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A pioneering researcher in computer-assisted music theory, Stephen is a former SMT member and directed research in computer-assisted piano instruction in conjunction with Yamaha. He is currently researching the nature of music performance practices.

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Precious moments

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Among the generation of composers that began to emerge after the Second World War, there was considerable attention given to structure with visions...
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Preparing for George Benjamin

Those interested in giving (or asking to receive) a less-than-ordinary gift for this Holiday season would do well to consider tickets either to one...
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Bach's Christmas spirit

The Holidays with the Symphony series of concerts at Davies Symphony Hall began last night with a performance of the Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 of...
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Chamber music under the 'anxiety of influence'

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There is this precious (perhaps too much so) scene in Wes Craven's 1999 film Music of the Heart, in which Isaac Stern is "introducing"...
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Schoenberg the middleman

It is hard to imagine a better program to illustrate the musical tensions of the latter half of the nineteenth century and their impact on the early...
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The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra: a new season with a new conductor

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Donato Cabrera introduced his first season as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra this afternoon in Davies Symphony Hall...
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The Berlin Philharmonic presents Brahms in two guises

The first program that Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic will bring to Davies Symphony Hall next Friday evening, November 20, will be the...
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Full disclosure

There are many reasons to be disappointed that, due to a medical emergency, Gautier Capuçon had to cancel his appearance at Davies Symphony...
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A pivotal composition from the early twentieth century

XM Satellite Radio listeners who have been following the regular broadcasts of the New York Philharmonic on the Symphony Hall channel (XM 78) may...
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Waiting for the Berliners (and waiting through Brahms)

There are two ways to acquire a foretaste of the music that the Berlin Philharmonic will be performing, under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, at...
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