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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
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
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
In Margaret Bonds’ 1965 cantata CREDO, her creative choices speak to the political, artistic, and sp…
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A. Kori Hill
Kati Agócs is an award-winning composer from Ontario, Canada, who currently serves on the compositio…
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Clover Nahabedian
Quiet as it’s kept, the banjo is an instrument of the African diaspora. In a performance at the Metr…
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Donna Lee Davidson
Content warning: suicide The future of Earth has a lot of people concerned. But what if nature can t…
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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
As composition competitions have come under closer scrutiny for their age biases and even exploitati…
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Julia Kuhlman
