Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble 2014, Week I Preview
Your Summer New Music staycation is about to get started in earnest with the launch of Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble’s 2014 season. I met with members of PNME recently to hear their thoughts on the...
View ArticleAmernet String Quartet is SOLD OUT
A quick note to let anyone who was on the fence about coming to the Amernet String Quartet concert at the Warhol tomorrow night to, well, find another fence. Amernet is sold out. I’ll be posting more...
View ArticleWed. Jan 21: Ken Vandermark-Nate Worley Duo at the Warhol
Check out my full post yonder or just get it straight from the horse wallpaper’s mouth. Gonna be a real interesting show. Andy definitely take a look the videos. These guys can play.
View ArticleInterview with Violist-Composer Jessica Meyer
On January 31, violist and composer Jessica Meyer will split a recital for Music on the Edge with guitarist Seth Josel. Well-known in the New York contemporary music scene for her work with groups such...
View ArticleHypercolor (Ligeti/Maoz/Ilgenfritz) Mon 3/10 @ Howler’s
Monday March 10 9 pm $7 21+ Howler’s Coyote Cafe, 4509 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield from New York City on Tzadik Records jazz-rockers HYPERCOLOR https://hypercolorband.wordpress.com/sounds/ with special...
View ArticleBen Goldberg Trio Sun 3/22 @ Thunderbird Cafe
West Coast avantjazz & klezmer pioneer, former leader of the New Klezmer Trio. He hasn’t been in Pittsburgh since 1996 (Jews With Horns tour @ Rodef). Rare appearance! BEN GOLDBERG TRIO...
View ArticleBeyond Microtonal Music Festival, Remembering Ezra Sims
This is a terrific weekend for new music in Pittsburgh with Sumeida’s Song already in performances by the Pittsburgh Opera and the Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival ready to be uncorked at the Warhol...
View ArticlePOSTPONED: Alia Musica Presents Eve Apart
UPDATE: The Pittsburgh performances of Eve Apart have been postponed. From the Alia Musica announcement: “Revised venue with new dates and times will be announced in October. All purchased tickets...
View ArticlePNME ArtDOG Salon
You still have a few hours to register for PNME’s free ArtDOG Salon taking place at CMU’s Alumni Hall on Thursday, October 2 at 8 p.m. You do need to register by the end of the day today (Sept. 30)....
View ArticleWed 4/1: MATTHEW SHIPP/MICHAEL BISIO @ First Unitarian Church
Since so many people missed this amazing avant-jazz duo last time, even thought the show was located very conveniently on the Pitt campus, we are really hoping that you’ll check them out this time in...
View ArticleThu 4/23: AFRO-ASIAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE @ First Unitarian Church
Advanced Jazz and Silk Screen co-present the Pittsburgh debut of AFRO-ASIAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE http://discoverfredho.org/afro-asian-music-ensemble/ performing the compositions of legendary Chinese-American...
View ArticleLina Allemano’s Titanium Riot at Thunderbird
Thunderbird Cafe Tuesday, May 12, 9 p.m. Free Admission Lina Allemano’s Titanium Riot is “imaginative… surreal… oddly compelling”. (Wholenote Magazine) Canadian trumpeter Lina Allemano was named one...
View ArticlePSO performs works by Bates, Heggie
Heinz Hall Tickets Friday, May 15, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17, 2:30 p.m. Mason Bates The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will present a concert titled “the Sound of The Modern Symphony” this weekend (May...
View ArticleAlia Musica Presents Eve Apart
Elsie Hillman Auditorium Tickets Friday, May 22, 8pm Saturday, May 23, 8pm Sunday, May 24, 2pm Eve Apart is a new multi-media musical production that plumbs the era of Lilith and Lucifer and...
View ArticleE.L.C.O. Presents “In a Large Reverberant Space”
The Union Project Tickets Sunday, May 31, 7 p.m. ELCO Winds Join the Eclectic Laboratory Chamber Orchestra’s musical renegades on a journey to the outer limits of sound as they discover the alien...
View ArticleSummer 2015 Calendar Update
I just finished updating the new music events I know about for the summer. Sorry that June was a bust here at PNMNet. I managed to go for entire month without updating this blog for the first time...
View ArticleBell’Art Ensemble Performs Pittsburgh Composers
There are so many events in the side bar that I wanted to draw your attention to this new edition. The Bell’Art Ensemble will give two performances featuring music by Pittsburgh composers Simon Vullo...
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