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Crossover Media music promotion works a diverse linuep of well known and developing artists to terrestrial radio and online media.
Client list includes:  Sony, Verve/UMG, Warners, Concord, Disney, eOne


For more information contact Max Horowitz    maxcrossover@gmail.com

 

"Music is a science. Music is mathematical. Music is a foreign language. Music is History. Music is physical education. Music develops Insight and demands research. Music is all these things, but most of all, MUSIC IS ART. That is why we teach music. Not because we expect you to play or sing all your life...But so you will be human...So you will recognize beauty...So you will be closer to an infinite beyond this world...So you will have something to cling to...So you will have more love, more compassion, more gentleness, more good- in short, more LIFE."   - Ludwig van Beethoven

Top 10 Albums For January 26, 2020

  • Colin Stetson

    Color Out of Space

    Milan Records today releases COLOR OUT OF SPACE (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) with music by GRAMMY® Award-winning saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and composer COLIN STETSON.  Available everywhere now, the soundtrack features music written by Stetson for the Nicolas Cage-starring, sci-fi thriller, which debuts in theaters today.  A highly-coveted collaborator to Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, Tom Waits, LCD Soundsystem, The National and more, Stetson brings with him an expansive body of work that includes both genre-defying, avant-jazz records as well as critically-acclaimed original scores for major film, television and game titles (Ari Aster's Hereditary, Red Dead Redemption 2). 

  • Lorne Balfe

    Bad Boys for Life OMPS

    Sony Music today releases BAD BOYS FOR LIFE (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SCORE) with music by GRAMMY Award-winning, EMMY- and BAFTA-nominated composer LORNE BALFE (Ad Astra, His Dark Materials, Gemini Man).  Available everywhere now, the album features score music written by Balfe for the third and final installment in Sony Pictures' Bad Boys trilogy starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, in theaters everywhere now. 

    Of the score, composer LORNE BALFE says, "Of the score, composer LORNE BALFE says, "Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are the future of film making. Working with them and Jerry Bruckheimer have been an amazing experience. Having been a fan of the original Bad Boys, it was an honor to be part of the franchise." 

  • Ted Poor

    You Already Know

    You Already Know, the New Deal/Impulse! debut from the acclaimed drummer Ted Poor-"a trustworthy engine in countless modern-jazz settings," per the New York Times-isn't your typical jazz drummer's recording, almost defiantly so. But if you're at all familiar with the Seattle-based Poor's explorative career-or the wide-ranging work of his principal collaborators here, the deeply influential guitarist-producer Blake Mills and the saxophonist Andrew D'Angelo-this should come as no surprise.

  • Robert Thies - Damjan Krajacic

    Blue Landscapes III Frontiers

    Mindfulness music leader Real Music presents Blue Landscapes III: Frontiers, the pioneering third album in the award-winning Blue Landscapes series from internationally renowned pianist Robert Thies and flutist Damjan Krajacic. The instrumental album ushers in the new new age by generously offering 15 improvisational tracks; Blue Landscapes III: Frontiers is scheduled for worldwide physical and digital release and available everywhere music is sold on January 24, 2020; visit myndstream or Blue Landscapes for more information and music. 

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  • Benjamin Grosvenor

    Chopin - Piano Concertos w/RSNO, Elim Chan
  • Vienna Philharmonic

    2020 New Year's Concert

    The 2020 New Year's Concert - The Vienna Philharmonic and Andris Nelsons

    There are few concerts in the world that are awaited with as much excitement as the New Year's Concert from Vienna. Under the direction of Andris Nelsons, the Vienna Philharmonic ushers in the New Year with a concert in the magnificent Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein.

    The concert is relayed to over ninety countries all round the world, reaching an audience of more than fifty million.

    The 2020 New Year's Concert will be conducted for the first time by the Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons, who first worked with the Vienna Philharmonic in October 2010 and who has been a regular and invariably welcome guest since then, not only at the orchestra's subscription concerts in the Vienna Musikverein and at the Salzburg Festival but also on tours of Asia, the United States and Europe. So far he has appeared more than sixty times on the podium of the Vienna Philharmonic.

  • Michael Fine

    Five For Five

    FEI XIE bassoon · ROBERT WALTERS english horn · ANTON RIST clarinet XIAODI LIU oboe · ALICE K. DADE flute · SCOTT YOO violin

    ERIK ARVINDER violin · MAURYCY BANASZEK viola · JONAH KIM cello

    It is a lot of fun to make music with close friends. It is a privilege to bring to life the music of a great composer, who also happens to be a friend. This recording is both.

