Let's get away from it all

Reviewing the Boston Symphony Chamber Players.
Boston Globe, March 27, 2012.

Mise en scène

Reviewing Cappella Clausura.
Boston Globe, March 26, 2012.

In absentia

Pay or Play.
NewMusicBox, March 20, 2012.

Shine on

Reviewing the Brentano String Quartet.
Boston Globe, March 20, 2012.

Worth of the Cool

New England's Prospect: The Real World. Reviewing BMOP and the Bang on a Can All-Stars.
NewMusicBox, March 14, 2012.

Portion control

Reviewing Vassily Primakov.
Boston Globe, March 13, 2012.

Attend the tale

On Twitter yesterday, Will Robin alerted everyone to the impending release of Downtown Express, in which the moldy old uptown-downtown musical bifurcation has its Hollywood moment. I, for one, could not be more pleased! It means I might finally find backing for my Off-Off-Broadway musical about a serious, serially-minded young composer and the plucky, punky postminimalist he falls for after she accidentally whacks him with a bunch of kale at the Union Square Greenmarket. Featuring the songs "My Ivory Tower of Power," "I'm Making a Loop (around Me and You)," and, of course, this stirring anthem:



Call me, cliché-loving producers!