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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
Yaz Lancaster -- Photo by Connie Li

Anatomy of a Commission: Building an Accessible and Community-Focused Practice

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res…
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Yaz Lancaster
Oswald Huỳnh -- Photo by Allison Davis

Composer Oswald Huỳnh Centers the Vietnamese Diaspora in his Music

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. For Oswald Huỳnh, composing for orchestra…
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Amanda Cook
Isaac Schankler -- Photo by Chris Schell

ListN Up Playlist: Isaac Io Schankler (July 27, 2023)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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2023 ACF | create Awards Announced

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF | create awa…
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Raquel Acevedo Klein Brings Immersive Surround-Sound Experimentation to the Sonic Sphere

I’m in the center of a dome. Fragmented vocalizations pop from somewhere in the space — it’s hard to…
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Lana Norris
Nite Bjuti (Val Jeanty, Mimi Jones, and Candice Hoyes) -- Photo by Maciek Jasik

Nite Bjuti Documents the Breadth of Black Womanhood on Fully Improvised Debut Album

In 1945, a letter from Zora Neale Hurston to W.E.B. DuBois called for a new cemetery for notable Bla…
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Dalanie Harris
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Bravo! Vail Festival Blends New Music with the Classics at its Lavish Colorado Rockies Home

It wasn’t until I’d taken the gondola down from Eagle’s Nest, perched 10,350 feet up on Vail Mountai…
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Esteban Meneses
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Failure is Inevitable in Classical Music — How Do We Prepare Young Musicians?

Classical music has given me a lot: I’ve found an important and sacred part of my identity in being…
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Katie Brown
ShoutHouse--Photo by Brandon Ilaw

Track Premiere: ShoutHouse Performs “Shiny Objects” by Will Healy

The strumming acoustic guitar and swelling strings that open “Shiny Objects” establish a…
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ListN Up Playlist: Megumi Saruhashi (July 13, 2023)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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2023 ACF McKnight Composer Fellows and McKnight Visiting Composers Announced

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF McKnight Com…
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Nick DiBerardino -- Photo by Nichole MCH Photography

5 Questions to Nick DiBerardino (composer)

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Composer Ni…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
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“Reconnaissance” Illuminates the Alluring Vocal Music of Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023)

When news of the untimely death of Kaija Saariaho broke on June 2, a family statement revealed that…
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Esteban Meneses
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Anatomy of a Commission: Transcending a Capitalist Valuation of Commissioning Fees

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res…
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Gemma Peacocke
Xavier Muzik -- Photo by JonJon Blunden

Xavier Muzik Channels Emotion, History, and Culture into his Compositions

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. “Anything you do is art,” my colleague Xa…
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Amanda Cook
Ann DuHamel -- Photo by Nina Francine Photography

Anxiety, Courage, Imagination, and Joy at the Crossroads: Music as a Response to the Climate Crisis

ANXIETY It’s a Sunday in June. After a record-breaking amount of snow this winter (which melted only…
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Ann DuHamel
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Announcing 15 New Projects from innova Recordings Spring National Call

Today innova Recordings, the in-house recordings label of American Composers Forum, announced the se…
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Explore Ensemble at Wigmore Hall -- Photo by Matthew Johnson

London’s Explore Ensemble Plugs in at Wigmore Hall for Heady Interplay of Live Instruments and Electronics

No contemporary music ensemble can ignore the impact of electronics and sound diffusion on new music…
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Caroline Potter
Ensemble Dal Niente -- Photo by Dan Nichols, Aphorism Studios

Ensemble Dal Niente Celebrates Latin America in Season-Closing Concert

Founded by a group of student composers at Northwestern University, Ensemble Dal Niente is now in it…
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Christine S. Escobar
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It’s Time to Drop the Word “Emerging” from Composer Opportunities

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 -- Photo by Xuan

Annika Socolofsky Channels Queer Feminine Rage into Healing on “Don’t Say a Word”

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
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