Author Archives: Clarise Snyder

MTA NEW WEBSITE

The new MIT Music and Theater Arts is at: mta.mit.edu  

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Ruehr’s among top 10 2014 Classical Albums

Baltimore City Paper has released their Top 10 Classical Albums of 2014 list, and Ruehr’s O’Keeffe Images is #5! Their List: 1. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, “Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 – Janácek: Jenufa Suite” (Reference Recordings) 2. Seattle Symphony Orchestra, “John … Continue reading

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Ellen Harris, Handel Scholar, in the News

                      Ellen Harris, photo by Bryce Vickmark Boston Globe: interview http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/11/27/new-biography-harris-composes-fugal-view-handel/5EAnkv1sJTuWGCFAyVKVrJ/story.html BBC Radio 3 interview and review on “Music Matters” (starts at 30” and runs to 45”) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04sv0fb NYTimes holiday … Continue reading

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Keeril Makan in the New Yorker

Dead Calm At Miller Theatre, the Either/Or ensemble, conducted by Richard Carrick, offers an all-Makan concert. Credit Illustration by Raymond Bonilla In “Resonance Alloy,” which the Either/Or ensemble presented at Miller Theatre in 2011, the composer Keeril Makan pulled off … Continue reading

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Ruehr’s O’Keeffe Images/BMOP CD review

Album du jour: Elena Ruehr, “O’Keeffe Images” (Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose) Elena Ruehr‘s music has it all going — life, line, color, pulse, depth, shade, shape.  It’s inviting and welcoming, then once you’re inside, stimulates and entertains (what a concept!) to … Continue reading

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Ruehr and Southworth/Ziporyn world premieres reviewed

In: reviews Boston Musical Intelligencer NOVEMBER 24, 2014 Complex Portraiture, Fragmented Yet With Teeth by Sudeep Agarwala From Classical Greece to Ukraine to Broadway, Roomful of Teeth mixed another powerful motley of mood, affect, experience, and premieres at Kresge on … Continue reading

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Elena Ruehr’s Premieres previewed by the Globe

Cantata Singers, Roomful of Teeth Premiere new Ruehr works by David Weininger of the Boston Globe Roomful of Teeth will premiere Ruehr’s Opera on Nov. 21 at MIT. …“Cassandra in the Temples” came about in a more roundabout way last … Continue reading

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Elena Ruehr’s November includes Three Premieres

THE ARTERY by Keith Powers …Two of them take place in Boston: a performance of “Eve” by the Cantata Singers at Jordan Hall Nov. 8, and her a cappella opera “Cassandra in the Temples” Nov. 21, sung by the adventurous … Continue reading

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Sarah Cahill Interview on WMBR

Pianist Sarah Cahill will be interviewed live on 88.1 FM WMBR’s New Edge Program on November 11 at 3pm. Cahill will perform a recital in Killian Hall. Nov 16 | Sun | Visiting Artist: Pianist Sarah Cahill, new music champion … Continue reading

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MIT Chamber Music Students Develop Roadmap

This semester, Kyle Swanson, flute; Kelsey Chan, clarinet, and Christine Zheng, piano, coached by Jean Rife in the Chamber Music Society are studying Dash, a piece by Jennifer Higdon.  They analyzed the piece and created the roadmap shown on these images and  … Continue reading

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