ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

When a composer dies, a world falls silent; two of the composers honored below are no longer with us, but their music lives on.  One album stretches back even further to highlight a 9th century princess; another recalls the woman

toechter ~ Epic Wonder

The demarcation between pop and experimental is less a border between uneasy nations, with a DMZ to confirm the gulf between, and more the line where sea meets beach, ebbing and flowing to gravity’s pull. Berlin-based Toechter return to our

Toechter ~ Zephyr

The debut album from Toechter (Daughters) combines the talents of Lisa Marie Vogel, Katrine Grarup Elbo and Marie-Claire Schlameus on viola, violin and violoncello.  But while the album lands in the category of modern composition, it is not just a string album;