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Composer and NewMusicBox Founding Editor Frank J. Oteri joins the panel to discuss his controversial article on opera in New York City, the fictional Green Bay Philharmonic, upcoming commissions and recent performances. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo, Frank J. Oteri.

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis joins the panel to discuss the woes of the Minnesota Orchestra, his recent resignation from the organization’s Composer Institute, some exciting upcoming commissions and the week’s news. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Patrick Gullo, Aaron Jay Kernis.

This week on SoundNotion, we’re joined by orchestra business guru Drew McManus. We discuss the departure of Osmo Vänskä in Minnesota, the final demise of New York City Opera, the orchestra strike in Germany and the success of the Rest is Noise Festival. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Kevin Wilt, Drew McManus .

Flute and percussion chamber group A/B Duo (Meerenai Shim and Chris Jones) joins us this week to plug their new EP, upcoming performances and ROCKING! Plus an inflatable concert hall, the demise of New York City Opera, and What Would Beethoven Do? This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Patrick Gullo, Meerenai Shim, Chris Jones.

This week on SoundNotion the Minnesota Orchestra is still locked and Throws a Gala!, New York City Opera gives the US premiere of Anna Nicole as their Kickstarter flounders, Pandora catches a break and John Adams has issues with #composerwhippersnappers. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Sam Merciers.

This week on SoundNotion the panel is joined by #FoTS David T. Little. He’s kicked off his ambitious Shenandoah New Music series for 2013-14 with plenty of new music heavyweights. We discuss his plans for the series, New York City Opera’s fate and more. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo, David T. Little.

This week on SoundNotion: the fungibility of Michael Henson, Festival City Edinburgh, Imogen Heap’s magic gloves, Issue Project Room’s 10th birthday, Joyce DiDonato’s LGBTQ props at the Proms, Beethoven on Coursera, AFM Local 802 questionnaire, and more. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Sam Merciers, Nate Bliton.

This week on SN, Dave MacDonald interviews Marc Ostrow about ScoreStreet, his new one stop shopping venture for new music composers and performers. Naming SaveOurSymphonyMN.org, Congress reviews US copyright law, Chia-Jung Tsay sees music differently. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Marc Ostrow.

This week on SoundNotion, violinist, Parlour Tapes+ co-founder, NewMusicBox editor and new music entrepreneur Ellen McSweeney joins the panel. We cover the Chicago new music scene, non-specialist collaboration and “high risk” concerts at Parlour Tapes+. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, David MacDonald, Sam Merciers, Ellen McSweeney.

This week on SoundNotion, saxophonist and educator Tim McAllister joins the panel. He premieres a new saxophone concerto by John Adams with the Sydney Symphony on August 22. We discuss style, artistry and how a piece can rock even without slap tonguing. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo and Tim McAllister.

Joe Berkovitz of Noteflight.com joins us this week to share with us his new and incredibly exciting cloud-based notation software! It has cloud storage, social score sharing, a brilliant user interface, and you can read it on your iPhone! This week's panel: David MacDonald, Nate Bliton and Joe Berkovitz.

The bass clarinet duo Sqwonk (Jeff Anderle and Jonathan Russell) joins us to talk about music for their chosen instrument, collaborating from around the world, and the fabled Appalachian creature that (sort of) shares their name. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo, Jonathan Russell and Jeff Anderle.

This week we’re joined by composer and founder of the I Care if You Listen blog and iTunes Newsstand magazine of the same name, Thomas Deneuville. PLUS Thom Yorke leaves Spotify, Biophilia on Android at last and the Emerson String Quartet’s new member. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo and Thomas Deneuville.

This week, the panel is joined by composer, theorist and Aristotelian Richard Hermann. We discuss music theory...er No wait - We figure out what we mean by music theory and what it means to composers...well, some composers anyway. PLUS - The week’s news. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo and Richard Hermann.

This week on SoundNotion, the panel is joined by clarinetist and director of the Los Angeles New Music Ensemble, Christina Giacona. Their new album will be out in September. We whip it (and the news) as best we can and find the details in 8-bit video. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, David MacDonald, Sam Merciers, and Christina Giacona.