• March 27, 2023

    Artist Roundtable: The Composers of DIMENSIONS VOL. 4

    DIMENSIONS VOL. 4 from Navona Records delivers a diverse collection of works for large ensembles by six lauded contemporary composers. Dive into this story for Inside looks at their musical influences, compositional processes, and more.

  • March 27, 2023

    The Inside Story: Frank Felice and THE BEAUTY OF INNUENDOS

    Frank Felice, an eclectic composer celebrated for his postmodern mischievousness, explores his own brand of “consonant adiatonicism” in THE BEAUTY OF INNUENDOS. Throughout the album, Felice sets a variety [...]

  • March 24, 2023

    The Inside Story: Rita Costanzi and AMOROSO

    Few instruments are as viscerally associated with the idea of grace and beauty as the harp, and few are as apt to express a sense of yearning as the [...]

  • March 23, 2023

    The Inside Story: Alan Schmitz and ACE COMPOSERS II

    While it isn’t entirely unusual for musicians to raise musical children, it is fairly rare for a composer to have not one, but two sons who also compose. This [...]

  • March 22, 2023

    The Inside Story: Elizabeth Masoudnia and ENGLISH HORN EXPRESSIONS

    Deeply expressive and melodic, the English horn boasts a unique texture in the woodwind family. On Elizabeth Masoudnia’s aptly titled ENGLISH HORN EXPRESSIONS, the instrument has found itself in [...]

  • March 21, 2023

    The Inside Story: Marta Brankovich and MARTA, THE TEMPEST

    Leveraging her passion and irreplicable touch on the piano, the black swan of piano Marta Brankovich conjures an unforgettable storm on MARTA, THE TEMPEST. This long-awaited deep-dive into the [...]

  • March 20, 2023

    The Inside Story: Craig Madden Morris and KALEIDOSCOPE

    Life can sometimes seem like an infinity mirror of colors reflecting off of themselves, each tint deeply distinct in its own right, yet profoundly beautiful when viewed as a [...]

  • March 16, 2023

    The Inside Story: Megan Arns and CHAOS + CONTEMPLATION

    Having commissioned a diverse range of composers in terms of style, ethnicity and gender, DRAX ambitiously attempts to scrutinize and reflect upon current social issues on CHAOS + CONTEMPLATION. [...]

  • March 16, 2023

    The Inside Story: Sang-Hie Lee and GLOBE, TRAVEL, HOMELAND

    The piano is the powerhouse of musical instruments: with its vast tonal range and its ability to simultaneously supply chords and melodies, it generally takes the dominating place in [...]

  • March 16, 2023

    The Inside Story: Andrew Anderson and Chamber Works

    In a modern age crowded with distractions, one quickly learns to appreciate the little oases of peace. Andrew Anderson’s 2022 Navona Records release, CHAMBER WORKS, might just be such [...]