By Mark Gresham | 26 Jun 2010 HOOKAHRMONIUM* (hookah + harmonium) is the name I’ve coined for the melodicas that Klimchak and Stuart Gerber are playing with the long tube extensions to the normal mouthpiece, allowing them to have […]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
VNPAC: Into the Future—A composer’s view of orchestral initiative [NewMusicBox]
By Mark Gresham | 18 Jun 2010, NewMusicBox Three days at the League of American Orchestras conference, and yes, I have not blogged once until now. That may actually be good in the long run. What’s good is rather […]
Bridging the Venue Gap
A pair of underpasses along Atlanta’s proposed Beltline become improvised amphitheaters for drumming duos. by Mark Gresham | 12 Jun 2010 OVERARCHING THEME: Keith Leslie and Klimchak improvise in front of a lively mural gracing an abutment under the […]
Birds of a Feather
by Mark Gresham Last night’s performance by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus unveiled a pair of world premieres by composers Jennifer Higdon and Michael Gandolfi, placing them on the front burner ahead of intermission, and leaving one of […]