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Leilehua Lanzilotti is Reconnecting with her Kanaka Maoli Heritage and Celebrating Hawaiian Stories
Oct 26, 2023
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Leilehua Lanzilotti often references visu…
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Amanda Cook
One of the worst break-ups I ever endured came from a four-year relationship that I invested all of…
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Mariah Goulet
Briana Hunter‘s career in opera has been nothing short of a meteoric rise. The dedication to h…
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Jasmine IVANNA Espy
“Hearing sounds of creatures I don’t recognize makes my imagination run wild,” writes pianist…
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Throughout his career, composer and pianist Michael Hersch has created a body of work that explores…
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Jacob Kopcienski
Arts institutions are under pressure to get with the times. The political and social movements of th…
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Allison Loggins-Hull
The work of guitarist, activist, and scholar Ciyadh Wells is a whirlwind of activity centered on inc…
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Clover Nahabedian
Renowned conductor Kellen Gray has gained recognition for championing the works of Black composers.
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Katie Brown
ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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The Park Avenue Armory, situated on New York City’s Upper East Side, essentially encompasses the com…
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Donna Lee Davidson
Video Premiere: Shepherdess Performs Lainie Fefferman’s “A Sweet & Righteous Soul Gets Drunk On Champagne”
Oct 4, 2023
Radical joy is often found at the heart of Lainie Fefferman’s practice, and her latest project with…
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The Australian-born pianist and composer Zubin Kanga’s current research project, Cyborg Soloists, ex…
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Caroline Potter
When Han Chen finished his “Infinite Staircase” program at National Sawdust on Sept. 24, he had jour…
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Lana Norris
M3 Festival Celebrates Networks of Support and Empowerment for Artists of Marginalized Genders
Sep 27, 2023
Attending the Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M3) festival felt akin to sitting down at a warm dinn…
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Vanessa Ague
Matana Roberts’ jubilantly experimental new album Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden deftly weave…
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A. Kori Hill
American Composers Forum (ACF) has announced the opening of applications for the 2024 McKnight Visit…
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ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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In Autobiographical Show, Alicia Hall Moran Experiments with Song, Storytelling, and Ice-Skating
Sep 20, 2023
“Experimentalism” can mean different things; it doesn’t have many rules, except that tradition must…
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Donna Lee Davidson
In a field dominated almost exclusively by men, the ascent as a soloist of British saxophonist Jess…
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Gemma Peacocke
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 Brings Unrestrained Intensity to World Premieres in “Between Breaths”
Sep 13, 2023
Third Coast Percussion’s Between Breaths is another fresh and thought-provoking album in what has be…
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Forrest Howell
The online presence of Brandon Patrick George is one of bold colors, virtuosity, and powerful words.
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Stephanie Boyd
ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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