    Performing these pieces was so interesting. They look extremely simple upon face value, but even after a few measures we all realized that each phrase was very complex and detailed. We all got the best results when we relaxed and purged our minds of any restless thoughts – Michael's music, very much like Copland's, demands a certain amount of serenity.

    My colleagues and I hope we have done the music justice in this album.

  • Thomas Newman

    1917 OMPS

    Sony Music announces the December 20 release of 1917 (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) with music by GRAMMY®, EMMY® and BAFTA® Award-winning composer THOMAS NEWMAN. Most recently nominated for "Best Original Score" by the Golden Globe Awards, the album features music from Oscar®-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes' visceral new epic which was released by Universal Pictures and Amblin Partners on Wednesday, December 25, 2019.  The score is the latest in a long series of collaborations between Thomas Newman and director Sam Mendes. The two artists previously worked together on titles including Skyfall, Spectre, Road to Perdition, Jarhead, American Beauty and more.  Also making its debut today alongside album preorder is the soundtrack's lead offering "The Night Window."

  • Angela Gheorghiu

    Plaisir d'Amour

    Angela Gheorghiu returns to Decca to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her legendary La Traviata with Sir George Solti with Plaisir d'Amour. The 23-track album features rare and classic songs never before recorded by Gheorghiu. Accompanied by Alexandra Dariescu, the album opens with Romanian songs and includes such classics as "Après un rêve," Tosti's "Ideale," Strauss' "Morgen," and Chopin's "Tristesse."

  • Dustin O'Halloran

    Sundoor

    Deutsche Grammophon is proud to announce the signing of Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning composer Dustin O'Halloran and his release of a new EP, Sundoor. The EP features a single 20-minute piece entitled "196 Hz," adapted from a 2017 site-specific composition for cross-disciplinary American artist Slater Bradley's Sundoor at World's End – an installation at the Church of Mary Magdalene in Venice during the city's Biennale.

Stories For January 26, 2020

  • Busting myths and belting high notes. There's a lot to love about opera / npr: Weekend Edition Sunday
    Posted At : January 26, 2020 12:00 AM

    We've been starting this new year off with genres of music you might not listen to, or that you say you're not a fan of - so far, we've covered jazz, country and deep house. One of those styles of music people love to say they hate is opera, so we asked NPR's resident opera expert Tom Huizenga to explain what he loves about the music and to soothe some common opera-related anxieties. Well there's a lot to love about opera. For one thing, it's one of the most complicated art forms because, if you think about it: you've got drama, you've got music, you've got singing, you've got costumes, you've got lighting, you've got ballet sometimes. You've got all kinds of stagecraft. When all the cylinders are firing, it can be mind-blowing. But for me, it ends up being all about the voice. They've got to do it without a microphone, over the top of an orchestra, and they've got to project that voice, even if it's soft, way up to the nose-bleed seats. A great example of delicate singing is from the Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé who sculpts a gorgeous line, with painterly precision, in the aria "D'amor sull'ali rosee" from Verdi's Il trovatore, all on a single breath. Also, we need to get rid of this American thing where we only speak one language and we only care about one language. All operas are subtitled whether you see them at the theater, whether you're watching them on DVD or on television. If you listen to tenor Joseph Calleja sing an aria from Francesco Cilea's L'arlesiana, you don't need to speak a word of Italian to understand that the character is sad and he's lost his love, a love that he can't have. PHOTO: Maria Baranova/Beth Morrison Projects p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d; min-height: 14.0px} READ & LISTEN TO THE FULL npr: Weekend Edition Sunday PIECE
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  • udiscovermusic. picks 20 of the best music arrangers over the past century. Artists you've heard but not seen
    Posted At : January 25, 2020 12:00 AM

    You may not know they exist, but the best music arrangers can lift a song to new heights, making all the difference to whether it's a hit or not. Any musical composition can be reconceptualised – Franz Liszt arranged his own works for piano and transformed Bach's organ music – and the best music arrangers in jazz, pop and rock have become world famous. (Quincy Jones and Nelson Riddle are just two of the absolute modern masters.) Music arrangers can decide which instruments will be used, which notes will be repeated, and what sections of the music are repeated and in which order. Their subtle changes to the choice of instruments, tempo, key or time signature can make all the difference to the success of the final record. Here we pick 20 of best arrangers in popular music over the past century. The list could have run to triple figures, and some wonderful arrangers just miss out, including Herb Alpert, Booker T Jones, Mike Post, Jack Nitzsche, Jimmie Haskell, HB Barnum, Harold R Battiste, Nile Rodgers, Pee Wee Ellis, Bobby Martin, Jeremy Lubbock, Nick Ingham, Isaac Hayes, Neil Hefti, Don Sebesky, Michel Legrand, Andre Previn, Don Sebesky and Christian McBride. Arrangement has moved with the times: Larry Gold is today one of the go-to arrangers for strings on hip-hop records. Our 20 best music arrangers are listed in order of chronology by birth. Think we've missed one of your favourites? SEE THE LIST
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  • Voodoo ceremonies and cross-cultural jams: Inside Jackson Browne's all-star Haiti benefit LP / RollingStone
    Posted At : January 24, 2020 12:00 AM

