Avant-garde

"The definition of 'Canadian music' is something that many composers, including myself, continue to struggle with. I am reminded that Canada is of the most culturally and geographically expansive countries on the planet; owing to this, Canadian music must mean many different things to many different people."

"I ultimately decided that my role as a composer is not necessarily to provide a sonic documentary, but to explore and convey what must have been a great internal struggle."

The digitally manipulated vocals and piano have an effect both compelling and distancing; they suggest fire and blood, not machinery...

Nicholas Tolle is the featured performer in new music for the cimbalom, an Eastern European instrument resembling a large hammered dulcimer.

In their 92NY debut on Nov. 21, 2025, the group will focus on music of the Americas with works by Brazilian composer Clarice Assad and American composers Carlos Simon and Valerie Coleman.

In 'Riddle' for chorus and orchestra the Georgian-Israeli composer transforms a medieval verse-riddle by poet Yehuda Halevi into a meditation on persecution and resilience.

With 1,024 parts, the individual lines blend into what we hear as one prolonged chord. Listening to it out of context you'd likely think it was a piece of avant-garde conceptual art.

Pianist Nathaniel LaNasa curated a thought-provoking and entertaining set of art songs on the theme of things that are out of reach.

This truly original event at the Green-Wood Cemetery catacombs took in the definitions of concert, dance, and theater.

A new album that includes arias from the opera 'Quake' along with instrumental music reveals composer Kay Rhie's ability to adapt her style for abstraction and direct storytelling alike.