SoundNotion

This week on SoundNotion, Avant Media founder and artistic director Randy Gibson discusses cross-discipline works, the Avant Music Festival, Avant Media’s new monthly series Tangents, his upcoming premiere, and really (“really”) long music. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Patrick Gullo, Randy Gibson.

Trumpeter and composer Brian Groder explores the realm between jazz and contemporary classical music and gives us insight on the nature of improvisation. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo, Brian Groder.

This week on SoundNotion we have composer and educator Ronald Bruce Smith. His work Constellation for orchestra and electronics is on the BMOP season opener October 12th. Plus: Composers want Atlanta to get back to work and Klinghoffer protests continue. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Ronald Bruce Smith.

This week on SoundNotion, Irving Fine Society founder and Library of Congress concert producer Nicholas Brown joins the panel. We discuss programming concerts and commissions at the library and how the country is celebrating the Irving Fine centennial. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo, Nick Brown.

This week on SoundNotion Dave, Sam, and Patrick talk the Kennedy Center Honors, Nonesuch Records at 50, the Metropolitan Opera layoffs, the benefits of learning an instrument and dangerous scourge of elderly cane wielding opera patrons. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Patrick Gullo.

This week, composer Scott Wheeler joins the panel to discuss his new opera “Naga,” his new album of orchestral music on BMOP/sound, Alex Ross’s quibbles with classical music streaming, the Proms’ quibbles over Birtwistle and labor issues in Atlanta. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Patrick Gullo, Scott Wheeler.

This week the panel is joined by composer, educator Joel Puckett. He brought his Concerto Duo for flute and clarinet featuring Demarre and Anthony McGill with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Birtwistle gets snubbed and we celebrate a final premiere. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Joel Puckett.

This week on SoundNotion, the panel is joined by The Cavell Reed Trio with their newest album Dialogue. We discuss the benefits of chamber music, Martin Fröst’s new variety/virtuoso show Dollhouse, The Met’s labor deal and good fake instrument playing. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Patrick Gullo, Shelly Meggison, Osiris (Ozzie) Molina, Jenny Mann.

This week on SoundNotion, the panel is joined by composer and train horn aficionado Keith Lay. We discuss his massive (metaphorically and literally) new work Distance Music at Lake Eola in Orlando Florida for spacialized train horns and brass ensembles. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Keith Lay.

This week on SoundNotion, we ponder questions for the ages. What does it mean to be a music entrepreneur (or is there such a thing)? What do you say when people ask you what kind of music you compose? Have a question about music that you’re afraid to ask? This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo.

This week, the panel comments on the Met crisis, classical music elitism, and “successful” music. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo.

This week on SoundNotion, we have composer/educator Marc Mellits. We listen to his work for traditional string band performed by Jake Schepps and the Expedition Quintet and discuss his Mellits Consortium commission Gravity for percussion quartet. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Marc Mellits.

This week on SoundNotion, teaching artist and composer Danny Clay joins the panel to discuss teaching kids composition with graphic notation and the obstacles this approach can overcome. Also, a piano is being put in Redwood Regional Park just for Danny. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Patrick Gullo, Daniel Clay.

This week on SoundNotion we have little music but lots of lawyers. SoundCloud is looking to solve licensing, Sony/ATV threatens to pull out of ASCAP/BMI, the NEA budget gets slashed 8 million bucks, and the FCC has received 647K Net Neutrality comments. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton.

This week on SoundNotion, we have composer, vocalist, writer and occasion Hobbit footed performer Kate Soper. She’s writing for and performing in interesting places and adventurous mediums. PLUS:Ellen McSweeney of NMBx is all about the Benjamins. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Patrick Gullo, Kate Soper.