New Music

Three pianists, three hours, and 20 Philip Glass Études equal one riveting event.

In the third installment of a year-long project, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players offered two excellent premieres inspired by death and loss.

Despite wrinkles in the format, the Symphony's hip new series continues to impress.

Last month, a spirit of innovation and inclusion reigned as practioners and devotees of contemporary music performed and traded ideas.

Ingratiating, swinging, but also refined and transparent, So Percussion were at the top of their game in their Bay Area concerts.

The Empyrean Ensemble presented new works by Pulitzer Prize-winner Melinda Wagner and UC Davis composers at the 2015 Music and Words Festival.

With an emphasis on women creators, New York's Prototype Festival challenges stereotypes but also delivers powerful music theater.

The opening night of the 2014 Festival of New Music hits off with Loadbang, pianist Lara Downes, and percussion ensemble Rootstock Trio at Sacramento State campus.

The Cabrillo Festival opens with its usual bang, behind the powerhouse Christopher Rouse whose vibrant, propulsive (and loud) music is made for opening festivals.

Sometimes it’s good to venture out to the boundaries, find out what’s going on on the wild side of music. The annual Outsound Festival of experimental and improvisational music is as good a time as any to do this exploration.