Brian Sacawa | Sounds Like Now

90 million - 27.5 million = BSO black ink.
In order to get itself out of the red, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will tap its endowment, draining one third of their nest egg.

In just weeks, live concerts by the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, including the LA Phil’s fresh “Minimalist Jukebox” series, will be available for download on iTunes. Beginning tomorrow, you can get Lorin Maazel conducting the

Two interesting stories from today’s Weekend Edition Sunday:
- Did you know that pipe organs can be a source of pollution? Organ builders in the European Union are having to search for different metals to build their pipes with as a mean of adapting to a new EU environmental directive aimed at reducing the amount of […]

I’m in Austin for a performance of Michael Djupstrom’s Walimai this Tuesday at the Music Teachers National Association National Conference. Mike won their national composition competition with the work and will be here fulfilling roles as faithful collaborator on the piano and national award recipient.

“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, […]

Hybrid Groove Project played to a packed Room 232 last night at the University of Arizona School of Music. Dubble8 prefaced the main show with a mellow and introspective 30-minutes solo set. The Project’s style of musical presentation, which is to synthesize elements from traditions as diverse as modern classical music, free jazz, funk, and […]

Justin Schell has a review of last month’s SPARK Festival over at NewMusicBox. My recap is on the way . . . I promise.

I made a quick incursion into Philadelphia yesterday for a performance and question and answer session with Marshall Taylor’s saxophone class at Temple University. My original plan was to perform a concert with composer/pianist Michael Djupstrom, since he’s currently living in Philly, but alas, he is on a concert tour with his piano trio. As […]