    With help from Jenny Lewis, a member of the Head and the Heart, and others, the singer-songwriter forged new musical alliances, documented on ‘Let the Rhythm Lead.' Over the decades, Browne has found himself in some unusual situations linked to his music: singing in a jail cell after being arrested while protesting the opening of a nuclear power plant, or recording an album (Running on Empty) on tour buses and in hotel rooms. To that list, Browne can now add witnessing a voodoo ceremony in Haiti. "People would go into this kind of trance," the singer-songwriter recalls of one evening in that country, during the making of his latest project. "Then they began to hurl themselves backwards into the crowd, and the crowd helped them up and then pushed them back into the center, and they kept dancing. It's this rhythm- and music-induced state, a high." That memorable night stemmed from one of the most ambitious projects of Browne's career. During two separate trips to Haiti in 2016, he gathered together a musically and ethnically diverse group of collaborators: American musicians (Jenny Lewis, singer and multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Wilson, Head and the Heart singer-songwriter Jonathan Russell), members of the Haitian roots band Lakou Mizik, Haitian singer-songwriter Paul Beaubrun, and international talents like Mali-based singer and musician Habib Koité and Spanish flamenco guitarist Raúl Rodríguez. In various combinations, the artists wrote and recorded songs that blended all their musical backgrounds, swapping lead vocals and sometimes instruments, and singing in English, Creole, Khassonké (the language of western Mali), Manding (of West Africa), and Spanish. Next week, the results of those sessions - a sort of multi-culti version of the Traveling Wilburys - will finally be released on a new benefit album, Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1.  "It was the most excited I'd seen Jackson in the six or seven years I've known him," says Wilson, who sang and played various instruments and also co-produced the record with Browne. "Every aspect of the project was important to him, from the person singing the song to the person who played the shaker. He would go through songs with folks and scribble down the words and go through it. He was extremely focused."  PHOTO: David Belle READ THE FULL RollingStone ARTICLE
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  • Dvorak & Khachaturian Violin Concertos is a wholly enjoyable coupling with Rachel Barton-Pine in good form throughout / MusicWeb International
    Posted At : January 24, 2020 12:00 AM

    Rachel Barton-Pine is one of my very favourite violinists. There are a number of reasons for this but, in essence, it is her fusion of rock-solid yet scintillating technique allied to brilliant musicianship as well as intelligent and stimulating programming. The liner mentions that she has recorded 39 discs which, by definition, covers the bulk of the core violin repertoire as well as many fascinating rarities. Previously her albums have often been an interesting juxtaposition of the familiar and the rare. Here, although the coupling is unusual, each of the two concerti are well-known.  Likewise the Royal Scottish National Orchestra are predictably fine and, with a trusty production team of Andrew Keener producing and Simon Eadon engineering, this is a handsome-sounding disc. I do not know the work of conductor Teddy Abrams and my observation here is that his interpretations are solid and secure but not especially characterful.  In the companion work on this CD - the brash and boldly coloured Khachaturian Concerto - Barton-Pine's musical personality and technical brilliance shine through. The RSNO recorded the work early in their fruitful collaboration with Neeme Jarvi for Chandos with violinist Lydia Mordkovich. It is a measure of Barton-Pine's playing that Mordkovich sounds harder worked by the Oistrakh-inspired solo part than does Barton-Pine who tosses it off with exactly the right combination of athletic bravura and sinuous sensuality.  But again, one does return to the sheer skill of Barton-Pine's playing - in the same finale she plays with cross-rhythm accenting that is a vivacious delight. Likewise her playing of the Oistrakh cadenza in the first movement is as fine as I have ever heard. The Keener/Eadon production is reliably good as is the orchestral playing. Barton-Pine's liner note (in English, French and German) is appealingly personal and also full of useful detail and information. So if the concerti themselves appeal, this is a wholly enjoyable coupling of two fine works with Rachel Barton-Pine in good form throughout. However both works exist with more individual and nuanced orchestral accompaniments. READ THE FULL MusicWeb International REVIEW
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  • Decca Classics releases: Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Elgar / The Violin Channel
    Posted At : January 24, 2020 12:00 AM

