5/5 In The Field: Big Ears Festival Seth Boustead and producer, Sarah Zwinklis are taking a road trip to Knoxville, Tennessee. Regarded as one of the most unique, boundary-defying and eagerly anticipated cultural gatherings – “a music festival with a rare vision” (The New York Times) – Big Ears Festival returns in 2018 with perhaps its most multi-faceted and diverse line up to date. Spanning four days – Thursday, March 22 – Sunday, March 25 – the festival will feature over 100 performances, including Bang on a Can, Brooklyn Rider, and International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), in venues throughout downtown Knoxville, Tennessee.
5/12 Live at LPR: Cinco de Mayo (Le) Poisson Rouge (LPR) is a multimedia art cabaret founded by musicians on the site of the historic Village Gate in New York City. This performance was recorded live at LPR to celebrate Cinco de Mayo 2018 by presenting a musical program dedicated to Latin composers.
5/19 Musical Mythology Seth Boustead talks with composer Stacy Garrop about the new recording of her Mythology Symphony inspired by Greek myths. Starting with the exhilarating opening movement, Becoming Medusa, which tells the story of Medusa, a beautiful woman turned into a hideous monster, to
the quiet sounds of Penelope Waits, the second movement with the touching tale of a wife waiting for her heroic husband, and much, much more!
5/26 Electric Guitar The electric guitar and classical music may seem like strange bedfellows, but almost as soon as the instrument was invented, composers devised ways to take advantage of its sonic possibilities. Seth takes a look at the guitar’s recent history and how the it’s been used by Leonard Bernstein, Steve Reich, Donald Erb, and more.
