
Sonic Grace
Our Sonic Grace audio blog is a place where musicians and composers tell us about a piece of music that changed everything.
Sarah Belle Reid - Quatre Couches by Pamela Z
I first stumbled across a video of Pamela Z's Quatre Couches performance on a snowy day in December, just after my first semester of grad…
Read MoreLynn Kuo - Synchronisms No. 9 for Violin and Tape Composed by Mario Davidovsky
The year that Mario Davidovsky was invited to be the Featured Composer at the University of Toronto’s New Music Festival, I was invited by Professor…
Read MoreStephen Clarke - Un Adieu Composed by Giacinto Scelsi
Un Adieu is the first work I ever heard of Giacinto Scelsi back in 1994. This started my deeper fascination with contemporary music, and with…
Read MoreJames O’Callaghan - Iced Bodies by Seth Parker Woods and Spencer Topel
I was blown away when I discovered this collaboratively-created work by Cellist Seth Parker Woods and Sound Artist Spencer Topel. It is an incredibly moving…
Read MoreDavid Hetherington - Figment for Cello Alone by Elliott Carter
One of the most important pieces in my journey through the world of New Music would have to be Berio’s Sequenza XIVa for Solo Cello.…
Read MoreAmahl Arulanandam - Sequenza XIVa for Solo Cello by Luciano Berio
One of the most important pieces in my journey through the world of New Music would have to be Berio’s Sequenza XIVa for Solo Cello.…
Read MoreStephanie Chua - Serynade for Piano by Helmut Lachenmann
Serynade (1997/1998) by Helmut Lachenmann is the piece that has most strongly influenced my development as a contemporary pianist. I know this is a pretty…
Read MoreCorie Rose Soumah - String Quartet No. 2 by Görgy Ligeti
Ligeti’s String Quartet No. 2 has been an incredible discovery and a beautiful awakening to new musical possibilities. Before my encounter with this piece, my…
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