Benjamin Downs

Music historian and theorist, pianist, new music-er, and listener.

[Joshua Musikantow @JoshNewMusic]

If you want to pick composer Steven Takasugi's brain July 2, noon CDT, but you aren't in the Twin Cities or don't feel comfortable going out yet, you can interact with him live on @Zoom. Register here: https://t.co/w2vYiaXx4E. @NewMusicMN #tcnmf21 #ComposerToComposer

[Sarah Kirkland Snider @sksnider]

This woman's artistry 🌊. I'm beyond honored to have @theedangelo feature five works of mine on her stunning upcoming debut, including a world premiere, which made me tear up at first listen. Listen to her sing @missymazzoli's gorgeousness here...

[Benjamin Downs @benjamindowns]

@MusicologyDuck Glenn Gould approves: https://t.co/c6vIKmYb4p

[Benjamin Downs @benjamindowns]

@MUSICTHEORYAUG Absolutely! If you can ease the purgatorial pain of writing, you should!

[Benjamin Downs @benjamindowns]

Anyone know which @livefromhereapm aired on @MPRnews today (July 18, 2020) at 6:00? There was a breathtaking essay that I caught only the end of, and I NEED TO KNOW what it was!

[Benjamin Downs @benjamindowns]

Early Ligeti (cello sonata), later Ligeti, (horn trio) and later Ligeti (piano etudes, book 1 complete)!

[Joshua Musikantow @JoshNewMusic]

3/15/19, György Ligeti Portrait Concert
7:30 pm @StudioZStPaul $15 General admission/ $5 for students /free for children under 18 @NewMusicMN @lowertownlive @iamstpaulmn @bebopified @SecretsCity @MinneScene @mn_live @ClassicalMPR @mn_live @NewMusicUSA @UMN_Music @benjamindowns

[Benjamin Downs @benjamindowns]

@113_collective Ditto what @l_a_dunn asked. Any preview? I'll almost certainly get this but would like to have a better sense of the level student this would work for.

[Sarah Kirkland Snider @sksnider]

These records are so very beautiful. RT @newamrecords: NOW AVAILABLE: **two** new releases from @PadmaNewsome! “The Vanity of trees” on all platforms + “le creature nel giardino di Lady Walton” on our #WindmillSeries.
https://t.co/LN9FYDyojn

[Sarah Kirkland Snider @sksnider]

Been super fun working w @BoulderSymphony on this big piece of mine, Hiraeth. Come hear it Saturday, Colorado! RT @DevinPHughes: Lots of fantastic rhythms, melodies and colors on this show! Music of @HellTweet #Debussy and @sksnider

[Benjamin Downs @benjamindowns]

My MN new music life in 3 weeks: 2 weeks ago, Lachenmann with @113_collective; week before, Libby Larsen of @NewMusicMN. TONIGHT, Sarah Kirkland Snider, at MacPhail (@macpahilmusic), thanks in part to the funding of the @McKnightFoundation. Come on down! https://t.co/E9ChyXWjBY

[Sarah Kirkland Snider @sksnider]

Hey Colorado! Two upcoming orchestral performances w @ArapahoePhil and @BoulderSymphony and @DevinPHughes. Excited to be 2018-2019 Composer-in-Residence at UC-Boulder College of Music; will be at Boulder show. Come say hello! (🎥 still from Mark DeChiazza’s film for ‘Hiraeth’)

[Benjamin Downs @benjamindowns]

Halloween.

[Benjamin Downs @benjamindowns]

And of course we're hosted by none other than the @macphailmusic's, in their gorgeous Antonello Hall.

[Benjamin Downs @benjamindowns]

I coincidentally programmed @sksnider's and Nathaniel Bellows' Unremembered on the same week as Halloween....But with poetry that speaks to childhood fears of witches in the woods, apparitions of ghostlike girls, it's apt. Come out and hear it! Friday! https://t.co/80tPKP2gKq

[Zeitgeist @ZeitgeistStPaul]

Back by popular demand, Crocus Hill Ghost Story returns Oct. 27-28 during Zeitgeist's Halloween Festival! A macabre tale of a house possessed accompanied by a wildly evocative score performed live by Zeitgeist and narrated my KrisAnne Weiss. ​
https://t.co/88MdKIvvhI #NewMusicMN

[Joshua Musikantow @JoshNewMusic]

Guero, for solo piano, By Lachenmann. Performed by @benjamindowns #tcnmf18 #113concertseries

[Benjamin Downs @benjamindowns]

Also, a breathtaking temA, Pression, and Consolations are on the program. #tcnmf18

[Benjamin Downs @benjamindowns]

Soundcheck for #tcnmf18 final night, Lachenmann concert, performing Guero and Allegro Sostenuto -- with @113_collective at @StudioZStPaul

[Benjamin Downs @benjamindowns]

I try to tweet only when I'm attending interesting things....which is why I'm so very silent. But here I am at @113_collective's Twin Cities New Music Festival!

[Benjamin Downs @benjamindowns]

@jennjolley Thank you!

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