Alan Pierson, Alarm Will Sound Artistic Director/conductor, sat down with composer JG Thirwell to talk about Execution, his new work for Alarm Will Sound. Alan: What would be useful for the performers or audience to know before they dive into this piece? Where did the titles come from? What does it mean to you? JG: […]
November 5 at 7:30pm at Washington University in St. Louis’s 560 Music Center, Alarm Will Sound will present the world premiere of excerpts from Golden Lily by composer Fang Man and librettist Jie Guo. The complete is a three-act opera based on the sixteenth-century anonymous Chinese novel Plum in the Golden Vase (Jin Ping Mei金瓶梅). Its […]
Alarm Will Sound seeks a Program Coordinator for part-time work. Alarm Will Sound is a touring chamber orchestra that commissions and performs contemporary music. The Program Coordinator would be a part-time contractor who would work up to 15 hours a month for $20 an hour. This person would largely work from home, but may occasionally […]