    Recorded with conductor Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, the disc features the Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Frank Bridge's ‘4 Short Pieces‘, Ernest Bloch's ‘Prelude‘ and ‘From Jewish Life‘, Gabriel Faure's ‘Elegie‘, Julius Klengel's ‘Hymnus‘ – plus a number of new cello arrangements of Elgar's ‘Enigma Variations‘ and ‘Romance‘ and the traditional folk songs ‘Scarborough Fair‘ and ‘Blow the Wind Southerly‘. "The main piece on the album is Elgar's Cello Concerto, which I grew up listening to a lot … it has always been one of my favorite pieces of music, so it was was such a privilege to record …" Sheku has told The Violin Channel. "I wanted to also record pieces around it that relate to the Concerto – by either also being written by Elgar, or being by British composers, or written around a similar time … or simply sharing a mood or theme …" the 20-year-old 2016 ‘BBC Young Musician of the Year‘ has said. "But essentially it's just pieces I really love." SEE The Violin Channel PAGE & WATCH THE VIDEO
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  • Rachel Barton Pine takes WETA through her favorite moments of the Dvorak - Khachaturian Concertos
    Posted At : January 24, 2020 12:00 AM

    WETA Evening Host James Jacobs speaks with world renowned violinist Rachel Barton Pine about her latest album on the Avie label, a pairing of the violin concertos of Antonín Dvořák and Aram Khachaturian, in which she collaborates with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and conductor Teddy Abrams. In this wide-ranging conversation Ms. Pine takes us through her favorite moments of both works, analyzes the ways in which both concertos are derived from the folk music of the countries of their respective composers, and reveals the joy she felt in discovering a connection between the Khachaturian and heavy metal. (She references a video she made that delves more deeply into that connection, which can be found here.) She also provides a brief history of the fraught relationship between Dvořák and Joseph Joachim, his concerto's intended dedicatee who ultimately rejected the work, and shares her thoughts on finding happiness through music.  LISTEN TO THE WETA: Wash DC INTERVIEW
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  • Andris Nelsons, Vienna Philharmonic - Beethoven Complete Symphonies is the WFMT: Featured New Released
    Posted At : January 24, 2020 12:00 AM

    Andris Nelsons has joined forces with the Vienna Philharmonic to record Beethoven's nine symphonies for Deutsche Grammophon. The release marks the start of the label's celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth in 2020. Beethoven has been central to Nelsons' work since he began his career. The Latvian conductor garnered rave reviews for his 2013-14 Beethoven cycle with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and scored critical acclaim for more recent Beethoven performances as Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} Andris Nelsons, Vienna Philharmonic - Beethoven Complete Symphonies is the WFMT: Chicago 'Featured New Released'
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Max Horowitz

maxcrossover@gmail.com

A graduate of the Aaron Copland School of Music(Queens College NYC), Max Horowitz is the principle of Crossover Media music promotion. Founded in 1994, CM client list incl; Sony, Verve/UMG, Warners, BMG, Concord, Disney, eOne. Prior to Crossover Media, Max worked as Producer for SiriusXM, Music Choice, Classical-104WNCN - New York, DayNET Talk Network, and is the recipient of various radio awards including; The Peabody, 'International Festival of New York, and 'New York State Broadcaster Awards. He has produced long form radio shows for artist projects involving; Yo-Yo Ma, Chick Corea, The Bad Plus, Vladimir Horowitz, Marcus Roberts, Red Hot org and others, and is a contributer to the Simon & Schuster published textbook 'Understanding The Music Business.'

Amanda Bloom

amandacrossover@gmail.com

Amanda Bloom is the publicity and communications manager at Crossover Media. A Brooklyn resident, Amanda is also an active NYC jazz vocalist who draws musical inspiration from a wide range of influences. Crossover Media's projects which encompass multiple genres has been a great fit for her both personally and professionally. Amanda earned a BM in jazz vocal performance from the Peabody Institute of Music at Johns Hopkins University under the guidance of Jay Clayton & Gary Thomas.

