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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
Armando Bayolo--Photo by Eric Schultz

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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Ayanna Witter-Johnson--photo by Misan Harriman

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
Phong Tran--Photo by Jesse Butcher

ListN Up: Phong Tran (October 28, 2022)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Brian Harnetty--Photo by Kevin Davison

5 Questions to Brian Harnetty (sound artist)

Over the past 20 years, Brian Harnetty has worked extensively with sound archives to produce a wide…
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Jacob Kopcienski
Sophiyah E., Damon Williams, and Tazeen & Lufuki

Resistance Music is the Evidence of Things Unseen

Music and art have long been vehicles for resistance that are capable of evoking emotional and polit…
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Jasmine IVANNA Espy
John Schaefer--Photo by Daniel Randall

After 40 Years of New Sounds, John Schaefer is Still Actively Listening

When John Schaefer started broadcasting his WNYC show New Sounds in 1981, he was just playing music…
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Vanessa Ague
Immigration, Identity, and the Arts:

ACF and East Side Freedom Library Launch “Immigration, Identity, and the Arts” with NEA Big Read

Two organizations centered on achieving equity and justice are joining together to lift up the stori…
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Sophia Subbayya Vastek In Our Softening

Sophia Subbayya Vastek’s “In Our Softening” Finds Tenderness in an Abandoned Piano

In Our Softening, the sophomore piano album by Sophia Subbayya Vastek, is a journey that moves beyon…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
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5 Questions to Garrett McQueen (Director of Artist Equity, American Composers Orchestra)

Garrett McQueen stays busy. A performer; radio producer and host; lecturer on race, administration,…
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A. Kori Hill
Reena Esmail--Photo by Rachel Garcia

ListN Up: Reena Esmail (October 14, 2022)

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

On Moonstrike, Apollo Chamber Players Blend Folk and Contemporary Influences

Crafting an album that is juxtaposed with whimsey and contemplation while considering the moon is no…
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Ciyadh Wells
Shelley Washington--Photo by Peter Yankowsky

5 Questions to Shelley Washington (composer, saxophonist)

Shelley Washington is a self-described composer, performer, collaborator, and educator from Kansas C…
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Jennifer Jolley
JACK Quartet--Photo by Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre

Composer Liza Lim Spins Out Strings of Whimsy in Portrait Concert

The history of rope and string is one of composer Liza Lim’s obsessions. It’s a ubiquitous technolog…
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Lana Norris
Odeya Nini--Photo by Elena Ray

Odeya Nini Plumbs the Deepest Sounds of a Voice that Heals

Listening to the swirling, terraced vocals of Odeya Nini is like having raw human emotion hurled at…
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Esteban Meneses
Finola Merivale--Photo by Emma O'Halloran

5 Questions to Finola Merivale (composer)

Tús, the debut album by Irish composer Finola Merivale, engages listeners with an experimental langu…
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Julia Kuhlman
J.E. Hernández--Photo by Claire McAdams

J.E. Hernández Uplifts Migrant Laborers through Multidisciplinary Work

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. This fall has seen the yearslong struggle…
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Yaz Lancaster
David Sanford--Photo by Sabado Visconti

ListN Up: David Sanford (September 30, 2022)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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JOJO ABOT and esperanza spalding Immerse Audiences in A GOD OF HER OWN MAKING

Most times, concerts are presented as something to be observed. Rarely are they as immersive as JOJO…
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Donna Lee Davidson
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New Works by Lesley Mok and Chris Williams Explore the Individual vs. the Collective

Sound artist and composer Fay Victor’s powerful voice cut through the din of chatter at Joe’s Pub, m…
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Vanessa Ague
New Music Detroit's Strange Beautiful Music--Photo by Karl Otto

Detroit Awash in Light and Variety at Strange Beautiful Music 2022

New Music Detroit’s multi-day new music marathon Strange Beautiful Music celebrated its 15th anniver…
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Tristan McKay
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