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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)

ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of con…
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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
Gao Hong--Photo courtesy of the artist

Gao Hong: Memories and Journeys of a Pipa Composer

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Before she started composing, Chinese pip…
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Esteban Meneses
Darlene Castro Ortiz--Photo by Marie Kim

ListN Up: Darlene Castro Ortiz (April 29, 2022)

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Curtis Bannister and Flora Hawk in the Chicago Opera Theatre production of Errollyn Wallen's

In Quamino’s Map, Errollyn Wallen Illuminates Forgotten American-British History

Loosely inspired by S.I. Martin’s 1997 novel “Incomparable World,” Errollyn Wallen’s new opera Quami…
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Jillian DeGroot
Jennifer Higdon (photo by A. Bogard)

5 Questions to Jennifer Higdon about “Duo Duel”

Jennifer Higdon has just added a new concerto to her catalog — Duo Duel, for two percussionists and…
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Stephanie Boyd
JACK Quartet--Photo by Joan Jastrebski

JACK Quartet Premieres Three New Works at Merkin Hall

JACK Quartet left the audience awestruck by the complexity, layers, and ideas of truly innovative mu…
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Donna Lee Davidson
Elle Reid and Pekka Kuusisto--Photos courtesy of the LA Phil

Ellen Reid and Pekka Kuusisto Curate “Transfixing” Program for LA Phil

I saw a tweet the other day that sparked familiar discourse about the merits and perils of amplifyin…
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Chrysanthe Tan
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Applications Now Open for innova Recordings Spring National Call

innova Recordings, the in-house recording label of American Composers Forum, invites applicants to s…
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Akenya--Photo by Samantha Fuehring

ListN Up: Akenya (April 22, 2022)

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Jasmine Morris' Muspelheim

Video Premiere: Muspelheim by Jasmine Morris

A cluster of discordant droning reeds usher in a slinking ornamented melody in composer Jasmine Morr…
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