Articles

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Composer Ni…
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin

When news of the untimely death of Kaija Saariaho broke on June 2, a family statement revealed that…
Author
Esteban Meneses

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res…
Author
Gemma Peacocke

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. “Anything you do is art,” my colleague Xa…
Author
Amanda Cook

Anxiety, Courage, Imagination, and Joy at the Crossroads: Music as a Response to the Climate Crisis
Jun 29, 2023
ANXIETY It’s a Sunday in June. After a record-breaking amount of snow this winter (which melted only…
Author
Ann DuHamel

Today innova Recordings, the in-house recordings label of American Composers Forum, announced the se…
Author
I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

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…
Author
Caroline Potter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In a concert featuring music by five composers, one would normally expect to hear contrasting styles…
Author
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…
Author
Lana Norris

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

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

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

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

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

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

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