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The Crossing Carols After a Plague

The Crossing Shares Pandemic Stories on “Carols After a Plague”

The Philadelphia-based chamber choir The Crossing has long supported musical works that tackle socia…
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Clover Nahabedian
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ListN Up: Grace Parisi (December 16, 2022)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Editor’s Picks: 2022 New Music Albums

For me, 2022 was a paradoxical year filled with confusing contradictions. I attended significantly m…
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Amanda Cook
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Tonality Explores America’s Healthcare System in “The Right to Heal”

What do we do with a healthcare system that doesn’t prioritize care and frequently strips away…
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Jasmine IVANNA Espy
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Seth Parker Woods’ “Difficult Grace” is a Multidisciplinary Exploration of Identity

Through striking multimedia performance, cellist Seth Parker Woods is highlighting the synergistic p…
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Dalanie Harris
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Deep and Low: Australian Ensembles Meet in London Tunnel Shaft

London has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of quirky venues. On 2 December a pair of Australian ens…
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Caroline Potter
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5 Questions to Juan Pablo Contreras (composer)

Composer-conductor Juan Pablo Contreras is a young artist to watch. His compositions are rooted in M…
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Lauren Ishida
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Reflecting on 12 Years of I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

It’s hard to believe that I CARE IF YOU LISTEN (ICIYL) recently marked the two-year anniversary of o…
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Amanda Cook
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ListN Up: Holland Andrews (December 2, 2022)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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5 Questions to Ben LaMar Gay (composer, cornetist)

Ben LaMar Gay, a composer and cornetist from Chicago’s South Side, sculpts electro-acoustic co…
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Jillian DeGroot
Varun Rangaswamy REINHERITANCE

On ‘REINHERITANCE,’ Varun Rangaswamy Reconciles Distant Musical Legacies

Improviser-composer, scholar, bassoonist, and Karnāṭak musician Varun Rangaswamy believes that chang…
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Padideh Aghanoury
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Isabel Crespo Pardo presents 6. at Roulette

The Brooklyn institution Roulette is known as one of New York City’s stalwart experimental music ven…
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Lana Norris
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Lakota Music Project

Lakota Music Project Finds Beauty in Blending Musical Traditions

Released October 28, 2022 on innova Recordings, Lakota Music Project works to bridge cultural and ra…
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Sofía Rocha
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ListN Up: mattijane brooks epperson (November 18, 2022)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Classical Music’s Racial Awakening – Was It All a Mirage?

Until very recently, the long-established tradition of classical music organizations has been to bas…
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Jennifer Grim
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Molly Joyce Centers the Voices of the Disability Community on “Perspective”

On her second album, Perspective — released October 28 on New Amsterdam Records — Molly Joyce takes…
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Forrest Howell
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“Omar” Connects Music of the Muslim and Black Diasporas at LA Opera

Before and during the American Civil War, anti-literacy laws suppressed many of the individual stori…
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Dalanie Harris
Kimia Hesabi Nemāno Gaona

On “Nemāno Gaona,” Kimia Hesabi Synthesizes Iranian Folk and Contemporary Classical Music

In the ancient Iranian language Avestan, “Nemāno Gaona” translates to “colors of home.” On her debut…
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Clover Nahabedian
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What Classical Musicians Can Learn from HBCU Marching Bands

The year was 2014 and Southern University’s Human Jukebox marching band had just gone viral for thei…
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Katie Brown
Rick Burkhardt, thingNY--Passover

Rick Burkhardt and thingNY Exchange Multi-Dimensional Stories of Departure with “Passover”

For the first time in a decade, Obie Award-winning composer and playwright Rick Burkhardt has releas…
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Tristan McKay
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ListN Up: Armando Bayolo (November 4, 2022)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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5 Questions to Ayanna Witter-Johnson (composer, singer, cellist)

Composer, singer and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson is one of the most multitalented musicians on the…
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Caroline Potter
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5 Questions to Chelsea Randall (pianist)

Pianist Chelsea Randall is known for her eclectic programming in which she explores the tensions and…
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Tristan McKay
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innova Recordings Celebrates 40 Years of Putting Artists First

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. This year marks the 40th anniversary for…
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Yaz Lancaster
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