SPOTLIGHT SESSION

Tristan Perich: Getting to the Essence of the Sound
Tristan Perich's 1-Bit Symphony stands quite eloquently in contrast to the 21st century's love affair with the endlessly copyable digital file. While CDs have been traded for the instant gratification of the easily distributed MP3, Perich has shifted the frame and managed to make the fragile plastic jewel case once again worthy of shelf space.
By Molly Sheridan
Published: 8/18/2010

Ben Hackbarth—Worlds That Are Whole
Ben Hackbarth, a product of UC San Diego now working at IRCAM in Paris, is a composer dealing with acoustically and electronically generated phenomena while seeking out meaningful artistic experiences in new territories.
By Trevor Hunter
Published: 7/21/2010

VIEWPOINT

Complexity Wars
The Complexity Wars flared up again this summer—that seemingly annual outbreak of the opinion that various types of atonal modernism are just too complicated for proper musical consumption.
By Matthew Guerrieri
Published: 9/8/2010

New York State of Mind
I've achieved enough success that my day job currently supplements my income as a composer, but I could not have accomplished the things I have accomplished had I been living in New York.
By Armando Bayolo
Published: 7/7/2010