While nominations for the 86th Academy Awards won’t even be announced until Jan. 16, CalArts alumni Michael Fitzpatrick (Film/Video 95) and James King (Music BFA 99) have already helped promote the…
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The accolades continue for CalArts alumna composer Julia Holter’s (Music/IM MFA 09) 2013 album, Loud City Song. The monthly non-mainstream music magazine, The Wire, recently listed the record as #1 of its Top 50 Releases of…
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On Dec. 5, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the 56th Annual Grammy Awards nominations. Nominees for the yearly award recognizing outstanding achievement in the music industry…
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EventDecember 11 - 15, 2013
Urban cultures in transition are highlighted in CalArts alumna Roberta Friedman’s (Film/Video MFA 74) and fellow filmmaker Daniel Loewenthal’s global documentary project Cosmopolis: 49 Waltzes for the World, on view from Dec….
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As each year draws to a close, it officially becomes “Best of…” list season. On Monday (Dec. 9), The New Yorker pop music critic Sasha Frere-Jones posted a list of…
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EventDecember 3, 2013
Tonight (Dec. 3), the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, conducted by veteran composer John Adams, opens the Green Umbrella Concert Season with a program titled L.A. Now: New Angeleno Composers at Disney Hall….
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EventDecember 3, 2013
One hundred years ago this year, Futurist and Italian experimental composer Luigi Russolo (1883-1947) wrote his manifesto, The Art of Noise, signaling the beginning of an aesthetic that would influence…
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Last week, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York announced the 103 artists selected to participate in the 2014 edition of the Whitney Biennial—the 77th in the museum’s…
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EventNovember 20, 2013
The New Voices, New Music concert tonight (Nov. 20) at Carnegie Hall features new music by young composers and performers, including the World Premiere of composer Nick Deyoe‘s Lullaby 4, performed by the CalArtian avant-garde ensemble, gnarwhallaby. Formed…
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EventNovember 14, 2013
Tonight (Nov. 14), The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts faculty Anne LeBaron premieres three of her works at Roulette in Brooklyn. The performance is part of the 25th…
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