http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/2413 <!--paging_filter--><p>Hot on the heels of <a href="/text-november-09-music-and-modernity-james-macmillan">James MacMillan's red-hot piece</a> in these pages calling Emperor's New Clothes on Pierre Boulez, plus <a href="http://www.dilettantemusic.com/">Dilettante Music</a>'s digital composer-in-residence contest, and <a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/">Norman Lebrecht's poll of the living composers creating the most durable work</a> (John Adams is no.1, then Part, then Reich), here's more contemporary food for thought. Greg Sandow of Artsjournal's blog about the future of classical music has run <a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/sandow/">a post about the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's two new composers-in-residence</a>. They are <a href="http://www.masonicelectronica.com/">Mason Bates</a> and <a href="http://www.annaclyne.com/">Anna Clyne</a>. <p><a href="/node/2413"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/2413#comments Anna Clyne Chicago Symphony Orchestra Greg Sandow James MacMillan Mason Bates Norman Lebrecht Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:38:52 +0000 Jessica Duchen 2413 at http://standpointmag.co.uk