Grant Chu Covell

Managing Editor Grant Chu Covell works in the Boston area. He once worked for a global technology company that made hardware which Xenakis and Babbitt used to good effect. He was the publisher of the brilliant but forgotten The Periodic Journal of Bibliography (1990-95), and his music reviews have appeared in EAR Magazine and InMusic. His instrumental and electroacoustic music has been performed in the U.S. and abroad, and he has shared many CDs of his music with family and friends (one piece was recorded in a refrigerator). A short article about a composition he wrote for piano and tape can be found in the Csound Magazine. Two electroacoustic works have appeared in commercial compilations: Presence III and The Door Project. A recent CD can be found here, and another is in preparation. A long departed family dog’s name was taken from a character in Wagner’s Ring.

A Fortifying Ramble, with Oil Drum and Toaster

Goldmann lived long enough to ride or eschew multiple trends. He is generally untroubled, without arrogance or the need to preach. Why have we not heard more of his music?

A Fortifying Ramble, with Oil Drum and Toaster

Goldmann lived long enough to ride or eschew multiple trends. He is generally untroubled, without arrogance or the need to preach. Why have we not heard more of his music?

(Almost) Mostly Symphonies 43.

I recently reacquainted myself with a nearby institution’s efforts which prompted remarks on an assortment that had escaped timely notice.

(Almost) Mostly Symphonies 43.

I recently reacquainted myself with a nearby institution’s efforts which prompted remarks on an assortment that had escaped timely notice.

Piano Factory 33.

Extramusical influences guide these grand, resonant pieces; the sounds are wonderful.

Piano Factory 33.

Extramusical influences guide these grand, resonant pieces; the sounds are wonderful.

(Dis)Arrangements 18: Miscellany

There was a time when in order to hear music, it had to be created real-time.

(Dis)Arrangements 18: Miscellany

There was a time when in order to hear music, it had to be created real-time.

Tardy but Timeless: Lachenmann in Vermont

In August 2023, rustic Vermont was the unexpected but apt setting for several of Lachenmann’s chamber works.

Tardy but Timeless: Lachenmann in Vermont

In August 2023, rustic Vermont was the unexpected but apt setting for several of Lachenmann’s chamber works.

Who Cares if You Read? Who Cares if We Write? Who Cares if You Listen?

Something like an editorial to kick off 2025.

Who Cares if You Read? Who Cares if We Write? Who Cares if You Listen?

Something like an editorial to kick off 2025.

Ramble with Waterfall

Bristow and Fry are among America’s first symphonists.

Ramble with Waterfall

Bristow and Fry are among America’s first symphonists.

The Comet / Poppea

To factually state that two operas were occurring simultaneously does not reflect the audience’s challenge to sort through various stimuli real-time, and how rewarding it was to experience music and action coalescing.

The Comet / Poppea

To factually state that two operas were occurring simultaneously does not reflect the audience’s challenge to sort through various stimuli real-time, and how rewarding it was to experience music and action coalescing.

Paul Lewis plays Schubert in Boston

Compared to his 2002 and 2013 recordings, Lewis was curious and wiser, pulling us in to discover (or rediscover) Schubert’s innovations, emphasizing the composer’s harmonic detours.

Paul Lewis plays Schubert in Boston

Compared to his 2002 and 2013 recordings, Lewis was curious and wiser, pulling us in to discover (or rediscover) Schubert’s innovations, emphasizing the composer’s harmonic detours.

Another July Ramble

Ligeti’s precisely notated miniatures, sometimes minimal, sometimes Webernian, become anchors for discoveries.

Another July Ramble

Ligeti’s precisely notated miniatures, sometimes minimal, sometimes Webernian, become anchors for discoveries.

A Grumpy Ramble

I took a spin through this release and wanted the pieces to fall into the late 1930s or maybe even the late 1960s.

A Grumpy Ramble

I took a spin through this release and wanted the pieces to fall into the late 1930s or maybe even the late 1960s.