Vicky Thiel



Vicky Thiel has been influenced by music since birth. Her grandmother was a dancer and her grandfather was a drummer. Her mother - Melanie Thiel managed WNTI Radio in Hackettstown NJ for 21 years, and those years proved very valuable for Vicky's later work at Crossover Media. She recalls many days of volunteer work at music festivals and events, as well as work in the radio studio with mom. Before college, Vicky was a member of the award winning music program at Pennsylvania's prestigious, Bangor High School. Vicky studied piccolo and played in the school 'marching band'  for 4 years and flute in 'concert band' for 8. Following in her grandmother's footsteps, literally, Vicky not only plays music but also dances to it, and has been a clog dancer for over a decade and is part of a local popular group called The Blue Ribbon Cloggers. Vicky has been working at Crossover Media for almost 10 years and is an integral part of our team.  She likes to play ukulele in her free time.

Michaela Coppola



Michaela Coppola began studying piano at age three and guitar at age five.  She performed for the first time at age three and a half; singing at an outdoor festival accompanied by her Dad and accomplished Jazz Guitarist, Michael Coppola.  

Equipped with perfect pitch and an incredible musical memory, Michaela began improvising blues on both piano and guitar at age 5 and performed at many local events. 

At age thirteen, Michaela became the youngest performing member of the "Fairfield County Jazz Guild", where she developed her Jazz improvisational skills on the stage of local Jazz Club, Two Boots in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  During this time, she mainly played with college music majors and made some guest appearances with local professional Jazz artists. 

For the past three years, Michaela has been performing semi-professionally with her Dad at many events such as the Montreal Jazz Festival in Montreal, Canada; The Chet Atkins Festival in Nashville, Tennessee and Connecticut's Levitt Pavilion and other venues. She is a regular performing artist in the house band of the monthly Jazz Jam at Café Nine in New Haven, Connecticut as well as other local Connecticut clubs and restaurants.  She was featured at Bridgeport's Discovery Museum's Guitar Series with Master Jazz Guitarist, Gene Bertoncini and has also performed with Jazz Piano Legend, Don Trenner and many others.  

Her thirst for knowledge brought her to the Litchfield Summer Jazz Program under the tutelage of masters such as Claudio Roditti and Dave Stryker and the Neighborhood Music School Summer Program with Wayne Escoffrey.  Michaela completed her High School Studies at ACES Education Center for the Arts in New Haven. 

Michaela just completed her third semester at The New School in New York with a 3.68 GPA. Michaela was selected as the lead guitarist for the 2012 and 2013 Connecticut Regional Jazz Festival, 2013 Connecticut All State Jazz Festival and the 2013 National Honor Jazz Ensemble. Michaela was also a member of the Shoreline Community Big Band. 

Lillian Tran



Lillian Tran is currently an intern here at Crossover Media. She's currently a junior at NYU studying to obtain a B.S. in Media, Culture, & Communications, as well as seeking minors in Public Health and the Business of Entertainment. Lillian's passion in music stems from her experience playing piano, violin, and guitar when she was younger. Her music interests stem from a variety genres, ranging from Hip Hop to Jazz. Additionally, her prior experience in PR and music event production, along with volunteering at various music festivals, has been a large influence in her career ambitions that have lead her to Crossover.

Darryl Baker



Darryl Baker is currently interning here at Crossover Media. He is also a second semester senior finishing up his B.A. in Radio Productions and a minor in Drama at Hofstra University. While growing up, Darryl attempted to learn a couple of instruments, including the piano and the guitar. While instruments were not his strong suit, he grew up listening to the music of his parents, specifically RnB and Jazz. Music has always been a substantial influence in his life and it plays a huge role in the entertainment industry and in day to day life. He is very glad and enthusiastic to be working with the Crossover Media Team.

Lexi Kornspan



Alexandra (Lexi) Kornspan is currently interning here at Crossover Media. She's currently a senior at University of Massachusetts Amherst majoring in communication, also seeking minors in media literacy and public service/civic engagement. Growing up, she took private lessons in piano, flute, and vocal instruction. She achieved the highest level of completion in the New York State School Music Association, and won various top awards as a competing vocalist. She doesn't have a favorite music genre, as she likes almost all genres and is willing to give almost anything a listen. Her previous experience in PR and marketing couple well with her passion for music, and lead her to interning here at Crossover Media.

Zachary Swanson

zacharycrossover@gmail.com

Zachary Swanson began studying the double bass at the age of 6 in his home state of Massachusetts. Using gut strings and a personalized technique, Zachary has developed a conception of the double bass that heightens the integrity of various musical environments. He can be found playing around New York City and beyond in a variety of styles, ranging from adventurous improvised music to backing singer-songwriters. Zachary is a graduate of the Peabody Institute of Music at Johns Hopkins University and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY where he has made his home since 2012.