REMAIN COMPOSED :: MICHAEL LAURELLO :: FIELD NOTES :: The AURA of the JUNO 60: AUTHENTICITY vs. PRACTICALITY
[box]For this special feature in our ongoing Field Notes series (where creators from all disciplines shine light behind the curtain at their daily practice — revealing the often messy, sometimes frustrating, surprisingly beautiful life along the way) the OS is excited to
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 12 :: ROYCE VAVREK on KATHLEEN EDWARDS
[box]Editor's note: I am so pleased to have this particular crossover in this year's series - for it was largely via early attention to Vavrek's incredible and prolific output as a librettist for the new music community (see earlier entries
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 11 :: ELIZA BLUE on MARIE HOWE
It is a Saturday, and I am kneading bread in a little kitchen in rural South Dakota. I am a month away from getting kicked out by my boyfriend’s parents, who own the place, because he is leaving to start
REMAIN COMPOSED :: KRISTINA WARREN :: FIELD NOTES :: PRODUCTION and GROOVE, P'ANSORI and POGPO (Part 1)
[box] For this special feature in our ongoing Field Notes series (where creators from all disciplines shine light behind the curtain at their daily practice — revealing the often messy, sometimes frustrating, surprisingly beautiful life along the way) the OS is excited to
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30:: DAY 4 :: LAURA HENRIKSEN on HELEN ADAM (1909-1993)
[Editor's note: I've loved Helen Adam ever since I heard an excerpt of the above, her "Cheerless Junkie's Song," podcast back in 2007. I was happy to find this rare video footage of her singing the song on the
REMAIN COMPOSED :: TODD LEREW :: FIELD NOTES :: THOUGHTS on MUSICAL FAILURE, PT. I
Latest sounds by Todd Lerew [box] For this special feature in our ongoing Field Notes series (where creators from all disciplines shine light behind the curtain at their daily practice -- revealing the often messy, sometimes frustrating, surprisingly beautiful life along
REMAIN COMPOSED :: LAURELLO, LEREW, and WARREN :: FIELD NOTES from THE AMERICAN COMPOSERS FORUM FINALISTS
[textwrap_image align="left"]http://www.theoperatingsystem.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2012_NWF_SoPercussion_305x305.jpg[/textwrap_image] [textwrap_image align="left"]http://www.theoperatingsystem.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Unknown.jpeg[/textwrap_image] The Operating System is pleased to introduce you to our newest guest contributors - composers Michael Laurello, Todd Lerew, and Kristina Warren. Just recently, these extraordinarily talented folk were chosen from hundreds of applicants as finalists in the
UNPACKING DAVID LANG's "THE SO-CALLED LAWS OF NATURE" with SO PERCUSSION's Adam Sliwinski
Adam Sliwinski (percussionist, teacher, conductor, and member of the groundbreaking ensemble So Percussion), brings us this insightful, deep analysis of composer David Lang's The So-Called Laws of Nature, which the group will perform this weekend at Zankel Hall. The evening, aptly titled
COMING TOGETHER / ATTICA :: A COLLABORATIVE [RE:CON]VERSATION WITH CHOREOGRAPHER REBECCA LAZIER and COMPOSER / MUSICAL DIRECTOR DAVID T. LITTLE
JUNE 12 – 15, 2013 The Invisible Dog Art Center 51 Bergen Street, Brooklyn Music by Frederic Rzewski (1971) Text by Sam Melville (1971) Performances: Thursday, June 13 at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Friday, June 14 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 15 at 7:30 and
MUSIC / DANCE :: COMING TOGETHER / ATTICA at THE INVISIBLE DOG ART CENTER, JUNE 12-15
Highlights from Coming Together/Attica from Rebecca Lazier on Vimeo. COMING TOGETHER/ATTICA JUNE 12 - 15, 2013 The Invisible Dog Art Center 51 Bergen Street, Brooklyn Music by Frederic Rzewski (1971) Text by Sam Melville (1971) Performances: Thursday, June 13 at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Friday, June 14 at
