A Web Nexus for Contemporary Art Music

The Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music is a wide ranging web nexus for contemporary concert music. Our mission is to promote contemporary composers and their music through information, understanding and performances.

Contemporary classical/art/concert music is a living art form, fed by the creativity of composers across the country and around the globe. Finding inspiration from a multitude of sources, this music springs from a well-known and beloved past, yet travels new avenues and explores amazingly diverse sound worlds. There are more composers writing music now than there ever have been in the history of the world, and our goal is to help you connect with them and enjoy their art.

Featured Items and Upcoming Events

Composers of the Month

  • Colin McPhee, composer
  • Miriam Gideon, composer
  • Kurt Schwertsik, composer
  • Ney Rosauro, composer
  • Danny Elfman, composer
  • Robert McCauley, composer
  • Julia Wolfe, composer
  • Ramon Lazkano, composer
  • David T. Little, composer
~ click any composer to learn more ~

Sound Advice

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Featured Recording
Naxos Records

Gloria Coates: String Quartet No. 9, Sonata For Violin Solo; Lyric Suite (Naxos 8559666)
Gloria Coates
String Quartet No. 9, etc.
Coates’s music forces one to consider why we listen to music at all, and to examine what we mean by "entertainment".
 - Raymond Tuttle/Fanfare
 Learn More

... see the Featured Recordings Archive

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EarfulPytheas Earfuls

Each week we recommend
           listening experiences made
       possible by the web's
    many streaming audio sites.
 Click, listen, explore, and enjoy...


This week's featured pieces:
Johannes Fritsch
Modulation I (1966)

Olivier Messiaen
Un vitrail et des oiseaux (1986)


David T. Little
Dear Atticus, from
"Vinkensport or, The Finch Opera" (2010)

Streaming Audio? click Listen

Pytheas Earful Archive


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Composer Portraits
composers talk about
their life & music



Pytheas Sightings
New Music on Film
Elizabeth Hoffman's score for
Globeland (2002)

Danses Pytheuses
New Music for Dance
Fanfare (2011)
Choreography by
Naomi Goldberg Haas
Music by
Michael Nyman

Sound Art
Electroacoustic Music
Federico Schumacher
Jetlag + 6Hrs (2006)

Bang, Clang and Beat
New Music for Percussion
Mauricio Kagel
Dressur (1977)

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New Music Resources

Contemporary Composers

Contemporary Composers ... Cont'd

Composers in Selected States

Composer Collectives

Film Composers

Dance Composers

New Music for Theater and Stage

Electroacoustic Music

New Music for Percussion

Composers Speak on the Web


New Music Ensembles

New Music Festivals

Contemporary Music Centers

Contemporary Music Venues

New Music Websites

Publishers

Award Winning Music

New Music Resources


* * * Cool New Music Videos * * *

Streaming Audio

Streaming Audio Archive

New Music Recordings Archive

New Music Video Archive

New Music Film Archive

New Music Dance Archive


New Music Thoughts & Ideas

New Music Concepts & Terms

New Music for Kids


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