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Lembit Beecher and Karen Ouzounian -- Photo by Ebru Yildiz

5 Questions to Lembit Beecher (composer) and Karen Ouzounian (cellist, composer)

Lembit Beecher and Karen Ouzounian are a husband-wife creative team who balance their collaborative…
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Christine S. Escobar
Photo by Marion Aguas

ListN Up Playlist: Lia Ouyang Rusli (OHYUNG) (June 26, 2025)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Tom Chiu and Brian Mark at MATA Festival 2025 -- Photo by Cameron Kelly McLeod, courtesy of ISSUE Project Room

MATA Festival 2025 Transports Listeners with a Beautifully Curated Cosmic Program

The annual Music at the Anthology (MATA) Festival connects courageous composers and listeners throug…
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Lana Norris
The Crossing -- Photo by Charles Grove

The Crossing’s “At Which Point” is a Beautifully Executed Record of New Choral Works

Released on April 4 2025, At Which Point (New Focus Recordings) from The Crossing continues the choi…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Paula Sanchez -- Photo by Luis Matias Kerman

5 Questions to Paula Sanchez (cellist, vocalist, composer)

Paula Sanchez uses performance to traverse the connections between sound, material, and improvisatio…
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Jacob Kopcienski
BAKUDI SCREAM -- Photo by Dani Strigi

BAKUDI SCREAM Reaches for Liberation On His Audacious Second Album, “Prey”

BAKUDI SCREAM, the pseudonym used by performer and composer Rohan Chander, released his second studi…
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Clover Nahabedian
Jessie Cox -- Photo by Adrien H. Tillmann

ListN Up Playlist: Jessie Cox (June 5, 2025)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Nadia Sirota -- Photo by Zoe Prinds-Flash

Risk & Access: Nadia Sirota Curates “Living Music Underground” Summer Series

For the second consecutive summer, Living Music Underground returns to Lincoln Center’s Summer for t…
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Yaz Lancaster
Theresa May -- Photo by Emanuel Wallace

5 Questions to Theresa May (trumpeter, composer, educator)

Theresa May’s multifaceted work as an artist, performer, educator, and advocate illustrates the abun…
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Katie Brown
Jasmine Arielle Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton,

In “She Who Dared,” Jasmine Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton Center the Overlooked Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

The story of Rosa Parks – tired after a long day at work, refusing to move to the back of the bus to…
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Dalanie Harris
Nick Photinos -- Photo by John Bowditch

The Myth of Making It

Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA…
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Nick Photinos
Sharon! Udoh -- Photo by Kate Sweeney

ListN Up Playlist: Sharon Udoh (May 22, 2025)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Trevor Weston -- Courtesy of artist

Ecce Ensemble Explores Trevor Weston’s Encyclopedic Chamber Works on “Remembrances”

The nuance within composer Trevor Weston’s musical language floats through a range of influences, in…
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Michelle Hromin
Carpe Diem String Quartet -- Photo by Bob Handelman

5 Questions to Carpe Diem String Quartet

Once described as “multilingual” for their captivating performances of music from around the world,…
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Ciyadh Wells
History Dog -- Photo by Abigail Clark

History Dog, Elder Ones, and Qasim Naqvi Cultivate Justice at Union Pool

Union Pool was filtered with a buzzing moodiness on the evening of May 11. There was an unshakeable…
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Yaz Lancaster
Family Junket -- Photo by Grace Del Vecchio

Family Junket and Akenya Enact Joy, Awareness, and Action at Chicago’s Constellation

It was a warm spring night on Saturday, May 10, and the line to get in the door at Constellation was…
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Thulasi Seshan
Ojai Music Festival -- Photo by Timothy Norris

The 2025 Ojai Music Festival Manifests a Better World through Sonic Discovery

In a tranquil southern Californian park, shaded by oak trees, the Libbey Bowl transforms each June i…
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Gemma Peacocke
Raimundo Atal -- Photo by Omar Andron

5 Questions to Raimundo Atal (composer, environmentalist, economist)

The mention of ambient music often evokes the feeling of staring at one of those corporate inspirati…
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Forrest Howell
Gladstone Deluxe -- Courtesy of artist

ListN UP Playlist: Gladstone Deluxe (May 8, 2025)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Zygmund de Somogyi -- Photo by Kit McCarthy

5 Questions to Zygmund de Somogyi (composer)

Zygmund de Somogyi’s music beguiles with its wit, emotional openness, and sonic imagination. Their n…
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Caroline Potter
Catherine Lamb -- Photo by Rui Camilo

Catherine Lamb’s “interius/exterius” Calls Forth Mystical Peace through Mathematical Precision

Catherine Lamb’s interius/exterius positions both performers and listeners in a space that is at onc…
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Christian Kriegeskotte

Video Premiere: “To Whom I Pray” by Quenton Blache

Pastel sunlight moves through the trees as a solo violin floats above a wall of sound. Pale yellow,…
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Money Matters essayist Megan Ihnen

Getting Paid Like a Pro: Untangling the Financial Realities of a Music Career

Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA. Thi…
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Megan Ihnen
Raehann Bryce-Davis -- Photo by Isamar Chabot

Raehann Bryce-Davis’ “Evolution” is a Tour-de-Force of Artistic Vision and Finesse

Raehann Bryce-Davis’ Evolution is a personal and communally expansive project that completely dispel…
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A. Kori Hill
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