾🆄🆃 🆂🅾🅾🅽 - 🅶🅴🆃 🆈🅾🆄🆁 🆂🅿🅴🅲🅸🅰🅻 🅾🅵🅵🅴🆁! #BachTunings Marc Sabat & JS Bach #anothertimbre Sara Cubarsi & Xenia Gogu (violins) Arrangements of Bach's violin sonatas for two violins in just intonation tunings, with three introductory works by Marc Sabat. @anothertimbre.bsky.social

Tonight, violinist extraordinaire Miranda Cuckson with composer and electronics wizard Rand Steiger in works by Robert Rowe, Lidia Zielinska, Steiger, Diego Tedesco, and Kaija Saariaho @mirandac.bsky.social @randsteiger.bsky.social Night three of New York's indispensable TIME:SPANS Festival

The new contemporary music column at @bandcamp.com Daily is up w/ sounds from Laetitia Sonami, Hannah Kendall, Darragh Morgan, Kory Reeder, 70s San Diego, Vanessa Tomlinson, Teo Dora An Drea, Doris Dennison, Jürg Frey & Manuel Zurria, and Shannon Wettstein. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

Quartet 7, mvt 3…. newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ben-jo...

A new release from MicroFest Records. www.sequenza21.com/2025/07/brig...

“This is a disc that becomes more fascinating and involving the more you listen to it.” www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j... @jamesweeks.bsky.social

Today is the Last Day to Order a 25/26 Early Bird Priced Subscription Package I’m delighted to invite you on a musical journey spanning centuries and continents—promising unforgettable artistry, discovery & extraordinary performances. —Scott Pauley, Co-Artistic Director Subscribe chathambaroque.org

»Strands of Lunar Light« by guitarist and composer Fredrik Rasten is an exploration of spectral microtonality and just intonation for guitars. A speculative moonscape through sound, shaped by sub-audio vibrations and harmonic resonance. Out via Aspen Edities & available from www.anost.net

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Hi, I'm a composer based out of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Recently I've been working on videography and new methods of connecting music with video for live performance. I'm looking forward to connecting with other creative communities on bluesky!