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Recent News
- The Callithumpian Consort receives a powerful Boston Globe review for their dramatic Friday night performance of "The Sinking of the Titanic" at the Boston Institute for Contemporary Art. 8/24/10
- Ariel Artists officially welcomes Duo Orfeo, a guitar duo with its own completely unique, haunting, and gorgeously lyrical sonic landscape, to the roster! 8/11/10
- Stephen Drury and the Callithumpian Consort wrap up another wildly successful "Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice" festival, receiving an electrifying Boston Globe review of the culminating Iditarod marathon. Also, check out an insider interview with SICPP artistic director Stephen Drury. 6/22/10
- Huge congratulations to the Bryant Park Quartet, who have just been awarded third prize in the 6th annual Hugo Kauder Competition! Read the official press release here. 6/14/10
- The Guidonian Hand trombone quartet is preparing a phenomenal concert program for its July 8th appearance at the 2010 International Trombone Festival in Austin, TX. 5/26/10
- The Callithumpian Consort will once again be Ensemble-in-Residence at the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, June 12-19, 2010. In addition to working with SICPP participants in master classes and coachings, the Consort will present five evening concerts at New England Conservatory during the week, with a special focus on the work of Chaya Czernowin, SICPP's 2010 Composer-in-Residence, as well as works by Wolff, Lachenmann, Zorn, Birtwistle, Cage, and many more. 5/19/10
- Ariel Artists officially welcomes the phenomenal Bryant Park Quartet to the roster! 5/1/10
- Oni Buchanan finishes a triumphant spring concert tour with the first installment of her "In the Moment: Women Composers of the 21st Century" series, receiving standing ovations at the National Gallery in DC as well as at the Center for New Music & Audio Technologies (CNMAT) at UC Berkeley. 4/26/10
- Ariel Artists welcomes the NYC-based Guidonian Hand trombone quartet to the roster! 2/26/10
- The Callithumpian Consort receives high praise from the Boston Globe for their recent Avant Gardner concert: "Drury and the Callithumpians gave the kind of ambitious yet confident performances by which they have distinguished themselves for years." 1/25/10
- The Callithumpian Consort launches the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's new contemporary classical Avant Gardner series with their inaugural concert on September 17. The Consort will give two additional Avant Gardner performances on January 21 and March 18. 9/1/09
- Stephen Drury travels to the Tanglewood Music Festival in late July and early August, to perform as part of the Chamber Music Program. 7/15/09
- The Callithumpian Consort’s new CD of music by Lei Liang will be released by Mode Records in July. 7/1/09
- Pianist Stephen Drury just finished a triumphant week as Artistic Director of SICPP (Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice), featuring guest composer Jonathan Harvey, five evening concerts, and a marathon six-hour culminating concert of new music performed by the faculty and fellows of SICPP. The week-long Institute received this striking review in the Boston Globe. 6/25/09
- The Callithumpian Consort, SICPP’s ensemble-in-residence, performed three consecutive new music concerts to enthusiastic and appreciative crowds in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, notably presenting Jonathan Harvey’s epic work Bhakti among many others. 6/25/09
- Pianist Oni Buchanan recently finished her spring 2009 solo concert tour, including 30 concerts and events across twelve U.S. states and Vancouver, BC, and is currently preparing for her upcoming 2009-2010 concerts, which include appearances at the National Gallery of Art and UC Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio Technology. 5/15/09