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Jess Gillam -- Photo by Robin Clewley

5 Questions to Jess Gillam (saxophonist)

In a field dominated almost exclusively by men, the ascent as a soloist of British saxophonist Jess…
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Gemma Peacocke
Cassie Wieland (Vines) -- Photo by Anna Longworth

5 Questions to Cassie Wieland (Vines)

Last month, composer Cassie Wieland released her first album under the artist name Vines. Wieland’s…
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Clover Nahabedian
Third Coast Percussion -- Photo by Saverio Truglia

Third Coast Percussion Brings Unrestrained Intensity to World Premieres in “Between Breaths”

Third Coast Percussion’s Between Breaths is another fresh and thought-provoking album in what has be…
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Forrest Howell
Brandon Patrick George -- Photo by Lauren Desberg

5 Questions to Brandon Patrick George (flutist)

The online presence of Brandon Patrick George is one of bold colors, virtuosity, and powerful words.
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Stephanie Boyd
DoYeon Kim -- Photo courtesy of the artist

ListN Up Playlist: DoYeon Kim (September 7, 2023)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Annika Socolofsky and ~Nois -- Photo by Xuan

Annika Socolofsky Tugs at the Complexities of Womanhood on “I Tell You Me”

“Sugar and spice, and everything nice. That’s what little girls are made of…” or so goes the well-kn…
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Lauren Ishida
Molly Joyce -- Design by Zac Bru

Strange Beautiful Music Showcases Trailblazing Artists in the Motor City

Detroit’s annual new music celebration Strange Beautiful Music is back this week for its 16th year o…
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Tristan McKay
International Contemporary Ensemble at TIME:SPANS 2023 -- Photo by Felipe Wurst and Adele Fournet

International Contemporary Ensemble Introduces Vision for a Musical Polyaspora at TIME:SPANS 2023

As the new artistic director of the International Contemporary Ensemble, George Lewis aspires for th…
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Jennifer Jolley
Attack Theater performs with Roomful of Teeth at the International Conference of Dalcroze Studies -- Photo by Charlie Claffey

Finding Your Body: Applying Dalcroze Eurhythmics to Contemporary Music

There are certain experiences we all go through that, in the moment, feel novel or trivial; those ti…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Lucy Chen, Sean Shepherd, and Lili Masoudi-Namazi -- Photo by Fadi Kheir

5 Questions to Sean Shepherd (composer) about NYO-USA’s Composer Apprentice program

From Tanglewood to Interlochen and beyond, summer programs supplement school-year music education by…
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Julia Kuhlman
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Video Premiere: Pathos Trio performs “21600,” by Paul Mortilla

In 21600, the new video from Pathos Trio produced by Four/Ten Media, an orange luminescence washes o…
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ListN Up Playlist: David Aguila (August 24, 2023)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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jaimie branch -- Photo by Ben Semisch, Courtesy of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

jaimie branch Issues Joyous Rallying Cry on Final Fly or Die Album

Last August, jaimie “Breezy” branch’s death was met with an outpouring of love. The 39-year-old comp…
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Clover Nahabedian
KiMani Bridges -- Photo by Greater Art Solutions

For Luna Lab Alum KiMani Bridges, Composition is a Vehicle for Storytelling and Self-Discovery

KiMani Bridges likes to try a little bit of everything when she writes a new work, and she’s confide…
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Vanessa Ague
Awadagin Pratt -- Photo courtesy of the artist

Awadagin Pratt Challenges Resistance Between New Music and the Canon

Awadagin Pratt does not stay still, but he doesn’t rush. Whether as a pianist, as an educator at the…
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A. Kori Hill
Rylan Gleave (All Men Unto Me) -- Photo by Marilena Vlachopolou

5 Questions to Rylan Gleave (All Men Unto Me)

“I’m sorry in advance. I hope this provides you with some joy,” Rylan Gleave chuckles into a voice m…
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Chrysanthe Tan
Brittany J. Green (Photo by Shanita Dixon) and Nnux (Ana E. López) (Photo by Gabino Palacios)

Brittany J. Green and Nnux (Ana E. López) Receive 2023 Matt Marks Impact Fund

The modern chamber music band Alarm Will Sound is dedicated to exploring new and experimental music…
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Tristan McKay
Lawrence Brownlee -- Photo by Zakiyah Caldwell Burroughs

Lawrence Brownlee Honors the Ethos of the Harlem Renaissance Through Song

The Harlem Renaissance was a time of artistic and intellectual revival for Black Americans in early-…
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Katie Brown
Ryan Suleiman -- Photo by Phil Daley

5 Questions to Ryan Suleiman (composer)

Ryan Suleiman is a Boston-based composer whose music interacts with the simultaneous awe of engaging…
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Clover Nahabedian
Xavier Foley -- Photo by Matt Dine

5 Questions to Xavier Foley (bassist, composer)

Double bassist Xavier Foley is a decorated performer and composer working at the intersection of cla…
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Forrest Howell
Shara Lunon -- Photo by Daniel Dorsa

ListN Up Playlist: Shara Lunon (August 10, 2023)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Students rehearse at Interlochen Arts Camp -- Photo courtesy of Interlochen Arts Camp

Equity Arc is Creating New Pathways for BIPOC Classical Musicians

Summer study for young classical musicians has historically come with many barriers: application fee…
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Christine S. Escobar
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Video Premiere: Haruka Fujii performs “Shimmer” and “Sparkle” by Vivian Fung

The directness of expression in the music of Vivian Fung makes it immediately engaging, and her two…
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The Sphinx Virtuosi -- Photo by Scott Jackson

Sphinx Virtuosi Release Powerful, Celebratory Debut with ‘Songs of Our Times’

Released July 28 on Deutsche Grammophon, the Sphinx Virtuosi’s Songs for Our Times is sprawling, con…
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Sofía Rocha
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