Monthly Archives: August 2013

Fiona Apple – “Hot Knife”

Pitchfork reports that yesterday, after an audience refused to quiet down for her performance at a fashion show in Tokyo, Fiona Apple stormed offstage. All we can say: The crowd must have been pretty oblivious to musical talent if they were capable of ignoring FIONA APPLE. Case in point: check out Apple’s latest collaboration withContinue reading “Fiona Apple – “Hot Knife””

Julia Holter – Loud City Song

Julia Holter Loud City Song Domino Records Loud City Song, Julia Holter’s latest full length recording, is her first foray into a professional recording studio. Eschewing the bedroom/laptop pop aesthetic supplies Holter’s music with greater ambience and roomier textures. However, in her case, polished product does not equate to losing creative abandon. Her approach toContinue reading “Julia Holter – Loud City Song”

Performance as part of WCC Fall Convocation

A revised version of “The Ballet of the Soul,” my choral setting of words by Beach Boys lyricist and poet Stephen John Kalinich, will be performed during Fall Convocation at Westminster Choir College on September 3 at 4:30 PM in Bristol Chapel. Under the direction of Magdalena Delgado, one of our talented choral conducting graduate students,Continue reading “Performance as part of WCC Fall Convocation”

Righteous Girls at Spectrum

DOUBLE BILL! RighteousGIRLS (Gina Izzo, flute & Erika Dohi, piano) team up with the Sirius Quartet (Fung Chern Hwei/ Gregor Huebner, violins; Ron Lawrence, viola; Jeremy Harman, cello) RighteousGIRLS will perform works by Christian Carey, Jonathan Ragonese, Judd Greenstein, Andy Akiho & Dave Molk. They will also join forces with Sirius Quartet on a workContinue reading “Righteous Girls at Spectrum”