Alarm Will Sound

St. Louis-based artist Damon Davis worked with the experimental classical ensemble Alarm Will Sound to create “Ligeia Mare,” an opera based in Black musical forms. They’ll perform a 20-minute excerpt tonight in a program that also includes new music by seven other composers.

Dogs barking, water boiling and being poured, and rough recordings are not the sounds most listeners associate with musical powerhouse Alarm Will Sound.…

While studying music at St. Louis Community College-Meramec, Ryan Mcneely presented one professor with a part-classical part-jazz composition. According…

Alarm Will Sound, the 20-member contemporary chamber music ensemble that has gained worldwide acclaim since its debut in 2001, has become a fixture in St.…

Alarm Will Sound, a 20-member ensemble, critically acclaimed for its performances of new music by emerging composers since its debut in 2001, has played…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 7, 2013: Alarm Will Sound, an acclaimed music ensemble best known for performances of cutting…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The Mizzou International Composers Festival, entering its fourth year, is built around the close…

In the late 1990’s Eastman School of Music students Gavin Chuck and Alan Pierson saw the need for a top notch ensemble to perform their compositions and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 23, 2013 - Alarm Will Sound, a large ensemble that focuses on performances of new music by…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Alarm Will Sound, a large ensemble that focuses on performances of new music by emerging composers,…