Charles Ives

Charles Ives: A Radical In a Suit and Tie

by Nic Jones
August 24, 2008

Rescued from the archives, A Radical In a Suit and Tie represents the premiere recordings of Charles Ives's best-known works from the mid-20th Century; composed approximately half a century before that, this music has lost little of its singular impact, which says much about Ives' musical vocabulary.

It's not difficult to see how this music influenced the likes of Frank Zappa and Van Dyke Parks; but on a profound level, the influence should not be overplayed, as it works to ...

April 29: Visionaries And Eccentrics: Ives’ Problem Children Explores Charles Ives’ Musical Legacy In Multiple Musical Genres

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
April 22, 2025

With his concept of musical transcendentalism, Charles Ives paved the way for a century of experimentation in multiple modes of musical expression. In Visionaries and Eccentrics: Ives’ Problem Children, Contemporary Musical Arts students explore the worlds of collage, postmodernism, and other genres of multi-layered music, including rock, jazz, funk, noise, and other contemporary genres, drawing on the music of Brian Wilson, Captain Beefheart, Parliament Funkadelic, Connie Converse, Polly Bradfield, and others. This special concert, produced by Anthony Coleman and Lautaro ...
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New England Conservatory Fall Festival Celebrates 'Charles Ives, Ruth Crawford Seeger And American Musical Innovation' from November 10-17, 2024

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
October 30, 2024

Honoring the legacy of John Heiss, this weeklong festival features residencies with guest artists Raven Chacon and John Musto, a barn dance with Alex Cummings and Adah Hetko, a four-night run of John Musto and Mark Campbell’s opera, Later the Same Evening and more. 2024 marks the return of the NEC Festival, a week-long event honoring the legacy of composer, legendary NEC faculty member and Festival founder John Heiss. Organized by NEC’s Faculty Senate Steering Committee and running from November ...
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Genre Bending Jazz Vocalist & Composer Theo Bleckmann Earns 2010 Grammy Nomination for Winter & Winter Release "Twelve Songs by Charles Ives"

Source: DP Public Relations
December 9, 2009

Bleckmann & Kneebody make the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List receiving Best Classical Crossover Album Nomination New York, NY -- Winter & Winter recording artist Theo Bleckmann and his critically acclaimed album, Twelve Songs By Charles Ives has earned a Grammy Nomination in the Best Classical Crossover Album category (Awarded to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor). Twelve Songs by Charles Ives pays homage to an exceptional composer from the United States who was denied the possibility of having ...
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