Oscar Bettison: Composer Portrait

MUSIC
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020
8:00 PM


Miller Theater at Columbia University
2960 Broadway, Morningside Heights, Manhattan

$20-$30; $17-$25 seniors; $12-$18 students and under age 25
https://www.millertheatre.com/events/oscar-bettison

It is a huge mystery to me why composer Oscar Bettison isn't better known.  So thanks to Miller Theater for giving him this showcase.  Bettison's music is inventive and surprising and even somewhat exploratory (while intentionally staying within the confines of sheer listenability) (and not being at all afraid of pop inflections).  But what's best to me is how lively it is.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Looooooongtime Greek standby Symposium.