New Music

NAT 28, a contemporary music ensemble based in Pittsburgh. (credit: Nadine Sherman Photography)
NAT 28, a contemporary music ensemble based in Pittsburgh. (credit: Nadine Sherman Photography)

Review: Pittsburgh’s NAT 28 performs richly rewarding repertoire

William Ford | 10 JUN 2019 PITTSBURGH, PA—  NAT 28 is a new music performing group in the Pittsburgh area. It is the resident ensemble at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in the tony suburb of Mt. Lebanon. NAT 28 […]

Frank J. Oteri interviews composer George Walker For NewMusicBox, with Molly Sheridan behind the camera. (Photyo: Frank Schramm)
Documenting living American music history: Frank J. Oteri interviews composer George Walker For NewMusicBox, with Molly Sheridan behind the camera. The interview took place in August 2017, one year before Walker's death in August 2018 at age 95. * (Photo: Frank Schramm)

How to exist: 20 years of NewMusicBox [NMBx]

EarRelevant Staff | 28 MAY 2019 Web-based publications may be the norm today, but when NewMusicBox went live on May 1, 1999, it was a relative rarity. It is one example of longevity for a form of music journal […]

Thomas Hampson and Luca Pisaroni as the old and young Lorenzo Da Ponte. (credit: Lynn Lane)
Thomas Hampson and Luca Pisaroni as the old and young Lorenzo Da Ponte. (credit: Lynn Lane)

Report: The Phoenix, a world premiere by Houston Grand Opera

Mark Buller | 06 May 2019 HOUSTON, TX—  I was privileged to attend the world premiere of The Phoenix by Tarik O’Regan and John Caird last week at Houston Grand Opera. This was HGO’s 66th world premiere, a feat […]

Money Mark plays the Echolodeon at Moogfest. (credit: Scott Burland)
Money Mark plays the Echolodeon at Moogfest. (credit: Scott Burland)

A Moogfest journal

Scott Burland | 2 MAY 2019 – Special to EarRelevant Moogfest celebrated its 15th anniversary last weekend, April 25-28, in Durham, North Carolina. Named in honor of pioneer synthesizer designer Robert Moog, since 2004 Moogfest has acted a forum […]