SoundNotion

This week on SN, Dave MacDonald interviews Marc Ostrow about ScoreStreet, his new one stop shopping venture for new music composers and performers. Naming SaveOurSymphonyMN.org, Congress reviews US copyright law, Chia-Jung Tsay sees music differently. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Marc Ostrow.

This week on SoundNotion, violinist, Parlour Tapes+ co-founder, NewMusicBox editor and new music entrepreneur Ellen McSweeney joins the panel. We cover the Chicago new music scene, non-specialist collaboration and “high risk” concerts at Parlour Tapes+. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, David MacDonald, Sam Merciers, Ellen McSweeney.

This week on SoundNotion, saxophonist and educator Tim McAllister joins the panel. He premieres a new saxophone concerto by John Adams with the Sydney Symphony on August 22. We discuss style, artistry and how a piece can rock even without slap tonguing. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo and Tim McAllister.

Joe Berkovitz of Noteflight.com joins us this week to share with us his new and incredibly exciting cloud-based notation software! It has cloud storage, social score sharing, a brilliant user interface, and you can read it on your iPhone! This week's panel: David MacDonald, Nate Bliton and Joe Berkovitz.

The bass clarinet duo Sqwonk (Jeff Anderle and Jonathan Russell) joins us to talk about music for their chosen instrument, collaborating from around the world, and the fabled Appalachian creature that (sort of) shares their name. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo, Jonathan Russell and Jeff Anderle.

This week we’re joined by composer and founder of the I Care if You Listen blog and iTunes Newsstand magazine of the same name, Thomas Deneuville. PLUS Thom Yorke leaves Spotify, Biophilia on Android at last and the Emerson String Quartet’s new member. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo and Thomas Deneuville.

This week, the panel is joined by composer, theorist and Aristotelian Richard Hermann. We discuss music theory...er No wait - We figure out what we mean by music theory and what it means to composers...well, some composers anyway. PLUS - The week’s news. This week's panel: Sam Merciers, David MacDonald, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo and Richard Hermann.

This week on SoundNotion, the panel is joined by clarinetist and director of the Los Angeles New Music Ensemble, Christina Giacona. Their new album will be out in September. We whip it (and the news) as best we can and find the details in 8-bit video. This week's panel: Patrick Gullo, David MacDonald, Sam Merciers, and Christina Giacona.

This week on SoundNotion, we’re joined by Josh Quillen and Eric Beach of the new music ensemble So Percussion. We discuss the value of bespoke merchandise, educating the next generation of musicians, and how “collaboration” either is or isn’t a good word. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Sam Merciers, Eric Beach, and Josh Quillen.

This week the panel is joined by composer, singer, writer and devoted football fan Kerry Andrew. Her new chamber opera Woodwose, premieres at Wigmore Hall July 19th - OH WAIT - And her other chamber opera premieres later this summer at Tête à Tête. This week's panel: David MacDonald, Sam Merciers, and Kerry Andrews.