The Atlanta ensemble presented the Southeastern premiere of Pléïades by Greek composer Iannis Xenakis in 2015. :: One of the best-known celestial objects visible in the night sky is an open star cluster called the Pleiades. Also known as the Seven Sisters, so named for the seven brightest stars in the cluster, the Pleiades contains…
Raven Chacon was the first Native American awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music for this composition for pipe organ and chamber ensemble. :: In 2022, composer, improviser and sound/art installation artist Raven Chacon was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Voiceless Mass, a composition for pipe organ and chamber ensemble intended to be performed in a…
With a quiver of banjos metaphorically on his knee and a rejuvenated appreciation for the traditional bluegrass genre in which he first gained notoriety, 19-time Grammy winner Bela Fleck returns to Atlanta for a concert on Thursday, September 17, at the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University. Long recognized as a groundbreaking…
Both international and local musicians bring improvised, experimental, avant-garde jazz, contemporary classical, electronic and more non-mainstream musical practices to the weekly Monday Night Creative Music Series. :: In a warehouse performance space on Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard, a dozen or so musicians are seated in a circle, performing for an audience of about 50 people….
Opening weekend includes concerts featuring Kelly Hogan, Bill Taft, Chris Lopez, Amy Pike, Jon Langford and more. :: Nestled between the Atlanta Beltline Eastside Trail and the Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts, Cabbagetown today is a highly desirable in-town residential neighborhood composed of mostly refurbished bungalows, cottage houses, retail shops and community spaces. The historic neighborhood…
This year’s lineup includes a pre-Fest Miles Davis tribute, fast-rising Atlanta artists and Christian McBride, one of the most multidimensional, visionary artists in contemporary jazz. :: Once again, it’s that time of year when Atlanta becomes the center of the jazz universe — when the verdant commons of Piedmont Park become center stage for one…
Bent Frequency — along with the Atlanta Contemporary Music Collective, Chamber Cartel, ensemble vim and smol ensemble — concludes its season with an ambitious performance of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians and three new works. :: Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians is one of the most important classical music compositions of the 20th…
The Atlanta Opera’s ambitious Beltline-adjacent facility began construction in February. Take a look at the site’s past, present and future. :: Not unlike a certain group of popular fictional space travelers, for the past 13 or so years, the Atlanta Opera has been on a mission to explore strange new worlds, to expand the audience…
He’ll be at the Tara Theatre this week for a book discussion and a screening of the 1982 film Wild Style. :: A 2009 article in The New York Times proclaimed Atlanta as “hip-hop’s center of gravity.” A 2017 NPR report referred to the capital of Georgia as America’s “hip-hop capital” and “the city too…
Created in partnership with the University of California, Santa Barbara, the archive includes many pioneering Georgia musicians. :: In 2003, Dust-to-Digital, an Atlanta-based record label founded a few years prior by Lance and April Ledbetter, released its first album. Goodbye Babylon, a compilation of vintage gospel songs and religious sermonizing on six CDs, is housed…
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