Anthony Braxton last night at New England Conservatory, thanks to @avantmusicnews for the late heads up on this. Four student ensembles and one with Braxton himself navigated works by the featured composer. I don't have a good way of articulating what I saw and heard last night but it was a fantastic display of colorful, and distinct, experimental music. The Braxton unit was the showstopper, the reed players had incredible breath control, command of dynamics, and an intense attack on their instrument. You could hear their breath and the slamming of the valves all throughout the hall. What a night of (free!) music, glad I made the last minute run to Boston.

#music #livemusic #boston #massachusetts #newengland #newenglandconservatory #anthonybraxton #avant #avantgarde #experimentalmusic #jazz #avantjazz

Contemporary Musical Arts honors founder Ran Blake and his 90th birthday at opening concert 3 Sept. #music #ContemporaryMusic #NewEnglandConservatory #nec #RanBlake

https://necmusic.edu/events/cma-opening-night/

1714 #Stradivarius: Proceeds of Sale Go To Good Cause

https://www.onlygoodnewsdaily.com/post/1714-stradivarius-proceeds-of-sale-go-to-good-cause

A Stradivarius #violin crafted 300 yeas ago sold for $11.25 million at a #NewYork #auction on Friday, securing a solid financial future for a new generation of #performers at the #NewEnglandConservatory.

#NewEnglandConservatory is holding free concerts at Jordan Hall all week, beginning with tonight's performance of #Stockhausen's "Kontakte", once again by Steven Gerber and Stephen Drury who performed this before at #SICPP 2017 when they stopped the performance and asked the audience to move to the floor seats to get the full effect of the quadrophonic speaker setup.
#contemporaryclassical #avantgarde

You just need to reserve a ticket on the website at no charge: https://necmusic.edu/events/enchanted-circle-stockhausen-mccormack

Attended a free concert at #NewEnglandConservatory a few hours ago: https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-philharmonia-hugh-wolff-tower-berlioz-beethoven

NEC does a lot of these. The free culture is worth the subway fare. Just a suggestion to degenerates saving for beer money.

Saw a poster for a lecture by former Bad Plus pianist Ethan Iverson who is now on the faculty:
https://necmusic.edu/events/lecture-demonstration-spontaneously-leading-trio-ethan-iverson

I saw The Bad Plus in '03 at the 2nd stage at Newport (followed by Dewey Redman). I may be there. You should, too.
#jazz #ClassicalMusic #contemporaryclassical