Listen Up!

Don't ask any questions. Simply go to this page, and click on each of the three MP3 excerpts from a composition (a string quintet) titled unpromisingly, Current Events. It will do wonders for your heart, mind, and soul, and convince those of you who regard the 21st century as a bleak one for worthy new classical music (among whose number I often count myself) that perhaps things are not nearly so bleak as they might at times seem.

(Thanks to Iron Tongue of Midnight for the link to composer Alex Shapiro's blog, Notes From The Kelp, which blog led us to Ms. Shapiro's website linked above. Needless to say, we're also adding Ms. Shapiro's blog to our exclusive Culture Blogs listing on the sidebar.)