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Squash & Biscuit's 瓜和饼干 Lavender Eggplant 绛仙

Squash & Biscuit 瓜和饼干 Craft Sonic Memory Souvenirs on Lavender Eggplant 绛仙

The experimental duo Squash & Biscuit 瓜和饼干 (Shuwen Zhao and Brian Griffith) identify themsel…
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Jennifer Jolley
Nnenna Ogwo -- photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to Nnenna Ogwo (Founder & Artistic Director, Juneteenth LP)

Nnenna Ogwo is the Founder & Artistic Director of Juneteenth LP (Juneteenth Legacy Project). Jun…
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Ciyadh Wells
Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate--Photo by Shevaun Williams

Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate Embodies the Spirit of the Chickasaw Nation

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. When composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tat…
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Esteban Meneses
Nadia Shpachenko--Photo by Victoria Innocenzi

ListN Up: Nadia Shpachenko (June 3, 2022)

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Eden Rayz Corpus Vice

Eden Rayz’s “Corpus Vice” Blends Death Metal and Contemporary Classical Music

As classical musicians become more interested in styles of playing outside of what is traditionally…
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Clover Nahabedian
Anthology of New Music: Trans and Nonbinary Voices, Vol. 1

Presenting the Whole Artist: Programming Inclusively Through the Lens of Anthology Curation

In classical music’s recent efforts to become a more equitable space, I’ve often seen the words “div…
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Aiden K. Feltkamp
Sae Hashimoto, David Watson, Ikue Mori, and Charmaine Lee--Still from video livestream courtesy of Roulette Intermedium

Ikue Mori’s “Tracing the Magic” Highlights Invigorating Textures

A drum set, a few woodwind instruments, a piano, a couple of bagpipes, and electronics waited onstag…
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Vanessa Ague
Emma O'Halloran--Photo by Alex Dowling

ListN Up: Emma O’Halloran (May 27, 2022)

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Yolanda Kondonassis performs Reena Esmail's Inconvenient Wounds

Video Premiere: Yolanda Kondonassis Performs Reena Esmail’s inconvenient wounds

Nature is seen as both a thing of beauty and reckoning in the music video for Reena Esmail’s i…
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Jascha Narveson and Ashley Bathgate Flash Crash + Remixes

Jascha Narveson’s Flash Crash + Remixes Probes our Relationship with Technology

Technological advances in artificial intelligence, algorithms, and automation have provided advancem…
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Kevin Baldwin
Denali Foxx and Angeria Paris VanMichaels will host Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles' Sweet Home Chicago

Lakeside Pride’s Sweet Home Chicago “Yassifies” Concert Band Music

In early spring of 2020, another new term was popularized via social media – “yassification.” By the…
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Yaz Lancaster
Maria Chávez--Photo by Martyna Szczęsna

ListN Up: Maria Chávez (May 20, 2022)

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Joel Ross--Photo courtesy of the artist

Joel Ross Celebrates “The Parable of the Poet” Release at The Jazz Gallery

From the very first note dropped by Joel Ross’ mallet at The Jazz Gallery on May 14, 2022, the audie…
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Donna Lee Davidson
Yu Nishiyama A Lotus in the Mud

Yu Nishiyama’s Debut Album “A Lotus in the Mud” Comes Into Bloom

As an avid record collector, I have a pretty strong ability to pick albums off the shelf that look l…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Kinds of Kings Bouman Fellowship recipients Silen Wellington and Theo Baer

5 Questions to Silen Wellington and Theo Baer (2021-22 Bouman Fellowship)

The Kinds of Kings Bouman Fellowship is an advocacy, access, and amplification program for historica…
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Kevin Baldwin
Darius Jones--Photo by Steven Pisano

MATA 2022 Mounts Experimental and Socially-Engaged Works

When spring arrives in New York City, so does the MATA festival. Each year, Music at the Anthology (…
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Lana Norris
L'Rain -- Photo by Nathan Bajar

ListN Up: L’Rain (May 13, 2022)

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Bryan Senti and ACME perform

Video Premiere: Bryan Senti’s “Mantra” Performed by ACME

For composer and violinist/violist Bryan Senti, working with the American Contemporary Music Ensembl…
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Elif Yalvaç's Diaries of Destruction

Elif Yalvaç’s “Diaries of Destruction” Fights for Survival Amid the Wreckage

Elif Yalvaç started work on Diaries of Destruction during Turkey’s oppressive summer heat in 2020. S…
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Padideh Aghanoury
Jordan Bak's Impulse

Jordan Bak Creates Immersive, Multi-Dimensional Soundscapes on “Impulse”

“One of my favorite pieces written for viola and piano is A String Around Autumn by Tōru Takemitsu.
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A. Kori Hill
Aron Dahl--Photo by Angel Labarthe

ListN Up: Aron Dahl (May 6, 2022)

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Weston Olencki's Old Time Music

Old Time Music Explores Traditions, Technologies, and Archives of “American Music”

In the past decade, Weston Olencki’s work as a multifaceted artist has explored the limits of…
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Jacob Kopcienski
Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian--photo by Jodie Cartman

5 Questions to Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian (composer, performer, multi-media artist)

The music of Anglo-Armenian composer, performer, and multi-media artist Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian br…
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Caroline Potter
Kalia Vandever--Photo by D.M. Stith

Kalia Vandever on the Precipice of “Regrowth” and Self-Actualization

The process of becoming is just as much about the losses as it is about the wins and the neutrality…
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Jasmine IVANNA Espy
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