Tyler Kline

2 weeks ago | wusf.org | Tyler Kline

On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Highways, winter landscapes, a honking horn before disappearing into the distance — Henry Dorn’s “Mid-Michigan Miniatures” captures the feeling of driving across Michigan. It’s music rooted in travel, family, and the slow quiet of pandemic life. Then: Restless, layered, and rhythmically charged — Ken Thomson’s Uneasy lives up to its name. The music builds in long, sweeping gestures that clash, collide, and dissolve into near silence before rising again.

3 weeks ago | wusf.org | Tyler Kline

On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Thomas Adès’s Powder Her Face has dazzled audiences for three decades. Its vivid Dances have long been part of the orchestral repertoire — but the composer’s revised Three-piece Suite has never had a commercial release. Now, in its anniversary year, that moment has come. Then: Modern Notebook pays tribute to the late Sofia Gubaidulina, who passed away in March 2025.

4 weeks ago | wusf.org | Tyler Kline

On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Good and evil, reality and illusion — composer Melia Watras explores these intertwined opposites in “Doppelgänger Dances.” The piece plays with musical doubles and variations, drawn from her earlier composition William Wilson, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s haunting tale of duality.

1 month ago | wusf.org | Tyler Kline

On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Called a “dream group” by The New York Times after just one concert, the ensemble Owls brings together members of Kronos Quartet and acclaimed soloists. Their debut album Rare Birds is built on joy, curiosity, and experimentation — ending with a 14-minute celebration of minimalism and 5/4 rhythm by Terry Riley.

1 month ago | wusf.org | Tyler Kline

On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Some events seem to happen by chance — but still leave a lasting impact, from moment to moment, measure to measure. That idea is at the heart of Marc Mellits’ “Discrete Structures,” a set of miniature movements that connect and complete each other in surprising ways, drawn from shared musical material and personal moments of serendipity. Then: The trombone is often cast as the Big Bad Wolf or the Clown.