Leonardo DaVinci once said, "Do you know that our souls are composed of music?" Music and religion are intimately linked, and music is one of the most powerful tools to convey religious meaning. As ...

Next up at the Ecstatic Music Festival is the annual Bang on a Can People’s Commissioning Fund Concert on Wednesday (3/6), which will feature premieres of works by composers Nicole Lizée, Josué ...

The 2019 Ecstatic Music Festival continued on Saturday (2/16) at The Kauffman Center’s Merkin Hall with a performance from veteran indie rock band Deerhoof and percussion trio Tigue. The night opened ...

In the ’80s and ’90s, Alice Coltrane recorded and released an exquisite catalog of ashram music. These devotionals tell a story of womanhood and spirituality through the lens of a peerless composer.

With its current connotations, the term “festival” seems like a bit of a misnomer for Ecstatic Music. There are no midriffs; there is no molly; there is no dubstep DJ-du-jour. Its organizers provide ...

In February, Kaufman Music Center's Ecstatic Music series presents one of its most eagerly-awaited programs: an evening with acclaimed composer/performers Missy Mazzoli and Kelly Moran (February 29), ...

The adventurous, Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet - one of the most celebrated and influential ensembles of our time - joins NYC's acclaimed youth new music ensemble Face the Music ("a force in the New ...

Most people know intuitively that music can be a good way to pump yourself up or get the creative juices flowing — and a new study brings some scientific evidence to the connection. It finds that ...

NEW YORK — The musicians stood on the Merkin Hall stage in a tight semicircle — flutist on one end, bass clarinetist on the other. One musician bowed at a double bass, while another strummed an ...

British composer and improvising-trombonist Alex Paxton seems to have been enjoying the life of a rising star. In the past few years he has managed to release two albums: Music for Bosch People in ...