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Changing Listening — Feldman & Brown at 100

Changing Listening — Feldman & Brown at 100

What do we listen to, and how? Time stopped, and I could no longer move, caught by the sound of the viola. And then, the sound of that small bell pierced my chest. The third sound stopped closer than I had expected. And I could not believe that time. That

Second Modern / Rebecca Saunders

Second Modern / Rebecca Saunders

Modernism was an approach that sought new forms of expression through sound, developed by composers such as Schoenberg, Webern, Stravinsky, Varèse, Boulez, Stockhausen, and Ligeti. Schoenberg dismantled tonality and moved toward twelve-tone technique; Webern treated pitch, timbre, intensity, duration, and even the silence between sounds as compositional elements; Varèse

The Eco Sound System — Katherine Young’s BIOMES

The Eco Sound System — Katherine Young’s BIOMES

The BIOMES Release at Roulette On September 17, at Roulette in Brooklyn, the album release performance will feature Yarn/Wire performing BIOMES 6.0, a world premiere by Young and Olivia Block using tape machines, and an improvisation by Young, Brian Chase, and Ben LaMar Gay. What is worth hearing

Beyond the 88 Keys — Daniel Schreiner Expands Our Listening

Beyond the 88 Keys — Daniel Schreiner Expands Our Listening

The release party for Unmoored, the debut album by New York–based pianist and composer Daniel Schreiner, will take place on September 12 at the New York gallery MISE-EN_PLACE. 'Unmoored' Recital + Release Party! September 12 | 7 PM – 9 PM Daniel Schreiner — Piano MISE-EN_PLACE 45

Talea SYNCHRONISM

Talea SYNCHRONISM

When Live Sound Meets Electronic Sound — Davidovsky × Talea Ensemble Talea Ensemble’s “SYNCHRONISMS” series begins in September. Centered on the works of Davidovsky, the series brings together music from different periods and composers, extending this idea into the contemporary performance space. The first program features works by Gubaidulina and Beethoven

In Sound

In Sound

Saunders by Talea Ensemble TIME:SPANS 2026 #12 — Talea Ensemble and conductor James Baker in the U.S. premieres of Rebecca Saunders’s Scar (Triptych II) and Skull (Triptych III). These two works are the second and third parts of Saunders’s Triptych. The first work, Skin, was performed by

Deep Listening to the Abyss

Deep Listening to the Abyss

8.28.2026 Deep listening does not take us beyond sound. It takes us deeper into sound—until we reach the edge of the abyss. Sofia Gubaidulina — Sound, Spirit, and Transformation Sofia Gubaidulina (1931–2025), together with Alfred Schnittke and Edison Denisov, was one of the leading composers of contemporary