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On September 22-24, the Pacific Symphony and the endlessly musical and adventurous Sandbox Percussio…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin

The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker does not want to tell you what it’s all about. In fact, she would…
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Christian Kriegeskotte

After Decades in Boston, Marti Epstein is Still Chasing the Psychic Beauty of the Plains
Sep 8, 2022
The music of Marti Epstein longs for wide open spaces – which might seem like a strange choice for a…
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Clover Nahabedian

As listeners, we’re familiar with the combination of spoken word and music in popular genres such as…
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Forrest Howell

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Trevor Weston grew up as a choirboy at Sa…
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Yaz Lancaster

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

Before I started my role as Executive Director at American Composers Forum (ACF) in January 2019, th…
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Vanessa Rose

Conductor Gil Rose has spent his career championing contemporary music. From founding Boston Modern…
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Dalanie Harris

The music of Pulitzer Prize winner Tania León is intimately connected to memories of her formative y…
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Esteban Meneses

Today’s video premiere comes to us from Clocks in Motion, a percussion ensemble comprised of J…
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ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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What if the creative relationship between composers and performers was more reciprocal? For her late…
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There has been quite a buzz following Raven Chacon since he was awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in M…
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Tristan McKay

Nine composers have been selected for Composing Inclusion, a new partnership between The Juilliard S…
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For composer Carlos Simon, music is a place where communities can come together. “I want people to b…
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Vanessa Ague

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF | create and…
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ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Out August 5, 2022 on BIS Records, The Strange Highway is an album of works whose haunting, ethereal…
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Stephanie Boyd

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. The Tape Machine came to her in a dream:…
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Esteban Meneses

Award-winning composer Wang Jie grew up in Shanghai in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. A gifted…
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Gemma Peacocke

Today American Composers Forum (ACF) announces the second collection of recording projects selected…
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What does it mean to experience history as something that isn’t in the past? In Castor and Patience,…
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Amanda Cook

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