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 ...

On June 24, Terry Riley turned 90. It was a momentous occasion for American music that got little attention in the U.S. But Sunday night at the Ford, Bang on a Can All-Stars will pay tribute in a ...

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 ...

Much like jazz, the origin story of minimalism is messy and hard to pin down to a date. And like jazz, definitions of minimalism can be rather slippery or downright contentious. Such challenges, ...

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 — ...

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 ...

Today, the Spotlight shines On Kerry O'Brien and William Robin, co-authors of the book On Minimalism: Documenting a Musical Movement (University of California Press).

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 ...

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 ...