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DOTDOTDOTMUSIC PR and consulting services for the new music field, founded by Steven Swartz Publicity is indispensable, and we're pretty damned good at it. The downside?

But it's only one part of our integrated approach: building audiences and careers through increased visibility and enhanced presentation. DOTDOTDOTMUSIC is the brainchild of Steven Swartz. Trained as a composer, with a PhD in composition under principal teacher Morton Feldman, Steven's background includes journalism, radio, the recording industry, and PR. Prior to founding DOTDOTDOTMUSIC in 2006,

he spent sixteen years as the director of publicity at Boosey & Hawkes, where he developed strong relationships with music journalists in every major North American market. He has been active in developing new digital tools for publicity and promotion, giving seminars to both emerging musicians and seasoned professionals. In addition to carrying out highly successful campaigns for Kronos Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, Wild Up, The Industry,and other new music powerhouses, Steven takes a strong interest in emerging artists. In a 2007 article in MUSO magazine, he anticipated the rise of today's thriving indie-classical scene, in which DOTDOTDOTMUSIC has played a major supporting role. Based in Brooklyn, NY, DOTDOTDOTMUSIC serves clients from coast to coast, and across the Atlantic as well. Along with our international initiatives, we have conducted highly successful, locally-focused campaigns in markets around the country. As the name implies, DOTDOTDOTMUSIC's practice transcends styles and genres. Today's listener can access a universe of music with just a few clicks of the mouse. The stylistic fences are down, and new audiences can come from nearly any direction. A galaxy of artists clamoring for attention. We can help you cut through the noise. Having nurtured the careers of creative artists from Elliott Carter to the Cowboy Junkies, our ears are open. Drop us a line!

Yep. Believe it or not, Meta actually did that. As one commenter said, the words 'LGTBQIA' and 'democracy' seem to have ...
04/12/2025

Yep. Believe it or not, Meta actually did that. As one commenter said, the words 'LGTBQIA' and 'democracy' seem to have been enough.

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music is set to return to the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium from July 27 to Aug. 10.

Essential reading for all new-music artists
03/19/2025

Essential reading for all new-music artists

Amanda Cook sits down with Hannah Edgar, Loki Karuna, and John Schaefer for a discussion on the importance of a digital presence.

Michael Hersch: "a composer who is comfortable with possible impossibility...[who] prizes the ability to look into the a...
02/13/2025

Michael Hersch: "a composer who is comfortable with possible impossibility...[who] prizes the ability to look into the abyss of pain and loss with an unflinching gaze"

The opera is a chimera: McCrae’s words refracted through Hersch’s sensibility, then reframed yet again by McCrae.

Next Sunday, 1/26 at New World Center in Miami!
01/17/2025

Next Sunday, 1/26 at New World Center in Miami!

Orlando Jacinto García's Prohibido is centered around the impacts of the Holocaust.

Kudos to our splendid clients Osnat Netzer and Orlando Jacinto Garcia for making AnEarful's Best of 2024: Classical list...
01/17/2025

Kudos to our splendid clients Osnat Netzer and Orlando Jacinto Garcia for making AnEarful's Best of 2024: Classical list!

A stellar selection from a typically robust year!

Please donate to help MusiCares's disaster relief efforts and its work to help the music community in greater Los Angele...
01/13/2025

Please donate to help MusiCares's disaster relief efforts and its work to help the music community in greater Los Angeles. According to the organization's website, 100% of your online donation helps those in need.

As the devastation unfolds from the wildfires in greater Los Angeles, the Recording Academy and MusiCares have launched the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort To Support Music Professionals impacted by the crisis, and made a combined pledge of $1 million to kickoff a fundraising effort. For more than th...

11/26/2024

Announcing the William Littler Prize for Music Criticism, for writers under 40. Apply here!

10/14/2024

Ganz zufällig stiess Patricia Kopatchinskaja auf den amerikanischen Komponisten Michael Hersch, als sie in einer schlaflosen Nacht im Internet surfte. Aber s...

Featuring Michael J Schumacher's visionary 'Living Room Pieces,' a sound installation for living spaces, out Nov. 15 on ...
10/11/2024

Featuring Michael J Schumacher's visionary 'Living Room Pieces,' a sound installation for living spaces, out Nov. 15 on Chaikin Records

Interesting new concepts: an album that changes over time, improvised live scores without knowing the movie beforehand, and a device playing ever changing sounds to enrich the sonic environment of your living room.

DC-area folks: don't sleep on the chance to hear Michael Hersch's powerful new opera "and we, each" at Hopkins Bloomberg...
10/09/2024

DC-area folks: don't sleep on the chance to hear Michael Hersch's powerful new opera "and we, each" at Hopkins Bloomberg Center on Sunday, Oct. 13.

New opera from the acclaimed Peabody composer, 'and we, each,' draws from the verse of poet Shane McCrae and his haunting explorations of the 'vast territories of human expression and experience'

Max Keller reviews Seth Cluett's concert with TAK ensemble at Roulette, capturing perfectly the music's captivating mixt...
09/26/2024

Max Keller reviews Seth Cluett's concert with TAK ensemble at Roulette, capturing perfectly the music's captivating mixture of meditation and play.

Simone Leigh’s bronze Sentinel, with its ice cream scooper-like head, watched over as singer/synthesist Arushi Jain and cellist MIZU drenched MoMA’s sculpture garden with sound — a psychedelic mix of Indian classical music and EDM meant to compliment the garden’s “

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DOTDOTDOTMUSIC is the leading public relations agency serving artists and organizations in today’s vibrant new-music scene. Clients include Kronos Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Symphony Space, Cincinnati Opera, Japan Society, wild Up, composers Bryce Dessner, Jessie Montgomery, and Christopher Cerrone, and many more. From brilliant upstarts to venerated institutions, DOTDOTDOTMUSIC is unrivalled in securing high-profile coverage for musical innovators.

Since 2007, we have launched ventures such as New Amsterdam Records, the critically-lauded Prototype festival, and the city-spanning Make Music New York festival, while leading campaigns on Missy Mazzoli’s operas, Kronos Quartet’s 40th-anniversary season, The Industry’s celebrated mobile opera Hopscotch, and many others.

Who we are

DOTDOTDOTMUSIC is the brainchild of Steven Swartz. Trained as a composer, with a PhD in composition under principal teacher Morton Feldman, Steven’s background includes journalism, radio, the recording industry, publishing, and PR. In three decades as a publicist, he has built robust relationships with opinion leaders in print, broadcast, and online media. He is known as a keen spotter of talent: in a 2007 article in MUSO magazine, he cited Mazzoli, David T. Little, and Judd Greenstein as composers to watch. Swartz is also active as a lecturer and panelist, giving workshops in career development around the country.