Brent Miller presents a preview of the Other Minds 17 Festival.  Influences Bent Sørensen: Birds and Bells ECM 1665 Fred Frith / John Zorn Duo:  four corners 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 5; Tzadik TZ 5005 John Cage: Two6 The Number Pieces 1; Mode 44 Listen

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Other Minds Associate Director Adam Fong discusses the Other Minds Composer Fellowship, a program begun in 2011. Nicholas Chase:  Gin Blossoms & Broccoli Boutonnières Jill Heinke, flute Lisa Coons Music Painted From Memory Elizabeth Choi, violin; Hannah Addario-Berry, cello both unreleased; recordings from the OM 16 Fellowship Concert (March 2011) available at radiOM.org James Tenney: […]

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 Other Minds’ staffer, Brent Miller, previews the Scandinavian composers coming to Other Minds 17 March 1-3 in San Francisco.     Lotta Wennäkoski: Culla d’aria (2004); Boogie Mama (2003) Anna-Leena Haikola & Emma Vähälä, violins, Tulla Rissalo, viola; Mikko Ivars, cello    Alba Records ABCD 253 Øyvind Torvund:  Power Art (2002)    asamisimasa Ensemble  -  unreleased […]

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 Charles Amirkhanian previews the Other Minds 17 festival (March 1-3 in San Francisco):      John Kennedy: BAGHDAD for string orchestra (2008) unreleased live recording ; Spoleto USA orchestra, Kennedy conducting Harold Budd/Brian Eno:  Ambient 2/The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) Editions EG EEGCD 18 Listen

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