A musical toast to our long-time partner, Reed College, which celebrates its centennial this year. The February 10 program commemorates 1912's most progressive musical output, and includes a new work from David Schiff, "Class of 1915."

to America's Music Festivals with host Orli Shaham, whose second season revisits CMNW with selections from the 2011 Summer Festival! Stay tuned for more information.

annotator Thomas May's examination of Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, which he describes as existing "between speech and song, comedy and tragedy, irony and hysteria, tradition and the avant-garde." How did this piece come about, and why is it so significant?