The Boston Globe
A joyful tribute to minimalist pioneer Terry Riley
by Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff, April 21, 2015
No one would mistake Boston for a historic hotbed of musical minimalism, but in recent years, depending on where you look, a few more flavors of new music have been finding an audience. At MIT, a welcome and ambitious new series called Sounding, curated by composer Evan Ziporyn, has bookended its inaugural season with celebrations of two icons of American experimental music, beginning with a program devoted to Alvin Lucier and culminating on Saturday night with a roiling and joyful 80th birthday tribute to minimalist pioneer Terry Riley... MORE