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This week on SoundNotion, the panel is joined by the 2014 American Composers Forum Composition Contest Finalists Michael Laurello, Todd Lerew, Kristina Warren. We listen to their music and discuss the process of writing for So Percussion. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Patrick Gullo, Michael Laurello, Todd Lerew, Kristina Warren.

This week on SoundNotion we discuss Charles Wuorinen’s opera Brokeback Mountain, the potential death knell for physical media, Osmo Vanska’s line in the sand, Obama’s new nominee to chair the NEA and Amazon’s symphony soap opera Mozart in the Jungle. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton.

This week, the SoundNotion panel tackles fake deafness and composerly fraud, Renée Fleming at the Super Bowl, the new Beats Music streaming service, and more. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo.

This week on SoundNotion, we’re joined by Ensemble for the Romantic Century Executive Artistic Director Eve Wolf. We discuss their new production “Tchaikovsky: None But the Lonely Heart,” what a “Theatrical Concert” is and the not death classical music. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo, Eve Wolf.

This week on SoundNotion, we’re joined by conductor Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant. We discuss her busy conducting schedule on both sides of the pond and she helps us parse the recent asinine statements of Vasily Petrenko and others about female conductors. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo, Verena Moesenbichler-Bryant.

This week we shamelessly plug the our new SoundNotion network shows “Patch In” (with panelist Ben Fuhrman joining the usual SoundNotion panel) and “All the Cool Parts” from west coasts based composer Anthony Lanman. PLUS - The Minnesota Orchestra is BACK! This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo, Ben Fuhrman.

Ron Tucker and Ross Marshal of the percussion quartet “ensemble, et al.” join us to discuss recruiting musicians on Craigslist and their new album. Also, the classical section at J&R Computer World is gone and the CSO upsets some “real” journalists. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Patrick Gullo, Ron Tucker, Ross Marshall.

This week on SoundNotion, the panel is joined by guitarist Travis Andrews and percussionist Andrew Meyerson of the classical duo The Living Earth Show. We discuss their new album “High Art” on Innova Records, making music videos and the weeks music news. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Andrew Meyerson, Travis Andrews.

This week, Cadillac Moon Ensemble members Patti Kilroy and Roberta Michel join the panel to discuss their unique approach to the concert experience. Also, we talk Grammys, Minnesota Orchestra, and the joy of physical media. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo, Patti Kilroy, Roberta Michel.

This week on SoundNotion, composer Steven Bryant joins the panel to discuss his music, writing for band, making a living as a composer, and technology. PLUS the new Grawemeyer Award winner, Q2 Music ambitious new show and news from the Tweet seats. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo, Steven Bryant.

This week on SoundNotion, we’re joined by PROTOTYPE Festival artistic director Kristin Marting. PROTOTYPE is an annual festival presenting new opera-theatre and music-theatre works by contemporary artists from New York City and around the world. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Beth Morrison, Kristin Marting.

This week on SoundNotion, pianist Aleck Karis joins us from San Diego. His new album of works by Webern, Wolpe, and Feldman is out in December. Other topics include the IMSLP scare (Deemer!), German orchestra issues, and Caroline Shaw’s “Partita” remixes. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo, Aleck Karis.

This week, the panel discusses the upcoming performance of Gruppen at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the success of New Music USA’s new grant system, the new Finale (2014), and how new music might take a note from Kanye West. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo.

This week on SoundNotion, composer and microtone aficionado Mathew Rosenblum joins the panel. We discuss his new album Mobius Loop, recorded with The Boston Modern Orchestra Project, The Raschèr Saxophone Quartet and percussionist Lisa Pegher. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Matthew Rosenblum.

This week on SoundNotion, the panel is joined by powerhouse string quartet ETHEL’s newest member, violinist Tema Watstein. We discuss ETHEL’s Documerica project and the intimidation of composing when your first piece will be premiered by ETHEL. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Tema Watstein.