SoundNotion

This week on SoundNotion, we’re joined by Josh Quillen and Eric Beach of the new music ensemble So Percussion. We discuss the value of bespoke merchandise, educating the next generation of musicians, and how “collaboration” either is or isn’t a good word. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Sam Merciers, Eric Beach, and Josh Quillen.

This week the panel is joined by composer, singer, writer and devoted football fan Kerry Andrew. Her new chamber opera Woodwose, premieres at Wigmore Hall July 19th - OH WAIT - And her other chamber opera premieres later this summer at Tête à Tête. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Sam Merciers, and Kerry Andrews.

Composer and clarinetist Derek Bermel gives us some insight into the American Composers Orchestra’s mission objective and his approach to composition and performance. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Patrick Gullo, Timothy Rosenberg and Derek Bermel.

Friend of the show Drew McManus joins the panel once again to give us the run-down on the current state of the orchestra world, including the state of the Minnesota Orchestra, as well as cutbacks at the Met and La Scala. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Tim Rosenberg, Patrick Gullo and Drew McManus.

Steinberg Product Marketing Manager Daniel Spreadbury (aka Papa SMuFL) fills us in on what’s coming in this new notation program...that will blow everything else out of the water! This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo and Daniel Spreadbury.

This week we’re joined by composer, interdisciplinary collaborator and taco enthusiast Steven Snowden. He’s doing more cool stuff than we could talk about in an hour (so we took a bit longer). PLUS-Seattle gets a labor deal and Boston has a new conductor. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo and Steven Snowden.

We’re joined by music critic Vivien Schweitzer to discuss trends in music criticism and how someone always thinks you’re an idiot. PLUS: Minnesota cancels season, Baltimore’s new duds, New Music USA’s new grant system and we say goodbye to Steve Martland. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo and Vivien Schweitzer.

This week on SoundNotion, we’re joined by the Alec Baldwin of SoundNotion and the strongest beard in new music Rob Deemer. He’s for the occasional cheeseburger when planning a new music meal. We suss the difference between entertainment and pandering. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald and Rob Deemer.

Back from the SEAMUS conference, composer Ben Fuhrman fills us in on all the goodies including plenty of new toys like eMotion! This week's panel: David MacDonald, Patrick Gullo and Ben Fuhrman.

This week the panel is joined by composer and MATA Festival artistic director Yotam Haber. We cover the finer points of score prep, the subtle craft of festival application and how to parse 600 scores. PLUS! Caroline Shaw and Roomful of Teeth DAMMIT! This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo and Yotam Haber.

This week the panel is joined by composer, speaker, essayist, activist and naturalist photo-blogger Alex Shapiro from remote San Juan Island where she stays connected without getting stuck on the 405. Oh, and we fix all the technology and gender stuff. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Sarah Summar and Alex Shapiro.

This week on SoundNotion, the panel is joined by long time #FoTS Meerenai Shim with her newest CD, The Art of Noise. Meerenai shares tales from the Chiptune scene, questing for obsolete operating systems, her flute/Game Boy and we discuss the week’s news. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Sam Merciers, Nate Bliton and Meerenai Shim.

This week on SoundNotion, trouble in San Francisco (#AlfidiSucks), altruism via Google Hangout, Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir 3, Alex Shapiro stays connected while getting away, Steinway’s showroom sold to a condo developer PLUS-Metal’s top ten voices. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Sam Merciers and Patrick Gullo.

This week on SoundNotion, we’re joined by composer Sean Shepard. We discuss his work Blur for ensemble intercontemporain, the April 20th world premiere of his new work Tuolumne with the Cleveland Orchestra PLUS - the value of Nico Muhly’s Twitter feed. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Sam Merciers, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo and Sean Shepherd.

This week we’ve got both kinds of value, the touchy feely kind, and the money kind. San Francisco is on strike, Reznor and Radiohead on giving it away, The Jerusalem Quartet, PLUS - Alexandra Gardner, “...no one who wasn't there needs to know it was bad.” This week's panel: David MacDonald, Sam Merciers, Nate Bliton and Patrick Gullo.