A quilt from Gee's Bend.By Greg StepanichPieces of music come and go, sometimes just once before disappearing, sometimes aired out only every once in a while like an unfashionable sweater found in the depths of Grandfather’s closet.But many of these works are pieces of real merit, and it’s up to performing organizations to start turning old and new rarities into … [Read more...]
Music feature: Composer Frazelle finds inspiration in South, nature
Composer Kenneth Frazelle. By Greg StepanichEven though his art has gone in a very different direction, Kenneth Frazelle will even now defend the severe modernist composers who used to dominate the world of classical music, including his own teacher at the Juilliard School, Roger Sessions.“He did not want you to write the way he did, he wanted you to write what you wanted,” … [Read more...]