Posts Tagged ‘Michael Couper’
Online NWEAMO 2021 Festival Offers Bountiful Array of Music Styles and Visual Invention
The NWEAMO 2021 new music festival presented its entire festival online Sunday afternoon, May 2, 2021. Although it tested the alert concentration and comprehension of even devoted new music followers, it offered an impressive array of musical and visual stimulation.
Read MoreThe Music of Outreach in Four Different Keys
To get a sense of how four San Diego musical organizations were engaging in outreach, music critic Ken Herman attended events on Wednesday and Thursday of this week (October 26 & 27) and compiled this report . . .
Read More21st-Century Music of Swarmius Rubs Shoulders With Great Art of the Last Century in La Jolla
The intrepid Swarmius ensemble performed its unique easy-listening avant garde repertory at the Martin Lawrence Galleries’ opening on Saturday (April 2) amid that La Jolla venue’s impressive art by Picasso, Chagall, Miró, Sam Francis, and Dalí . . . .
Read MoreReflections on the 2015 Carlsbad Music Festival
Both Minimalism and Maximalism were joyously celebrated on Saturday (August 29) at this year’s Carlsbad Music Festival . . .
Read MoreNew Music from a Lofty Perspective
From the eighth floor Helen Price Reading Room of the San Diego Central Library, the choral music of Folklore Guild and the instrumental third stream of Swarmius floated above the city in a world of their own . . . .
Read MoreSDSU Symphony’s New Music of the Night
The San Diego State University Symphony premiered composer Joseph Martin Waters’ “Suite Noir” Sunday (March 22) with soloists from the virtuoso avant-garde performance ensemble Swarmius at SDSU’s Montezuma Hall . . .
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