Carnegie Hall Offers Recordings of Recently Commissioned Works Online

Carnegie Hall has announced that select new works recently commissioned are available online for free -here-
Michael's Three Roads is among esteemed company and some incredible music (Steve Reich's Double Sextet just won the Pulitzer)
Read more -here-

Greene Space @ WNYC

Michael will be performing at the Inaugural Concert for WNYC's Greene Space with Jay Flower and ETHEL, and on the following day's Soundcheck with John Schaefer.
The Inaugural Concert will be webcast in its entirety -here- on April 28 starting at 8pm.
You can also view the following days Soundcheck on webcast or listen live on WNYC from 2-3.

This event has now passed. You can listen to the live version of Radio performed on the April 29 Soundcheck program -here-

Azul Reviews

Here are a couple reviews from performances of Azul with cellist Alisa Weilerstein.

Miami Herald
Cleveland Plain Dealer

Tetro

The website for Francis Ford Coppola's new film Tetro is now online. Click -here- for information, video clips, and music featuring MJWB.

Click -here- for an article on the music of Tetro in Venezuela's El Nacional newspaper

Groanbox Boys Spring 2009 UK Tour

Michael will be on tour in the UK with Groanbox Boys March 5-April 5. Click here for dates:

Groanbox Tour Dates

Bhavini Myspace

New tracks featuring Indian vocalist Bhavini Vyas and arrangements featuring hyper-accordion are available at Bhavini's myspace here: Bhavini

In other news, Opera News Online has posted a review of the November 2, 2008 Dawn Upshaw Zankel Hall concert, featuring the world preiere of Ward-Bergeman's Treny.

Read it here: Opera News

Reviews from Colorado

Here are a couple reviews from performances of Azul with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and the CSO.

Denver Newspaper
Rocky Mountain News