Archive for the 'Blog: Fall 07' Category

Unsilent Eve

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

The batteries were all placed in the boombox with care . . . It’s the day before Unsilent Night in Baltimore and we’re ready to go. The press has been rolling in:

Baltimore City Paper: Critic’s Pick
Baltimore Sun: The Free Sheet
Washington Post: The Scene (scroll down)

Though it won’t be as cold as last year, it’s still […]

Fit club

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

We have new car smell. (And a pretty wreath.)

Unsilent Night is next Friday

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

The countdown to the 2007 edition of Unsilent Night in Baltimore has begun.

Stockhausen scared me

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Stockhausen’s passing last week was well documented by the new (and not so) music community. I’ve yet to chime in, but here goes. Honestly, I was scared of Stockhausen. My fear wasn’t based on any personal experience with him—I never met him—but came from when I was learning his composition In Freundschaft.

All the reading I’d […]

Signal audio

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Audio from HGP’s segment on WYPR’s The Signal is now available for download. Many thanks to Aaron Henkin for making us sound smashing.

Forget about BK…

Friday, November 30th, 2007

This from an article about the Brooklyn music scene in the Guardian today:
The Maryland city of Baltimore plays a big role in Brooklyn’s musical renaissance. Sitek lived there, and is an old friend of Celebration’s singer, Katrina Ford, still a resident. Brian DeRan, the manager of Gang Gang Dance and Animal Collective, is a Baltimorean. […]

HGP on The Signal

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Tune in to The Signal on WYPR this Friday at 12 p.m. (repeat at 7 p.m.) to catch Hybrid Groove Project in conversation with Signal producer and host, Aaron Henkin. The program will also spotlight the upcoming performance of Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night in Batlimore.
Update: The line-up for Friday’s Signal broadcast is up on […]

Mobtown Modern

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Question: What does Baltimore really need (besides better public schools, a lower crime rate, and a subway)? Answer: A new music series! That’s why Erik Spangler and I decided to start one. We call it Mobtown Modern. Our first concert takes place this January 29th, and will have a little something to do with our […]

How to make a saxophone

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

(Hat tip to C-Blizzle for the link.)

Spotlight Djupstrom

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Counterstream Radio, the adventurous new music radio station from the American Music Center, is airing a Spotlight Session with one of my all-time favorite composers and collaborators, Michael Djupstrom. Give thanks for the broadcast on November 22 at 9 p.m., but don’t worry if you miss it—there’ll be leftovers on November 25 at 3 p.m. […]