Contemporary Classical Music Podcast
The voice is our oldest and most familiar instrument, yet composers continue to discover astonishing new possibilities within it. Music for the voice alone invites us to listen differently. Without harmony or accompaniment to guide our ears, every contour, breath, and vocal gesture takes on its own significance. On this episode of Relevant Tones, host … Continue reading #480 unaccompanied: music for the voice alone
The Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival is an ambitious summer program that brings together young string players to work intensively with leading professionals while performing throughout Colchester and the surrounding communities. For the past four years, the festival has also championed new music through its annual Call for Scores. On this episode of Relevant Tones, … Continue reading #479 – Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival
Relevant Tones returns after our hiatus to bring you some of our favorite albums (and concerts) of the year. It was a great year for music! Hosted by Seth Boustead, Matthew Dosland, Stephen Anthony Rawson and Austin Williams. MUSIC For Adrienne I by Martin Gendelman What Stories We Tell by George Hurd Study No. 1 … Continue reading #473 Notable Albums of 2025
Cohosts Austin Williams and Stephen Rawson share what they have been listening to recently. Austin shares about an anthology of Irish Electroacoustic music that he became privy to recently and Stephen has a wide variety of vocal and chamber music that comes up. Stephen and Austin also reminisce about their time they shared as music … Continue reading #467 On the radar april 2025
We celebrate spring with a show of music inspired by travel from the classic road trip to a mythical odyssey and more. Hosted by Seth Boustead. MUSIC Road Trip by Sally Whitwell Three Manhattan Bridges, George Washington Bridge by Michael Torke (excerpt) Road Movies, mvmt 1 Relaxed Groove by John Adams Motorbike Odyssey by Jan … Continue reading #466 Road trip
Host Austin Williams curates a listening experience with themes of feedback. Feedback is often associated with harsh sounds that are created when a microphone is placed too close to the speaker that it is amplified through. While this is a way feedback can be aurally achieved there are many ways composers implement feedback and other … Continue reading #464 Feedback
Access Contemporary Music's popular Sound of Silent Film Festival celebrates twenty years of presenting modern silent films with newly commissioned scores performed live. Host Seth Boustead features a few of his favorite scores from the last twenty years. MUSICDemons Before Breakfast by Jonathan Russell The Scroll of Morlock by Lawrence Axelrod The Gift by Gabriel … Continue reading #463 Sound of Silent Film 20th Anniversary
Copland House is a major force in contemporary American music dedicated to fostering greater public awareness and appreciation of our nation’s composers and their work in all of its many forms. Copland House continues Aaron Copland’s incredible legacy of supporting his fellow composers and their work includes composer residencies, performances and recordings by resident ensemble … Continue reading #461 Copland house Part 2
Copland House is a major force in contemporary American music dedicated to fostering greater public awareness and appreciation of our nation’s composers and their work in all of its many forms. Copland House continues Aaron Copland's incredible legacy of supporting his fellow composers and their work includes composer residencies, performances and recordings by resident ensemble Music … Continue reading #460 copland house part 1
Host Seth Boustead features a variety of pieces by composers who ask the performers to vocalize in some way while also playing their instrument. Music by Frederick Rzewski, George Crumb, Daniel Bernard Roumain and Tom Johnson.