Carlos Simon, the Boston Symphony’s new composer chair, talks with WCRB’s Brian McCreath about his musical and personal roots in the churches of his family, his hopes and plans with the BSO — ...

KEYS WEEK 2023: Wendy Carlos is one of the greatest living pioneers in the worlds of both music and technology. Indeed, without her work and the release of the seminal recording, Switched-On Bach, you ...

In 1968, Wendy Carlos released SWITCHED-ON BACH, a collection of music by Johann Sebastian Bach played on the Moog synthesizer. The multiple Grammy award-winning album introduced people to the ...

Wendy Carlos: A Biography, by Amanda Sewell. Oxford University Press. 264 pages. $34.95. Electronic music existed in the United States before the majority of Americans had access to electricity. The ...

The composer and electronic musician Wendy Carlos at work in her New York recording studio in October 1979. As she broke new ground in her career and gained fame, Carlos faced ridicule and violent ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by On the rise before the pandemic, Simon has shot to even greater prominence since. His next premiere commemorates the murder of George Floyd. By David ...

1972 was a great year for synthesiser music. Some of the greatest electronic music performances ever come from this year Although the early seventies are seen in hindsight as something of "the dark ...