A program featuring two works premiered and recorded by Riverside Symphony over the past year: Artistic Director and Composer-in-Residence Anthony Korf's Symphony No. 3 and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon's Silueta Como Sirena. This fall, these works will also be released on Bridge Records via two separate CDs devoted to works by the respective composers.

Curated by music journalists Alex Ross of the New Yorker and Kyle Gann of Bard College, Icebreaker IV: The American Future was presented by the Seattle Chamber Players from January 25th to January 27th of this year. This critic's choice festival of emerging American music featured 10 world premieres commissioned by the ensemble.

On January 8, 2008, the renovated Kaufman Center in New York City reopened Merkin Hall, unveiling improvements to the hall's public spaces, as well as technical upgrades in the performance and backstage areas.

The Kaufman Center celebrated with a special night of music that encompassed work by Margaret Lowe, Aaron Jay Kernis, Aaron Copland, and Ira Mowitz.

Photo by Stefan Bremer

Esa-Pekka Salonen (b. 1958) writes music of astounding variety and energy. This Portrait, recorded on October 5th at Columbia University's Miller Theatre, will span three decades of composition, from the tart Technicolor of his early music to the frenetic hardcore of his more recent work.

Selections from Either/Or's 2007 Spring Festival.

Founded in 2004 by composer/pianist Richard Carrick and percussionist David Shively, Either/Or performs music for unconducted chamber ensemble or soloists. Its programs focus on American experimental music, its influence on the European avant-garde, and the works of emerging composers.

So Percussion Photo by Ian Fry, 2006

Listen Now: Concert Preview Interview (Windows Media)

More information about the ensemble's November 9, 2007, concert at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History is available here.

So Percussion Photo by Ian Fry, 2006

Tune in November 15 @ 9 p.m. and November 18 @ 3 p.m. for concert performances of work by Jason Treuting and Paul Lansky

Listen Now: Concert Preview Interview (Windows Media)

More information about the ensemble's November 9, 2007, concert at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History is available here.

In 1996, composers Philip Glass, Eleonor Sandresky, and Lisa Bielawa created Music at the Anthology as an advocacy vehicle for young composers--presenting their pieces on a week-long festival held each spring in New York City. To date, MATA has commissioned 39 works, and has presented over 120 performances of pieces by composers such as Gordon Beeferman, Derek Bermel, Nick Brooke, Annie Gosfield, Patrick Grant, Nico Muhly and many more.

In honor of Music at the Anthology's 10th anniversary season, we've put together a highlight reel of world premiere concert recordings drawn from a decade's worth of MATA festival performances. We hope you enjoy the ride.

CS Concert Broadcast: ACO/Penn Presents New Music Readings
Welcome to Counterstream Radio's premiere concert broadcast. To kick things off, we present the American Composers Orchestra's ACO/Penn Presents New Music Readings concert recorded live in the Prince Theater at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on April 14.

This was the first year this performance and professional development opportunity for Philadelphia-area composers was held, and five composers, all in the early stages of their professional careers, were selected to participate. Over the course of the next hour, we'll hear work by Michael Djupstrom, John B. Hedges, David Laganella, Greg Spears, and Alan Tormey. Preceding each piece, the composers themselves speak briefly about their work with the evening's MC, ACO Artistic Director Robert Beaser. Conductor Jeffrey Milarsky is on the podium leading the ACO.

This program was made possible due to the generosity of the participating composers, ACO musicians and administration, and with support from the Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund and The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.