Posted by composer on Apr 29, 2009 in
New Music Concerts 
Carleton College will be the stage for a rare live performance of renowned avant-garde composer Annea Lockwood’s controversial yet notable work for piano, “Piano Burning.” First performed in 1968, this ground-breaking composition centers around the actual burning of a piano—one that is beyond repair and ready to be discarded—allowing the listener to hear a variety of pitched and unpitched sounds as the piano strings heat and break. The performance will take place Thursday, April 30 at 8:45 p.m. on the “Bald Spot,” the central open area of the Carleton campus.
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Tags: Conceptual Composition, Music Composer News, New Music Concert
Posted by composer on Apr 29, 2009 in
Music Composition Education 
Noah Webster Academy third grader Madeline Nelson changes notes on a Smartboard in Ben Peterson's music class Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Students in Peterson's class composed music to go along with a classmate's poem Tuesday. MARIO RUIZ/Daily Herald
Noah Webster students compose music from poetry
From Daily Herald
Genelle Pugmire – CORRESPONDENT
Move over Mozart, the first- through sixth-grade students at Noah Webster Academy are composing music on a scale even Amadeus would be jealous of. The lyrics are provided by the school’s annual poetry contest winners from each grade.
The idea started last year when Racheal Routt, the school’s media specialist, and Ben Peterson, its music teacher, joined two projects into one great competition. According to Routt it begins with a celebration of poetry.
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Tags: Composition in the Classroom, Music by Children, Music in the Classroom