Browsing Archive: November, 2013

Interview with Alyssa Anderson of The Dream Songs Project

Posted by Dan Sailer and Katherine Bergman on Wednesday, November 6, 2013, In : Studio Z Performance 

Zeitgeist's 5th Annual New Music Cabaret features an eclectic variety of new music from the top musicians in the Twin Cities, including new music advocates The Dream Songs Project (Alyssa Anderson, mezzo soprano; Joe Spoelstra, guitar). The duo has championed and expanded the repertoire for their instrumentation through commissions, premieres, and calls for scores in recent years, highlighting the music of local Minnesota composers.

TDSP has been very busy with recording projects, commissions...
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Interview with Saxophonist Nathan Hanson

Posted by Dan Sailer and Katherine Bergman on Monday, November 4, 2013, In : Zeitgeist 

Zeitgeist's 5th Annual New Music Cabaret features an eclectic variety of new music from the top musicians in the Twin Cities, including Nathan Hanson's Saxophone Choir, a recently-formed collection of saxophonists with distinct personal voices.

Composer/saxophonist Nathan Hanson has been described as “unexpectedly tasteful and dignified” and has performed with such legends as Dizzy Gillespie, Cecil Taylor, Mark Dresser, and Chris Potter. We were pleased to speak with him this week to find...
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Interview with Dean Magraw of Red Planet

Posted by Dan Sailer and Katherine Bergman on Friday, November 1, 2013, In : Zeitgeist 

Zeitgeist's 5th Annual New Music Cabaret features an eclectic variety of new music from the top musicians in the Twin Cities, including Red Planet, a group that prides itself on playing music from inner-stellar and inter-stellar space with an emphasis on re-interpreting familiar melodies and unearthed gems.

We spoke with Red Planet guitarist Dean Magraw to look back on the group's history and influences.


How did the musicians of Red Planet get together?

Red Planet is the brainchild of Jay Epst...
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