Moments Before Clarity (Crystalline)

It’s taken me several weeks to complete this new track. For the first time when I was composing, I was guided by an image: a story that arose through the sounds I heard. It was an interesting process for me. This is the story I told myself as I was editing,
A beautiful woman, wearing a [...]

What’s Not To Love About An Artist Named Charlemagne Palestine?

Studying sound art, electroacoustic music and experimental music has opened up a new world for me. Suddenly I am discovering the work of artists who have been creating work for decades. Recently I discovered Charlemagne Palestine who studied at NYU with Morton Subotnik. What is interesting about Palestine is how he seemed to have formally [...]

Iannis Xenakis’ Oresteia at the Guggenheim

Among the remarkable composers of the 20th century, Iannis Xenakis reimagined Aeschylus’ epic tragedy Oresteia through the lens of Japanese Noh theater. Excerpts will be performed at Works in Process at the Guggenheim Museum. George Steel will discuss the production with director/choreographer Luca Veggetti, Francoise Xenakis, and collaborator [...]