by Glen Roven Leonard Bernstein said, “The nineteenth century dies hard.” By that he meant his American concert-going audience would rather hear the lush, romantic music of over a hundred years ago –Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Verdi — than the angular, anguished music of the twentieth –Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Shostakovich.Personally I love 20th century music, especially Britten, […]

Earl Howard discusses two works he will present on September 25:  ‘ML 70′ for solo syntheesizer, and ’27’ for synthesizer and flutes, with JD Parran.

All concerts at 8PM.  Tickets $20/$15 students, seniors, Roulette Members. September 11, 2014 – A Tribute To Robert Ashley, with Thomas Buckner, Joseph Kubera, Conrad Harris, & Pauline Kim Harris September 25, 2014 – Evan Parker Solo // Earl Howard & JD Parran October 23, 2014 – Michael Byron’s “Celebration” // John King Selections from […]

The significance of Robert Ashley’s life and work continues. Here Thomas Buckner performs “When Famous Last Words Fail You” at Tulkinnanvaraista in Helsinki. This piece was originally scored for voice, chorus and orchestra and premiered at Carnegie Hall with the American Composers Orchestra on December 7, 1997.

Robert Ashley died on March 3, 2014. We would like to share with you a video featuring an interview of Bob Ashley discussing the new production of “The Old Man Lives in Concrete” presented at Roulette on April 25, 2012. Robert Ashley on The Old Man Lives In Concrete (w/ Richard Carrick) from Mimi Johnson […]

by George Grella George Grella of New York Classical Review talks about December’s concert with bassist James Ilgenfritz and pianist Reinier Van Houdt!   Before the music began Thursday night at Roulette, singer and Interpretations series impresario Tom Buckner took the stage to express outrage over the difficulty his organization faced in securing a performing […]

De musicorum infelicitate October 17, 2003 at 6:00pm CLICK HERE for more info Walter Marchetti is one of the most original and controversial authors in the world of contemporary musical creation. In his works he has always explored and focused on the fine line that links music to his own visual representation. He does this […]

On November 14 Interpretations presents the World Premiere of Anne LeBaron’s ‘Breathtails’, as well as a handful of other amazing works – including the New York premiere of Los Murmullos, and the US premiere of Creación de las Aves, both written for pianist Ana Cervantes.We asked Anne a few questions about her career and the […]