How Philly Became A Hotbed Of Experimental Music

Yes, staid old Philadelphia - where just 12 years ago poor Michael Hersch had a major premiere booed; where, as recently as 1986, fully half the audience walked out of Pelléas et Mélisande, for Pete's sake - has started embracing contemporary classical. There's Opera Philly's O17 festival, the new October Revolution fest, a daring series at the Barnes Foundation, plus now-established outfits like The Crossing and FringeArts; next spring there's even going to be Stockhausen's 14-hou