Summer Vibes (and Marimbas!) with Erin Jorgensen and Friends
For vacationers, beachgoers, and students fresh out of class, summertime is all about good vibes. But what about musicians and concertgoers? If the seasonal concert slump has put a damper on your...
View ArticleA Field Guide to ‘Songs and Structures’
Composer Harold Meltzer spoke with Second Inversion soon after his album Songs and Structures was released earlier this year, directly before he was about to leave for a composer’s residency in Italy....
View ArticleAugustin Hadelich Brings Brahms and Ligeti Together (at Last?)
What do Brahms and Ligeti have in common? More than you might think. Violinist Augustin Hadelich brings the two disparate composers together on his latest album, highlighting the unlikely similarities...
View ArticleJohn Lunn on Pop Music, Minimalism, and Composing for Downton Abbey
The long-awaited Downton Abbey movie has just been released, as has its fantastic score by John Lunn. Lunn is the Emmy Award-winning composer of the soundtrack for the Downton Abbey TV show as well. In...
View ArticlePREVIEW: Roomful of Teeth Performs Bryce Dessner’s ‘Triptych’
Interview by Dacia Clay; Text by Maggie Molloy Thirty years after Robert Mapplethorpe’s death, his controversial photographs remain radical and subversive. In a new multimedia tribute called Triptych...
View ArticleSeattle Symphony Spotlight: Flutist Claire Chase
Claire Chase is a flutist with a flair for the new, the adventurous, and the unexpected. She’s given the premieres of hundreds of new works for her instrument in performances throughout the world. In...
View ArticleFloating Through ‘Triadic Memories’: Jesse Myers on the Music of Morton Feldman
It’s easy to lose track of time amid the sparse tones of Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories. The 90-minute solo piano work lends itself well to meditation—which is exactly the idea behind pianist Jesse...
View ArticleNW Focus Stories: Tales from Seattle’s Classical Music Luminaries
Not all classical music unfolds onstage. Behind the scenes, there is an entire ecosystem of artists, audiences, administrators, educators, and innovators who bring classical music to life in the...
View ArticleCellist Seth Parker Woods: New Sounds, New Formats, New Faces
Performing on an instrument made of ice, introducing a high-tech concert hall, and taking musical inspiration from the worlds of dance and martial arts are all in a day’s work for cellist Seth Parker...
View ArticleTime Isn’t After Us: Nat Evans on ‘Time Being’
Seattle composer, interdisciplinary artist, and farmer Nat Evans released Time Being in August of 2019, but it’s hard not to feel like it was written for our present cultural moment. Thankfully, we got...
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