A Curious Ear explores the unlikely connections between experimental, contemporary classical, ambient, noise, and other musics. The show airs at 11 pm, on the second Saturday of every month on WCNY-FM, as part of WCNY’s Tomorrow’s Choices Today. Archived episodes are hosted on MixCloud.
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On this month's episode of A Curious Ear, we explore the ability of synthesized sound to imitate, emulate, and interrupt the world of contemporary classical music. From a work written for “Cyborg Pianist” Zubin Kanga, inspired by a 16th century treatise on microtonal tuning to a pair of works for flute and electronics inspired by nature and a work created specifically for the midi sounds in notation software, we will explore it all A Curious Ear.
On this month’s episode of A Curious Ear, we visit Ohio University, which held their inaugural CLICKFEST on Sept. 20th and 21st. We'll experience a sampling of the wide range of music presented at the festival and hear from the composers themselves as they talk about their work.
On this month’s episode of A Curious Ear, we explore very different sounding works for strings. ranging from the lush world of Alex Burtzos’s a moment of transition and Georgia Denham’s to gwen, with love to the sometimes harsh, sometimes intimate world of Scott Wollschleger’s Violain, and more.
On this month’s episode of A Curious Ear, we explore the sounds of winter’s stillness, “the whispering air” as Walt Whitman puts it. We’ll hear field recordings from frozen tennis courts and Northern Icelandic towns, as well as purely instrumental works that explore the depths of winter. Music by Kory Reeder, Carol Robinson, Lia Kohl, and Kate Carr.