Alexandra Gardner | Building Noises

Annea Lockwood and Thomas Buckner came to town last week, to perform Annea’s composition Duende at the Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music. Hearing this piece live was a big treat, as was being able to hang out and visit with these two. I never imagined as a freshman in college, begging Annea to let [...]

Cornelius Dufallo is a wonderful violinist and composer, as well as one of the biggest champions of new music around. I first heard him perform his music a couple years ago on the concert series Music With a View, and I was struck by the combination of intensity and patience in that beautiful, slowly unfolding [...]

Well, it’s official. My brain has automatically switched into archetypal back-to-school mode. I am craving fresh notebooks and new shoes. ******* To be honest I haven’t been feeling very talkative lately, so I’ve been keeping things on this side of the firewall. During July and August I took a break from composing to focus on [...]