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Orlando Jacinto García--Photo courtesy Florida International University

5 Questions to Orlando Jacinto García (composer)

Orlando Jacinto García is a prolific composer whose works range from concert works with and without…
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Jennifer Jolley
fivebyfive Of and Between

Of and Between: fivebyfive Draws Connections Between Music and Visual Art

In the world of visual art, perspective is what shows us how objects in a piece are related; it’s th…
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Julia Kuhlman
Julian Terrell Otis--Photo by Elias Rios

ListN Up: Julian Terrell Otis (February 18, 2022)

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Nyokabi Kariūki pece places: kenyan memories

Geography, ancestry, and language: Nyokabi Kariuki’s “peace places: kenyan memories”

Used to call, invoke, and speak to ancestral spirits, the instruments on Nyokabi Kariuki’s peace pla…
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Donna Lee Davidson
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Am I Going to Kill my Career if I’m Not on Social Media Anymore?

This is the question I asked myself in January 2022 after I decided to quit social media. The social…
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Sugar Vendil
Laura Cocks field anatomies

field anatomies: Laura Cocks Hyperextends the Flute-Body Relationship

Laura Cocks, flutist and Executive Director of TAK Ensemble, chamber and solo performer, and advocat…
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Jillian DeGroot
Colin Alexander--Photo by Emma Werner

5 Questions to Colin Alexander (founder, October House Records)

Recorded music has never been more accessible. Streaming services such as Spotify and YouTube are at…
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Nebal Maysaud
Shruthi Rajasekar--Photo by Alia Rose Photography

ListN Up: Shruthi Rajasekar (February 11, 2022)

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PaviElle French--Photo by Sharolyn B. Hagen Photography

Artist PaviElle French Launches Residency in St. Paul

American Composers Forum (ACF) is excited to announce “Liberation! Lifting up our Youth:&#8221…
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Verdant Vibes--Photo by James Lastowski

5 Questions to Verdant Vibes (new music collective and concert series)

Over the past few years, Verdant Vibes has been bringing eclectic, innovative concerts to the commun…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Michelle Ross' The Whale Song

Video Premiere: The Whale Song by Michelle Ross

The sea has been a source of enigmatic inspiration for many composers, representing a place of immen…
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Ensemble Decipher--Photo by Sophia Sagaradze

5 Questions to Ensemble Decipher

Founded in 2017 by Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Ensemble Decipher (Nourbakhsh, Joseph Bohigian, Robert Cosgr…
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Kevin Baldwin
Andrew Stock--Photo by Carmen Rosby

ListN Up: Andrew Stock (February 4, 2022)

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DunkelpeK Fire's Hush

DunkelpeK’s “Fire’s Hush” is a “Joyous Vehicle” for Experimental Improvisation

With nearly a decade of experience playing together under their belts, Japanese-born percussionist N…
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Tristan McKay
Tangram--Photo by Mike Skelton

Tangram Celebrates the Lunar New Year at LSO St Luke’s

This week marks the Lunar New Year of the Tiger, and Tangram, a collective of musicians of Chinese h…
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Caroline Potter
Alexa Dexa--Photo by Alexa Dexa

Alexa Dexa Dreams of Transformative and Accessible Spaces

An adventurous electroacoustic composer, facilitator of sound-based meditation, and radical queer dr…
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Yaz Lancaster
Davu Seru--Photo courtesy of the artist

Davu Seru Creates Outside of the Confines of the Known World

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. As children, we are curious about our rea…
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Jasmine IVANNA Espy
Leilehua Lanzilotti--Photo by Blaise Hayward Studio

ListN Up: Leilehua Lanzilotti (January 28, 2022)

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Laura Ortman--Photo by Marne Lucas

5 Questions to Laura Ortman (musician, composer)

Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache) is a musician and composer whose work walks the line between li…
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Clover Nahabedian
Photo by Ostap Senyuk on Unplash

“Trauma Porn” and the Capitalization of Mental Health (Casting Light #9)

“Casting Light” is a 10-part series that explores the often invisible inequities in contemporary art…
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Nina Shekhar
Alicia Lee Conversations With Myself

Alicia Lee’s Conversations With Myself Resonates from the Depths of Isolation

Although pandemic-related isolation is threatening to become a subgenre, clarinetist Alicia Lee’s ne…
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Esteban Meneses
Brian Raphael Nabors--Photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to Brian Raphael Nabors (composer)

Brian Raphael Nabors is a composer of enormous gifts and accomplishment. A 2020 Fulbright Scholarshi…
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Bill Doggett
Jonathan Hulting-Cohen

ListN Up: Jonathan Hulting-Cohen (January 21, 2022)

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Shruti Kumar-- Photo by Anna Azarov Photography

5 Questions to Shruti Kumar (composer, producer)

Shruti Kumar is a genre- and scene-crossing composer and producer based out of Los Angeles. Beginnin…
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Sofía Rocha
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