On today's episode, I interview Elizabeth McNutt, flutist, concert curator, and founder of Sounds Modern. Sounds Modern partners with a local modern art museum to present concerts which pair contemporary music with contemporary art allowing for conversation between the artistic disciplines to bring a greater depth of understanding and appreciation to the public.

Topics in this episode include:

• The value of early exposure to new music
• Bringing musicians into the visual art world and visual artists into the music world
• Partnering with an art museum
• Reinterpreting art through a musical lens
• Crowdsourcing knowledge to find new pieces because Google does NOT, in fact, know everything
• Pros and Cons of doing free concerts
• Pros and Cons of daytime concerts
• The value of new music concerts

The most innovative and least predictable concert music series in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Sounds Modern has been exploring links between contemporary music and visual art for over a decade. Sounds Modern reaches beyond the traditional context of classical music, collaborating with modern art presenters and other non-traditional venues to share adventurous new music with adventurous new audiences. Conceived and directed by virtuoso flutist Elizabeth McNutt in collaboration with The Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Sounds Modern adds a sonic dimension to the ideas presented in the galleries, and brings the artwork to life in the concert hall.

Websites:

Sounds Modern

Elizabeth McNutt