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London’s Explore Ensemble Plugs in at Wigmore Hall for Heady Interplay of Live Instruments and Electronics
Jun 27, 2023
No contemporary music ensemble can ignore the impact of electronics and sound diffusion on new music…
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Caroline Potter

Founded by a group of student composers at Northwestern University, Ensemble Dal Niente is now in it…
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Christine S. Escobar

In their Feb. 16 advice column on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, Asking for a Friend responded to a message f…
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Jessica Rudman

Annika Socolofsky’s new album Don’t Say A Word (out June 23 via New Amsterdam) represents a journey…
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Clover Nahabedian

“Experience the music on your own terms: stand, stretch, laugh, sing, cry — clap whenever you want t…
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Donna Lee Davidson

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Today, we’re happy to bring you the exclusive premiere of a new video by New Morse Code (Hanna…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Through the late 90s and early aughts, composer Sokio wrote several operas in quick succession. But…
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Julia Kuhlman

In a concert featuring music by five composers, one would normally expect to hear contrasting styles…
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Chrysanthe Tan

Found Sound Nation Presents Socially-Minded Music from Appalachia to Ramallah at MATA 2023
Jun 8, 2023
A gently glowing fabric cube radiated a campfire-like comfort from the center of Roulette. People ci…
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Lana Norris

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res…
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Stephanie Boyd

Today, American Composers Forum (ACF) announces the launch of a new digital resource titled “Anatomy…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. José Halac is seemingly full of contradic…
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Amanda Cook

In the early 2000s, several American composers came to define a style of post-Minimalism that defies…
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Esteban Meneses

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir creates music with immersive and dreamlike qualities. In orc…
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Tristan McKay

Award-winning composer and pianist Courtney Bryan is one of the most sought-after musicians of our t…
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Ciyadh Wells

I shyly took a seat onstage at Roulette, in Brooklyn, on May 19. It was an unusual prospect for an a…
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Vanessa Ague

I first heard music by Ahmed Alabaca at the premiere of their Ode to Liberty, a 10-minute tone poem…
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Esteban Meneses

Vocalist, improviser, and composer Isabel Crespo Pardo has a new song that’s worth your ears. WeR…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Finding Nuance in Every Detail, Olivia De Prato Explores the Intricacies of the Self on “Panorama”
May 16, 2023
Home, identity, and self are ideas that apply to everyone navigating their way through life; each st…
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Kevin Baldwin

Juliana Huxtable’s Layered Vocals, Spurred by Electronics, Come to Light at Dimmed National Sawdust
May 12, 2023
Juliana Huxtable is an artist who transcends labels, defined only by her ability to breach and resha…
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Donna Lee Davidson

Looking to Pin Down the Sounds of Today, Bang on a Can Jam-Packs Long Play 2023 with Joyful Experimentation
May 10, 2023
At Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival, nothing is more exciting than pulling open the door to a new…
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Vanessa Ague