This week I interviewed Nolan Stolz about his upcoming concert, which features works composed simultaneously in a 60-minute time span. The concert is being sponsored by New Music Hartford, and is a benefit for the South Park Inn.

Nolan Stolz in the Recording Studio

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Later tonight I’m going to be interviewing composer Nolan Stolz about his work, and his annual concert that celebrates compositions written in under 60 minutes. In this video, we see him performing his composition titled 6/12/09.

premiere performance of “6/12/09″ (for electromagnetic waves, 2 TV antennas, 2 DTV converter boxes, wah-wah and distortion pedals) [...]

Les Paul passed away on Thursday. He was 94. Musically, he was more involved with popular entertainment than with the kind of music that we write about on this blog. But he invented an instrument that, in many respects, defined twentieth century musical innovation: the solid-body electric guitar.

Beyond defining the sound of [...]

Today I caught up with Elliot Miles McKinley, one of the members of the electroacoustic imrpovisation group earWorm.

In the interview, we talk about the group’s creative process, and how the four composers work as an ensemble. McKinley elaborates on the surprises and enlightening moments that occur when improvising with computers.

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Later today, I’m going to be talking with composer Elliot Miles McKinley. McKinley is a member of the improvisatory electroacoustic ensemble earWorm. We will be discussing the new, self-titled album from the group.

For now, here’s a video of the group performing at Michiana.

This summer, Central Park is home to some new electroacoustic music by John Morton.

This summer, avant–garde composer John Morton’s sonic collage, Central Park Sound Tunnel, will be installed in one of Central Park’s iconic pedestrian tunnels between the Central Park Zoo and the Tisch Children’s Zoo at 65th Street. Beginning every half–hour with the [...]