There's a great new website; http://composerscircle.com/. It daily features one piece by one composer. I just listened to Moon Cycles for Violin, Cello, Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano, and Percussion by Max Grafe, who is the composer for today. Very interesting work; I was engaged throughout. This is a piece I will recommend to newEar, the contemporary chamber ensemble I play with. My one small caveat is that there's an ending a little more than 3/4 the way through where the piece could have stopped happily, but then another section (moon cycle, I guess) is tagged on that, for me, is not quite as interesting. That's a small thing though. This composer is definitely someone to pay attention to. Bravo Mr. Grafe for writing such imaginative and gripping music!
Here's his website.

Listening to Jake Heggie, a composer that is much in the news recently with his opera Moby Dick being a great success in Dallas. Listening to To Say Before Going to Sleep from the CD Passing By. It's a beautiful song though I'm not totally convinced by his modulations, especially at the end; why not go back to tonic? Maybe I'm being too picky. But.... after listening to Final Monologue from Master Class, the last track on the CD, I think my picky-ness is justified. This is pretty music but not very challenging for the listener; this listener kept wanting more. I'm sure I will listen to more Heggie but I'm not very excited by what I've heard so far. The soprano Joyce DiDonato is the singer; she sings wonderfully. Mr. Heggie accompanies her.