The School of Music in the Herberger College of the Arts at Arizona State University offers several degrees in collaborative piano, including Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts programs. Arizona State University was one of the first universities to offer degrees in this field. From the ASU Collaborative Piano page:

Collaboration at the School of Music means having an impact in all performance areas, including duo recitals with instrumental and voice colleagues, performances of the great chamber music literature on our Showcase series, work as rehearsal and pit pianists for the Lyric Opera Theater, and concerts with the large ensembles and choirs.  read more »

Via Kill Ugly Radio, it's a sneak peak of the tracks on an upcoming release of Frank Zappa's Jukebox. What other album includes music by Varse, Webern and Stravinsky as well as Cecil Taylor, Howlin' Wolf, Eric Dolphy and Little Richard, among others?amazon

The Pacific Symphony will be performing in two places simultaneously next week. Or, perhaps, there are two Pacific Symphonies. Don’t know. But on August 9, a group calling itself the Pacific Symphony, will be in the pit at the Orange County Performing Artscenter(sic) performing Twyla Tharp’s new ballet “Rabbit and Rogue,” with a score by Danny Elfman. Same [...]

Via a meme from MMmusing, here's a word cloud of the last 500 tracks I've played. Double click to see a larger version. Have I really listened to so much John Cage lately?Robert Gable

Hi all,

Just writing to report that Robert and Debra Thompson are visiting in Ireland and we had a chance today to host an informal recital of Robert's work here at Queen's University Belfast. This included two of the works he composed for the International de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges (France) last fall.

One of the pieces on the program, "Orgone," will also be presented at the International Computer Music Conference, held in Belfast next month. Also at ICMC, Jason Freeman will be presenting a paper titled "Technology, real-time notation, and audience participation in Flock."

cheers,
asn

Urban Requiem wn State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble Naxos Spin Cycle, Scott Lindroth Introduction and Rondo-Capriccioso, Camille Saint-Sans (arr. Lee Brooks) October, Eric Whitacre Urban Requiem, Michael Colgrass Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Songs, Dmitry Shostakovich (arr. Guy Duker) Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, John Philip Sousa Another solid entry for Naxos’s Wind Band Classics series has been made by the Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble directed by Stephen L. Gage. Everything about this disc was done well: performance, music selection, programming, the whole works.  read more »

Starting this Wednesday (Aug. 30) at Peninsula Park, the Portland Festival Symphony begins its 28th season of free concerts. Over the next few weeks (plus one date in September) this orchestra will perform in seven concerts in six public parks, including Laurelhurst Park, Washington Park, Foothills Park, Grant Park, and Cathedral Park. The acoustics may not be the best, but the ambience is James Bashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02313639615830815219noreply@blogger.com

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Reviewing Adriana Mater, by Kaija Saariaho and Amin Maalouf, Santa Fe Opera, July 26, 2008.