Contemporary Music (genre)

Perhaps the most important new music event on the West Coast, if not the entire U.S., the Ojai Music Festival is a necessary pilgrimage for any fan of contemporary classical music -- and anyone with the slightest curiosity about the......

Having eagerly embraced the John Adams-curated Minimalist Jukebox festival three years ago, Grant Gershon rounded up his Los Angeles Master Chorale for another Adams festival, West Coast, Left Coast, Sunday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Result –...

What does a renowned, Harvard-educated, Pulitzer Prize-winning classical music composer say just after the standing-ovation world premiere of his new symphony “City Noir” at Walt Disney Concert Hall, performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the...

203 total, 5 leaders, 3 drum majors, 70 brass, 27 percussion, 67 woodwinds, 4 banner carriers, 27 color guard. The Band Department at the University of Oregon includes both athletic and concert bands. Athletic Bands: (Directed by Dr. Eric Wiltshire)...

The easy response to this commentary (text) is to chuckle at the utter unhipness of the nonagenarian scold -- How come that I've never heard of most of the musical groups that millions of other Americans apparently are listening to?......

Jay-Z's epitaph to auto-tune never made it to Nobody, the venerable local producer, DJ and, now, singer-songwriter. One can interpret this only as a good thing. Granted, the addiction to artificial vocals endemic in contemporary urban music mostly...

The Orlando-area health advocacy nonprofit Hispanic Health Initiatives is celebrating its tenth anniversary of community work today with a fundraiser gala for supporters, volunteers and leaders. The event’s highlight will be a concert by Adlan Cruz, a...

"KJLH GOSPEL SHOWCASE" Gayle Anderson was live in Los Angeles at West Angeles Church of God in Christ with a preview of the "KJLH GOSPEL SHOWCASE." The showcase happens at Knott's Berry Farm Saturday, May 15th for the "KJLH GOSPEL SHOWCASE", featuring...

In recent days, “American Idol” came to resemble one of those 1970s disaster movies in which half the horror — and, let’s face it, most of the fun — came from betting on which star would be picked off next.......

Brian Sacawa and Erik Spangler see themselves as sound guerrillas. The co-founders of the Contemporary Museum's off-kilter Mobtown Modern concert series don't just perform experimental music - sometimes they like to sneak up on people with it. That's...

The sunny Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly has a knack for landing where you’d least expect him and making a go of it. He is music director of what used to seem the eternally starchy Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. They began a......

The National Book Critics Circle will announce the winners of its book awards on March 11 in New York City. It has begun counting down the days until that event by posting mini reviews of every finalist that's in the......