Brian Sacawa | Sounds Like Now

Hurd Audio reviews American Voices.

Michael Byrne’s article published today in this week’s CityPaper taking ASCAP to task is sure to stir up a firestorm. Keep those cards and letters to the editor coming.

SLN is upgrading to a newer version of Wordpress. Though I don’t anticipate any problems, if there are, you’ll know what happened.
Update: Upgrading is complete. Sorry for the down time. Don’t attempt updates in hotels with weak internet connections.

One year ago today, I played a on a concert that got reviewed, but something much better happened as well.

Readers of SLN know that I’m an obsessive fan of The Wire. I actually kind of stumbled upon the series in a hotel room somewhere while I was on tour when it first came out —I’ve never had HBO at home. The first thing I noticed was, “Hey, I know that block! That’s right around […]

American Voices got a nice write-up in the current issue of the Saxophone Journal. Here are a couple choice quotes:
“In performing Piece in the Shape of a Square Brian Sacawa exhibits a strong vibrant sound on saxophone with phrasing and intensity that makes the piece come alive.”
And . . .
All the pieces on this American […]

I’ll need something to fill the void. Thoughts to come.

There’s a little Q&A with composer William Bolcom in today’s Wall Street Journal, which contains this exchange about one of his upcoming works:
WSJ: You’ve written eight symphonies. Do you have a ninth in the works?
Bolcom: The ninth will be for a concert band, which I will deliver by September. To get an orchestra to spend […]