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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
American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s McKnight Compose…
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Content warning: sexual assault How should opera deal with sensitive subject matter? Recently, the R…
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Caroline Potter
Black music is the art of storytelling. It encompasses the pain, the grief, the joy, and the triumph…
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Jasmine IVANNA Espy
There’s a common lament amongst animation heads: animation is a medium, not a genre. In some ways, o…
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A. Kori Hill
Guitarist, composer, and arranger JIJI is most known for her striking performances on both the class…
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Ciyadh Wells
In our field of Western classical music, we often set the expectation with young musicians that if t…
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Juhi Bansal
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. The music of PaviElle French — a soulful…
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Esteban Meneses
With predecessors including György Ligeti, Olivier Messiaen, and Alexander Scriabin, Jenny Olivia Jo…
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Originally commissioned for Cincinnati Opera’s centennial season in 2020, the much anticipated…
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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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As self-identified experimentalists, Leo Chang (voice/electronics) and Chris Williams (trumpet) use…
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Julia Kuhlman
If you enjoy contemporary classical music and artists like 100 gecs, Arca, and SOPHIE, I may have fo…
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Tristan McKay
ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of con…
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On his new album, Black Book DLUX, classical pianist and composer BLKBOK (pronounced “Black Ba…
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Donna Lee Davidson
“History doesn’t repeat itself; but it does often rhyme.” Imma need to disagree with whomever said t…
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A. Kori Hill
Carnegie Hall isn’t just piano prodigies and Lenny Bruce. Over the years, Carnegie has continued to…
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Lana Norris
ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of con…
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The experimental duo Squash & Biscuit 瓜和饼干 (Shuwen Zhao and Brian Griffith) identify themsel…
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Jennifer Jolley
Nnenna Ogwo is the Founder & Artistic Director of Juneteenth LP (Juneteenth Legacy Project). Jun…
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Ciyadh Wells
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. When composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tat…
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Esteban Meneses
ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of con…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
As classical musicians become more interested in styles of playing outside of what is traditionally…
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Clover Nahabedian
