Minimalism. For non-musicians right now, the word calls to mind the gospel of decluttering, capsule wardrobes, or bland home designs involving beige color palettes and coffee table books no one ...

As centenary events celebrate Simeon ten Holt’s work, music historians have questioned his omission from histories of Minimalism, and its focus on American greats. By Hugh Morris Reporting from London ...

Curious about minimalism in music? Not every good song has to be an enormous, elaborate work of art. Sometimes, the real power of a song lies in its most stripped-down elements. Peter Gabriel isn’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Terry Riley examining archeological ruins at the Umenoki Site outside of Hokuto, Japan. (Mark Swed / Los Angeles Times) On June 24 ...

This fall’s classical music calendar teems with 21st century music inspired by today’s political and spiritual concerts, written by composers from far beyond the usual Central European haunts — ...

Faculty performers from five departments at SUNY Brockport will come together on Wednesday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. for Mostly ...

Inspiration can spark in the most mundane circumstances. In 1964, a young composer named Terry Riley was on his way to work — playing ragtime piano at San Francisco’s Gold Street Saloon — when he had ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Peter Gordon, who studied with Terry Riley, has always made music that is surprising but accessible. Now he’s starting his own record label. By Rob ...

Springing from the remains of several promising independent Washington, D.C., bands, the trio Antelope began in 2001, striving to reach the stripped-down essence of rock-verging-on-punk music. Then, ...

Now the British conductor’s passion for the last revolution in 20 th century classical music, one that seeped through to other genres via the likes of Mike Oldfield and Brian Eno, comes to the stage ...

“So it’s open air? And it’s an electronic music festival?” queries an incredulous Terry Riley, regarding the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. The father of minimalism speaks by phone from his Sri ...