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In Edgard Varèse’s Density 21.5, a solo flutist pushes and shoves through ever widening intervallic…
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Julia Kuhlman
As a classical trumpeter, Sarah Belle Reid felt that she was constantly being asked to emulate the s…
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Chrysanthe Tan
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
The idea for soprano Julia Bullock’s project “History’s Persistent Voice” came eight years ago when…
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Donna Lee Davidson
Founded in 2004 by choreographer Miro Magloire, New Chamber Ballet is an organization dedicated to t…
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Stephanie Boyd
This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Philadelphi…
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Tristan McKay
In 2017, when Hannah Ishizaki was still in high school, the premiere of her work City of Bridges mad…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Omar Thomas is an award-winning composer and jazz artist based in Austin, TX. Raised in a Guyanese f…
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Gemma Peacocke
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Formed at the Royal College of Music in 2022, standard issue describe themselves as ‘a London-based…
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Caroline Potter
American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF McKnight Com…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and NewMusicBox are excited to join forces for the first time to launch “Money…
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In their stunning processional opera, co-creators Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera and director Loui…
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Lana Norris
Beth Morrison’s ideas are game changers. Since the founding of Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) in 2006,…
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Stephanie Boyd
With performances ranging from improvisation to film, electronic music and DJs, and orchestral music…
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Michelle Hromin
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Despite being a New Yorker for over a decade, my first trip to Chicago in 2024 made me reconsider th…
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Yaz Lancaster
Candice Hoyes is a multi-hyphenate artist who leans into the full range of her creativity. As a sopr…
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Katie Brown
Last year, a seasoned performer-composer called to ask for my advice: though she had secured her fir…
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Jennifer Kessler
Some albums have the power to shift the listener’s mood: to excite, stimulate, slow down, or soothe.
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Chrysanthe Tan
The stoic opening of “Mouth Full of Ears” belies its rambunctious, minimalist, alt-pop e…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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It is not often that I come across an album pitched as a blend of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, 1980s thra…
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Forrest Howell
