Friday, June 17, 2011

"A Positive Signal"

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Garaud MacTaggart of the Buffalo News offered another view of Signal' s June in Buffalo concert on June 9. Headlined " A Positi...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The Fickle Judge

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To help wrap up our coverage of June in Buffalo 2011, we're pleased to welcome guest blogger Daniel J. Kushner , reviewing the June 9...
Monday, June 6, 2011

Jeffrey Stadelman: "Meaning is sedimented form"

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On the eve of the opening of June in Buffalo 2011 , we conclude our series of posts on this year's Senior Faculty with composer Jeffr...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Brice Pauset

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June in Buffalo always has a strong international flavor, drawing participants and faculty from around the globe.  French composer Brice ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Hilda Paredes at June in Buffalo

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Continuing our alphabetical series of profiles of the Senior Faculty for June in Buffalo 2011 , we encounter Hilda Paredes , who has achie...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

David Felder speaks for himself

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No overview of June in Buffalo would be complete without a few words on David Felder , who is not only Artistic Director of JiB, but also t...
Thursday, May 12, 2011

Eric Chasalow

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Continuing our alphabetical look at the Senior Faculty of June in Buffalo 2011 , we turn to composer Eric Chasalow , who has been described ...
Friday, May 6, 2011

June in Buffalo 2011: schools of (compositional) thought

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Further to our previous post announcing this year's participants in June in Buffalo 2011 , here are some stats. Some 80 composers appli...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Announcing June in Buffalo 2011 participants!

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Now comes the moment you've all been waiting for: the lucky composers who will have the opportunity to take part in this year's June...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

Kagel Nacht

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Tired of dull, predictable concerts? The antidote is close at hand. This Tuesday, April 26 , the performance event known as Kagel Nacht c...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Recent grad Leah Muir on UB: "a rare mix of performance, intellect, and experiment"

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Leah Muir completed her doctoral studies in composition at UB in 2008, and is now living in Berlin. She reports: "My doctoral study ...
Friday, April 15, 2011

A student looks back

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Moshe Shulman, PhD candidate in composition at UB, recently shared some observations about his music. "2011 is my last year in Buffal...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Charles Wuorinen and the New York New Music Ensemble in residence

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The incomparable Charles Wuorinen visits UB on Tuesday, April 19 in conjunction with a four-day residency by the New York New Music Ensem...
Friday, April 8, 2011

A Sunday afternoon RendezBlue, 4/10 at 2 pm

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As part of RendezBlue , a four-day exploration of Morton Feldman  and the New York School presented by Buffalo's Burchfield Penney Art C...
Monday, April 4, 2011

Edmund Campion

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Beginning an alphabetical series of posts on June in Buffalo 2011's Senior Faculty composers, Edmund Campion leads the way. As a compos...
Thursday, March 31, 2011

A visit from Yehudi

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On Wednesday, April 6 , Pulitzer P rize-winning composer Yehudi Wyner visits the Center for 21st Century Music for a round of master classe...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Tom Kolor gets a bang out of UB (and vice-versa)

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UB's music department has a distinguished tradition of percussion teaching. Legendary percussionist Jan Williams arrived in 1964 as a Cr...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

Trevor Bjorklund: developing one's own identity

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Continuing our series of posts on recent and soon-to-be graduates of UB's composition program, here are some remarks by Trevor Bjorklund...