Local new-music group Aperiodic recently released its second album, For Aperiodic (Focus). The record’s four pieces, composed respectively by Billie Howard, Michael Pisaro, and ensemble members Kenn Kumpf and Nomi Epstein, showcase Aperiodic’s rigorous execution of scores whose parameters include indeterminacy. In its tenth year, the group will carry on this practice through direct collaboration […]
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Our favorite music of 2014
Six Reader music writers share their favorites from 2014 with year-end lists that do more than just put the same records in a different order.
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Remembering composer Lee Hyla
Students of the brilliant composer and music professor Lee Hyla share thoughts on his passing.
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Aperiodic takes James Tenney’s Swell Piece to the beach for free
Experimental-music group Aperiodic performs James Tenney’s minimalist Swell Piece Thursday on Oak Street Beach
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Digging deep into John Cage this weekend
This weekend, A John Cage Festival offers rare opportunities to hear some of the iconic composer’s lesser-known works.
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A John Cage Q&A with composer and Aperiodic director Nomi Epstein
Composer Nomi Epstein talks about Aperiodic’s upcoming A John Cage Festival.
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Three Beats: A prepared-piano preview of A John Cage Festival
A preview of A John Cage Festival, a posthumous party for Sandy Bull, and a birthday bash for Underground Communique
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Nomi Epstein’s “Human Sound Sculpture” at the Old Town School
On Friday composer Nomi Epstein presents a new OTS commission that situates folk ideas in an experimental context
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Two sides of British bassist Dominic Lash
The British bassist Dominic Lash arrives in town to play experimental music with Aperiodic and improvised music with some of the city’s best talent.
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Aperiodic’s Post-Cage Throwdown
Young new-music collective Aperiodic dives headfirst into post-Cage experimentation with its second concert, Sunday afternoon at Elastic.