• Aug 27, 2016

"A language and a style are blind forces; a mode of writing is an act of solidarity.”--Roland Barthes in his essay “Writing Degree Zero”. At the moment, there is little solidarity in the act of composing music. Boulez …

• Jun 09, 2016

Every major orchestra should program Imbrie's music. Riverside Symphony, in New York City collaborated with the Virtuoso Singers

• Feb 15, 2016

​W I L L Y on the W E B Old Music from Renaissance through early 20th C Hindemith Rondo https://youtu.be/I6JnsRdWmFc This has not been available for very long, and it already has over 600 hits.Very promising. Now I …

• Feb 05, 2016

Babbitt & Historicism ( work in progress ) In the famous & infamous “Who Cares if You Listen?” article in Stereo Review, Babbitt used the word, “evolve”. His detractors and even some of his admirers pounced …

• Jul 16, 2015

Francois Campion's Presl From a concert in Brno in 2011 or so

• May 24, 2014

I think of the 3rd structural key as the one the composer elects, while the 2nd structural key (dominant) is "natural", because it is found on every time scale including the smallest--the overtone series. Examples: In Haydn …