The avant-garde and always-iconoclastic composer John Cage liked to think outside the box-the toolbox, that is. #3: Anatomy of a Prepared Piano for John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano Second Inversion’s Seth Tompkins covered the Washington leg of the tour in three blog posts. The touring ensemble performed works commissioned by eleven composers, all Eastman graduates and affiliates. In August 2016, we took an in-depth look at an exciting project that came to Washington’s national parks in honor of the National Parks Service’s centennial: Music in the American Wild. It’s been incredibly rewarding to bring unity and support to our vibrant community! We gave copies to all of the listed groups to distribute to their audiences to help spread the word about similar concerts. From unusual instruments to concerts in national parks, our music journalists covered the region far and wide!Įach month in 2016, Second Inversion and the Live Music Project created a monthly calendar featuring contemporary classical, cross-genre, and experimental performances in Seattle, the Eastside, Tacoma, and places in between.
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Posted in Concerts | Tagged Ailie Robertson, bang on a can, Bang on a Can Summer Festival, eve beglarian, John Schaefer, maggie molloy, Mark Stewart, Media Workshop, New Sounds, O of OI, Orchestra of Original Instruments, Samn Johnson, summer festival, Vicky Chow, Will Robin | Leave a reply Second Inversion’s Top 5 Blog Features of 2016Ģ016 was a great year for new blog series and features here at Second Inversion dot org. Explore the influence of space, time, and the cosmos in Johnson’s music through three of his pieces performed at this summer’s festival. “There’s something very comforting about music’s ability to manipulate time,” says composer Samn Johnson. The Bang on a Can Fellows performed just one rendition of the piece in an afternoon concert of Beglarian’s music. Or at least, that’s how many ways you can perform Eve Beglarian’s piece Play Like a Girl. There are 40,320 different ways to make music like a girl. Explore the influence of Scottish folk traditions in Robertson’s music through two pieces performed at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival. Scottish composer Ailie Robertson loves a good folk tale-and the spookier, the better. Click here to read more.įolk Songs from the Bang on a Can Festival
Go behind the scenes of her gallery performance of the Philip Glass Piano Etudes. That sign, of course, doesn’t apply to Vicky Chow. “Please do not touch or play this piano” reads the sign atop a shiny Yamaha grand standing in the center of the Wardwell Gallery at MASS MoCA. Vicky Chow Mesmerizes MASS MoCA (And She’s Just Warming Up) Take a step inside Stewart’s Orchestra of Original Instruments. The world is Mark Stewart’s orchestra, and every pipe, tube, tabletop, and balloon is an untapped vessel just waiting to make beautiful music. Click the links below to read each installment.īang on a Can, Sing through a Vacuum Tube
This July Second Inversion’s Maggie Molloy was thrilled to be among four writers covering the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival as a participant in the first ever Media Workshop ! Under the mentorship of John Schaefer (of WNYC’s New Sounds) and Will Robin (writer and musicologist), Maggie wrote five articles for the New Sounds website highlighting unforgettable musical moments from this year’s summer festival.
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Tune in at 98.1 FM, listen through our free mobile app, or click here to stream the interview online from anywhere in the world! Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Classical KING FM, contemporary classical, IRCAM, king fm, maggie molloy, Mike Brooks, Musical Chairs, Musical Chairs with Mike Brooks | Leave a reply Snapshots from the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival She’ll share memories from her week as a journalist covering the Bang on a Can Summer Festival, her summer spent studying experimental music composition at the IRCAM in Paris, her performances at the John Cage Musicircus and the Harry Partch Festival, her big break into the world of radio, and the composers who left her starstruck. This Friday, Maggie is the guest on Classical KING FM’s Musical Chairs with Mike Brooks, where she will share just a handful of her favorite recordings from across her musical career. In her current role as Second Inversion Editor, she curates our music library and programs all of the music you hear on our 24/7 online stream-and she also serves as an on-air host. Since joining the Second Inversion team in 2014, Maggie has written over 300 articles on new, experimental, avant-garde, and otherwise unconventional music. Lucky for her, she gets to do it for a living. Maggie Molloy likes listening to strange music.
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