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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Announce 2016 MusicNOW Collaboration

Music Director Louis Langrée and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) are happy to announce the program and artists for their 3rd annual artistic collaboration with Bryce Dessner's MusicNOW Festival, taking place at the Cincinnati's Music Hall March 18 and 19, 2016. The festival's mission is to present the best in contemporary music, offer artists an opportunity to take risks and commission new work. The celebrated artists and composers who have gathered at past festivals include Sufjan Stevens, Kronos Quartet, Grizzly Bear, Philip Glass, Nico Muhly, The National, Glen Hansard, eighth blackbird and Steve Reich.
By Shane Jordan

  • Judith Shatin Brings Xbox Workshop to ACO coLABoratory

    After illustrating what the technology can do through her sketch, Red Moon, this March composer Judith Shatin will be bringing her experimental Xbox powered Black Moon project to American Composers Orchestra's (ACO) coLABoratory workshop -- the world's first and only Research and Development lab for experimental new music. In preparation for her world premiere of Black Moon by the ACO at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hal this fall, the workshop, open free to the public March 5, will show how Shatin developed the video-gaming system's motion-sensing input device, the Kinect, into a musical instrument capable of reacting in real-time.
    By Shane Jordan

  • PBS ‘Live From Lincoln Center ‘ Season 41 Premiere Featuring Richard Tucker Opera Gala

    PBS kicks off the 41 season of 'Live From Lincoln Center' tonight with “From Bocelli to Barton: Richard Tucker Opera Gala.”Named after the famed Opera Tenor, Richard Tucker Music Foundation is a non-profit cultural organization honors Tucker's memory by offering awards, grants and support for young opera performers.
    By James Knight