Read the New York Times Preview
Miller Theater at Columbia University presents a portrait concert of the music of Julia Wolfe on February 3.
New York’s Signal Ensemble, conducted by Brad Lubman, gives the NY premieres of Wolfe’s two string orchestra works, Fuel and Cruel Sister.
New CD: Cruel Sister“Though Ms. Wolfe never directly quotes this mournful song, she painstakingly depicts the story…
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The Miller Theater at Columbia University
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Talujon Percussion Quartet with funds from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
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The New York Philharmonic; Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley; the Krannert Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the University Musical Society at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
By Allan Kozinn
Like most composers, Julia Wolfe is often in two places at once psychically: working on new pieces (with working defined as anything from cogitating and experimenting to actually putting the notes on paper) but also seeing that the backlist is getting attention. In recent weeks she has been putting the finishing touches on “Iron Maiden,” a new solo work for the percussionist Evelyn Glennie, and working on “Combat de Boxe,” for the Asko Ensemble of the Netherlands…
continue readingListen to Julia Wolfe’s interview with students at the Columbia School of Journalism.
Read more… Watch Julia Wolfe’s Composer Portrait Preview from Miller Theatre [video:vimeo.com/18956950]