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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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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
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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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
American Composers Forum (ACF) and the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music (GLFCAM) today…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. “I like to joke that some people grew up…
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Amanda Cook
Entering the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral on Feb. 25 for the world premiere of COTTON is like wa…
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Donna Lee Davidson
Renowned composer Judith Shatin has been coaxing new sounds from familiar and unexpected places sinc…
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Chrysanthe Tan
The lives of contemporary composers can take many forms, but few people enjoy a lifestyle like Bach,…
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Megumi Saruhashi
Uniting Voices Chicago Connects to the African Diaspora in Black History Month Concerts
Feb 23, 2023
Modern-day traditions such as Black History Month and Juneteenth center the cultural roots of the Af…
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Dalanie Harris
I can count on one hand how many times I missed church during the first 18 years of my life, excludi…
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Katie Brown
Welcome to “Asking for a Friend,” a new music advice column where arts administrators Rachel Sokolow…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Credited as one of the first women to direct film in post-(2001) Taliban Afghanistan, Roya Sadat cen…
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Yaz Lancaster
“This feels so formal!” Amadeus Julian Regucera exclaims. We’re supposed to meet in a minimalist off…
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Lana Norris
ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Since childhood, composer Masatora Goya h…
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Amanda Cook
One year ago, the remaining star in the 20th century’s firmament of indisputably sui generis compose…
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Margaret Leng Tan
Adrianne Munden-Dixon Commissions Solo Violin Works with a Splash of Electronics for Debut Album
Feb 2, 2023
In her debut album Lung, violinist-composer Adrianne Munden-Dixon and a cohort of five composers unv…
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Esteban Meneses
I don’t think anyone has ever assumed that pursuing a degree in classical music would be easy. Despi…
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Michelle Hromin
Acclaimed composer and violinist Curtis Stewart has spent his career taking contemporary music to ne…
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Dalanie Harris
ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Opera Philadelphia Presents “CREDO,” Embracing Composer Margaret Bonds’ Artistic Ideals
Jan 25, 2023
In Margaret Bonds’ 1965 cantata CREDO, her creative choices speak to the political, artistic, and sp…
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A. Kori Hill