Philip Glass News

Firstly lets talk about his influence! From Coldplay, Lauri Anderson, Aphex Twin, Portishead, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, and Brian Eno to numerous other copy cats and com-posers who have used his arpeggiations to build drama and intensity in otherwise minimalist tracks.

Of the six Philip Glass operas I've seen live, 1993's OrphA©e is the most conventional in structure, in part because Glass derived the story from Jean Cocteau's screenplay for his celebrated 1949 film.

Lisa Saffer plays the role of Death, aka La Princesse, with Steven Brennfleck as Cegeste, who is under her spell.

Philip Glass- The New Frontier ____________________________________________________________________ And now, South Park Elementary presents the happy, non-offensive, non-denominational Christmas Play, with music and lyrics by New York minimalist composer, Philip Glass! [Philip Glass moves into position and starts playing his keyboards.

The contracts aren't yet signed, and the legal beagles have yet to complete their sniffing and gnawing, but it seems highly probable that Portland Opera is about to make its first-ever recording - and it's a big one.

But best-known doesn't always mean best-loved. Fans praise the famously repetitive composer for reuniting serious music with young audiences.

Paul Slavens took in a performance on Saturday at the Winspear Opera House of Philip Glass' scoring of Dracula .

The Dallas Opera launched its season Friday in the brand-new Winspear Opera house.

JerryZ reviews a well-programmed LA concert with Feldman's Rothko Chapel, Ben Johnston's Quartet No.

"There's a wave of conservatism in classical music, which has one meaning for Americans, but for those in Korea and China signifies another position," he says.

SOUND MAN: Max Richter back in Edinburgh, where he studied piano and composition at university.

Philip Glass's popularity towers high over most living composers today, but others haven't enjoyed the high-profile collaborations he's had.

Philip Glass was born in Baltimore in 1937 and began studying music when he was 8, according to a biography by Tim Page published on the composer's Web site, philipglass.com. Over the course of his career, he has written film scores, symphonies, concertos and works for solo piano and organ, collaborating with artists such as Paul Simon, David Bowie ...

Friends University Ballet will showcase the work that goes on behind the scenes during the school's Fall Ballet program next weekend.

The '62 Center for Theatre and Dance will present Lucinda Childs' highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE.

A seat at the new Philip Glass opera for $20, $40 or $60? The incomparable Cate Blanchett in "A Streetcar Named Desire" for as little as $30? DJ Spooky's crazy/ambitious sound portrait "Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica" for $20, $30 or $40? Sounding like 1994 prices, they represent the single-ticket range at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave ...

It's day two of my seven day free Rhapsody trial. Music on demand on the iPhone is great.

When it comes to programming a fine arts production, safe money plays it safe. There's also something to be said for taking risks.

The Vale of Glamorgan Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary next week. Gavin Allen talks to its artistic director John Metcalf FOR the last 40 years, John Metcalf has been curating the Vale of Glamorgan Festival, which started out as a regular classical music festival in 1969 when such events were not commonplace.

The Public Theater's new revival of Euripedes' "The Bacchae," as part of the free Shakespeare in the Park program, looks sleek and edgy, with a warped set that emerges from the ground and an accompanying original score by the estimable Philip Glass.