Technically, it’s probably safe to say that here on the Mid-Atlantic coast we experienced spring for most of winter, but even so, it was a very nice thing to throw open the windows this week, and putter around the house in shorts and flip-flops—the first sockless days of spring are very exciting! To add to...
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Mar 28, 2012 • This is quite possibly the very most wonderful version of John Cage's 4'33" EVER.
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Mar 16, 2012 • I attended Quaker school from kindergarten through 12th grade, so I am very, very familiar with the moment of silence. We had lots of moments of silence, and we also had a lot of half hours of silence in the form of Quaker Meeting. Although it wasn’t intentional, these periods of silence turned out to...
One of the great things about my day job is having the opportunity to meet, talk to, and listen to the music of living, breathing composers from all walks of life. Over the past few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of writing about the music of two composer heroines of mine. They both entered my...
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Feb 21, 2012 • I am thrilled and honored to be composing a new work for the Seattle Symphony 2012-13 Sonic Evolution program! The mission of Sonic Evolution is to feature orchestral commentary on Seattle’s legacy of inventive and groundbreaking popular music, so my new piece will reflect upon the legacy of the progressive rock group Yes and will...
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Feb 20, 2012 • Introducing a new addition to the composer-cat continuum! Although I had no intention whatsoever of having a pet when I moved to Baltimore (I have enjoyed having cats in the past, but it’s been several years since the last batch) it seems that the universe had other plans. This guy showed up on the front...
Holy Moly. Hi! Has it seriously been nine months? It’s turrrrble, so much radio silence. Believe it or not, I have actually been writing all this time! In fact, I’ve probably written more words in the past nine months than in the last nine years (rest assured that I am just as surprised as you...
Last week in New York was one big concert frenzy, and I had a blast! Notable things included: Goose bumps! A clear signal that something very excellent is in progress. I experienced more than one episode of these as a result of: Roomful of Teeth at the Ecstatic Music Festival. They delivered an utterly delightful,...
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Jan 31, 2011 • All I can think to say about 2011 so far is whoa. More on that later! The good people from Roulette sent the recordings from my November performance, and I have whipped together a mix of Now or Never for your listening pleasure. It’s going to snow! Again. Buy milk! Buy bread! Buy toilet paper!!...
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Dec 14, 2010 • Although this year I wasn’t able to make it out to the Baltimore enactment of Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night, the annual event organized by The Contemporary Museum’s Mobtown Modern Music Series, I did have a total blast putting together a new music holiday mixtape to accompany the event! I chose the tracks, which were then...
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Nov 24, 2010 • First of all, last week’s concert at Roulette was, to quote an enthusiastic listener, “absolutely bloody amazing!” Seriously. All of the musicians gave 150%, and I think the choice to follow three pieces for solo instrument and electronics with an acoustic ensemble work provided just the right sort of juxtaposition, or….palette-cleansing? Particularly notable was Logan...
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Nov 17, 2010 • Logan Coale is a native of Portland, Oregon. Logan is the Assistant Principal Bass of the Sarasota Opera Orchestra and is on faculty at the Kinhaven Music School in Weston, Vermont. In New York, Logan is a member of NOW Ensemble, The Knights Chamber Orchestra, and William Brittelle’s Television Landscape. He also performs regularly with...
