Possible Futures, an Atlanta foundation, has given $30,000 to ArtsCriticATL, the estimable online arts site that has filled the void created by the decimation of arts coverage at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.... A bit of controversy has flared up around Project 440, a competition for emerging composers that is co-presented by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and WQXR; some have dismissed it as a popularity contest and/or festival of networking ability. The comments sections have inevitably created a bad vibe, but the profuse audio examples allow you to catch up with a diverse group of composers.... Seated Ovation, aka Will Robin, is now reporting from Berlin.... In what may be a first, Ethan Iverson photoblogs the Music Division at the Library of Congress. The new Bad Plus album is tremendous, by the way.... Last Sunday was the first installement of the Lunar Movements series, the Argento Chamber Ensemble's multi-part study of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire. The concerts are on Sunday afternoons at the Austrian Cultural Forum. The Argento is doing remarkable work.
