Ted Hearne on The Source
On Thursday night I went to the LA Opera/Beth Morrison Projects production of Ted Hearne’s The Source at REDCAT. This is an incredibly important work, and one that needs to be experienced with Daniel...
View ArticleAlexander Noice: Music Made With Voices
“Is that 8-bit game music?” My boyfriend asked, overhearing the song Karina Kallas. His question was surprisingly apt. Alexander Noice’s Music Made With Voices, published by Orenda Records, features...
View ArticleCellist Ashley Walters on Sweet, Sweet Anxiety
Cellist Ashley Walters. Photo by Todd H. Carlson. Perhaps the title here is a hair misleading – as far as we know, Ashley Walters, cellist, does not have anxiety. We do know that she’s on of the most...
View ArticleThe Lyris Quartet at Music and Conversations
On Saturday, November 12, 2016 Music and Conversations presented the Lyris Quartet in a concert of music ranging from Bach and Mozart to Shostakovich, along with new contemporary works by Jane Brockman...
View ArticleSynchromy + HOCKET present Crusoe at LACC
Composer/pianist/HOCKET member Sarah Gibson emptying out a treasure chest during Synchromy’s performance of Rzewski’s Crusoe. Photo by Adam Borecki. If there were any doubts that the LA new-music scene...
View ArticleIntroducing Elliott Goldkind
You might have seen Elliott Goldkind’s wonderful review of the Synchromy/HOCKET concert last week (click here for that). That was his first article for New Classic LA, but it certainly won’t be the...
View ArticleAkhnaten: Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Resurrected at LA Opera
The daughters of Akhnaten. (Photo: Craig T. Mathew / LA Opera) Coinciding with a period of cooler, shorter days, and political change (even upheaval), the LA Opera staged a generous month-long run of...
View ArticleAreon Flutes: “Thrive”
As a fellow Miyazawa flutist, I could hardly contain my excitement about this review. Thrive is Areon Flutes’ third full album release and innova Recordings debut. The flute chamber music ensemble...
View ArticleTuesdays at MonkSpace preview: Trio Kobayashi and Contemporary Choral...
This Tuesday, Tuesdays @ Monk Space presents an eclectic evening of new choral and brass music featuring a double bill with the Trio Kobayashi (Allen Fogle, Matt Barbier, and Luke Storm) and C3LA...
View ArticleAlbum Preview: Hopscotch
I’m submitting this as my review of the soon-to-be-released recording of The Industry’s Hopscotch opera project, but here’s the thing: No such thing exists. Conceived by The Industry’s Artistic...
View ArticleNear Year, New Writer: Meet Cristina Lord
Close followers of New Classic LA will have seen the interviews that composer Cristina Lord conducted with musicians for Tuesdays at Monk Space, as we reprinted them here and here. We got to talking...
View ArticleReview: Nicholas Chase: Bhajan
Cold Blue Music is releasing a new album by Nicholas Chase titled Bhajan (CB0046). An engaging mix of electronics and brilliant violin playing by Robin Lorentz, Bhajan is inspired by Hindu devotional...
View ArticleReview: Cipher Duo’s West Coast Tour Kickoff
Cipher Duo consists of soprano Justine Aronson and violinist Sarah Goldfeather. This week, they commence their West Coast tour. I was fortunate to see their Wednesday night performance in Geiringer...
View ArticlePreview: CSULB Laptop Ensemble Comes to Tuesdays @ Monk Space this week
The CSULB Laptop Ensemble The Laptop Ensemble from Cal State Long Beach is coming to Tuesdays at Monk Space on January 24 to perform Voyage, a reconceptualization of German lied by Schubert, Schumann,...
View ArticleReview: Equal Sound presents Battle Trance @ Live Arts LA
I had never heard of Battle Trance before attending this show. What little I did know was what I read on the Facebook event page, and gleaned from talking to other concert goers. I don’t believe I even...
View ArticleReview: Hub New Music and Kelsey Broersma at Sound and Fury
Hub New Music, an artist-led chamber group hailing from Boston, made their West Coast premiere on Sunday, January 29 at the Sound and Fury Concert at Lineage Performing Arts Center in Pasadena....
View ArticleInterview: Nicholas Chase and Robin Lorentz
Composer Nicholas Chase and violinist Robin Lorentz have a joint performance at Tuesdays @ Monk Space on February 21. This event will mark the world premiere performance of Chase’s electro-acoustic...
View ArticleReview: Mark Menzies plays Nono, Chao, and Ulman
On February 3, 2017 wasteLAnd presented the second in a series of four concert appearances – titled 4:7 – by master violinist Mark Menzies. A long time presence on the Los Angeles new music scene,...
View ArticleNow Hear Ensemble’s Anthony Paul Garcia on Mirrors
Now Hear Ensemble (Federico Llach, Amanda Kritzberg, Adriane Hill, Anthony Paul Garcia, and Jonathan Morgan) Now Hear, UC Santa Barbara’s resident ensemble, will be performing Mirrors on February 17,...
View ArticleFirst Take: Nicholas Deyoe on Haydn’s Head
The 2017 edition of The Industry and wild Up’s First Take is right around the corner. On February 24, the world’s most audacious opera company presents scenes from works-in-progress by six composers....
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