... what the current trends are in classical music from the people writing in the industry. Several composers and I have started exchanging emails (on a not so regular basis) along with score snippets and ... comfortable just dropping them an email. So, I rather depend on other ways to learn about the processes these composers go through when composing music. Philip Glass is releasing a book, 'Glass Box: ...

Some time ago, I blogged about Composers, Inc. and their upcoming season. I based my posting on an item in SFCV's Music News ... and picked up a mistake based on a misreading of a press release from Composers, Inc. Here's the correct information about the upcoming season: ... , Martin Rokeach, and Allen Shearer.My apologies to Composers, Inc., for the major error I made in spelling out what the new works ...

... Youth Symphony regarding this program they're putting on for young composers and musicians, meaning 22 and under. There is an application fee ... continuing Orchestrations +, a collaborative workshop with the American Composers Orchestra/EarShot whereby students arrange, and compose ... excited already! The press release lists guest composers such as Kernis, Muhly, and Reich, plus performers like Jason ...

announces its special 2008-09 season opening concert to take place on Friday evening November 7, 2008, 8PM at the GREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL Renee Weiler Auditorium 46 Barrow Street in Greenwich Village (between Seventh Ave. S and Bedford Street, NYC) New Music Connoisseur magazine and the Composers Concordance combine forces to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Composers Concordance [...]

... by Francine Stock, these landmark programmes will compare the greatest classical composers we have ever known to find the greatest composer ever.Visionaries is a stimulating, interactive seven-part series that debates the merits of some of the most innovative and iconic composers from the field of classical music, examining the geniuses behind some of the greatest ...

... this will be bi-weekly? Or, even better...whenever I feel like it? Sounds about right. This weeks list is composers! I'm not limiting it to any certain genre, the only criteria is that the composer is alive [there is one exception ... he was born in 1960.] Let's get started, shall we? My picks for the Top Ten Composers of Our Time [so far that is...]: 10. Philip Glass -- Composed for Secret Window, ...