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New Album by Iranian Female Composers Association Brings to Light Distinguished Middle Eastern Voices
Apr 26, 2023
Compelling and deeply touching, with grace and passion in equal measure, Sirventès is a collection o…
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Sofía Rocha

Pianist Mina Miller is the founder, president, and artistic director of Music of Remembrance, a non-…
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Sofía Rocha

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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In 1959, Ed Bland proclaimed the “death of jazz” in his groundbreaking film, The Cry of Jazz. Set in…
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Jacob Kopcienski

Juantio Becenti (Diné/Navajo) composes music that defies easy description. With an organic and intui…
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Tristan McKay

In Audiovisual Debut Album “AmethYst,” Yaz Lancaster Curates Internal Dialogues with Collaborators
Apr 13, 2023
Yaz Lancaster is a transdisciplinary artist, composer, and violinist whose work combines various tec…
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Clover Nahabedian

Palestine-born Firas Zreik is a creator and collaborator based in New York City. He is an advocate f…
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Jennifer Jolley

Spektral Quartet and singer Julia Holter’s new album, Behind the Wallpaper (released March 3 on New…
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Lauren Ishida

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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With Mechanical Toys and Feverish Improvisation, Nicole Mitchell Invites a Communal Exploration of her Music
Apr 5, 2023
Flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell says she isn’t used to hearing an entire program of her work, b…
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Donna Lee Davidson

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Image caption: Artists featured in “…
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Carolina Heredia

As soon as I revealed to Brooklyn-based cello player and composer Issei Herr that I was calling in t…
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Christian Kriegeskotte

The entrancing “Fluorescent Oceans” — the lead single from Chromic Duo’s upcoming EP, Ro…
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In Moving Performance at Roulette, Cellist Andrew Yee Ponders Identity and Conflicting Emotions
Mar 29, 2023
Andrew Yee took a seat onstage and swept the bow across their cello’s open strings without missing a…
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Vanessa Ague

A massive bronze head, with loops jutting out from every crevice of its face, sits amongst the orche…
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Vanessa Ague

“I need you to tell me who I am supposed to be,” Sarah Goldfeather sings in the quirky, jump-cut new…
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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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As our realities remain uncertain, leaning into the supportive communities around us can be one of t…
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Jasmine IVANNA Espy

10 Years in the Making, New Alan Turing Opera by Justine F. Chen Arrives in Timely Retelling
Mar 20, 2023
Content warning: suicide Known as the father of modern computing, Alan Turing was an English scienti…
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Christine S. Escobar

London has more green space than many would assume, but its oldest part, now known as the City of Lo…
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Caroline Potter

innova Recordings, the in-house recording label of American Composers Forum, invites artists to subm…
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This article is derived from Chapter 2 of Reza Vali’s Return to the Origins, published in Nov.
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Reza Vali

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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