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Eric Umble, medium. (gg200bpm and Yaz Lancaster), and Beef Lounge

From New Music to Queer, Underground Nightlife

New York City’s DIY underground is home to some of the most innovative artists around. Veterans and…
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Yaz Lancaster
Badie Khaleghian -- Photo by Aruna Kharod

ListN Up Playlist: Badie Khaleghian (August 7, 2025)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Clara Kim -- Photo courtesy of the artist

Clara Kim Parses the Relics of Canonized Music on Emotionally Complex New Album

Bone fragments of each of the twelve Apostles lie in a sealed reliquary at St. Patrick’s Cathedral i…
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Chrysanthe Tan
Ingrid Martin -- Photo by Thomas Hamill

5 Questions to Ingrid Martin (conductor)

Before she became a professional conductor, Australian-born Ingrid Martin was a doctor of emergency…
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Gemma Peacocke
Tara Cunningham -- Courtesy of artist

Tara Cunningham Explores the Natural Sounds of Objects on “Almost – Not Exactly” Album

Known for her distinctive voice as an improviser and composer, UK guitarist Tara Cunningham’s new so…
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Michelle Hromin
John Dante Prevedini - Money Matters

Ivory Tower Values are Keeping New Music Inaccessible and Unaffordable

Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA In o…
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John Dante Prevedini
Keith Pun and Alex Ho in

Alex Ho Explores Loss and “Unexpected Revelation” in “Ye Xian”

In mid-July, London is in festival mood. Overlapping with the famous Proms at the Royal Albert Hall,…
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Caroline Potter
Ning Yu -

Video Premiere: Ning Yu plays David Bird’s “Iron Orchid”

Kaleidoscopic images of a pianist’s hands are interspersed with exaggerated shots of empty int…
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Ava Mendoza, gabby fluke-mogul, and Carolina Pérez -- Photo by Martin Bisi

“Mama Killa” from Ava Mendoza, gabby fluke-mogul, and Carolina Pérez Shows the Power of Propulsion

No sound is too potent for the trio of guitarist Ava Mendoza, violinist gabby fluke-mogul, and drumm…
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Vanessa Ague
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp -- Photo by Emilie Pelissier

Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp Brings Joyful Grooves to Rhode Island’s Machines with Magnets

Switzerland’s Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp (OTPMD) and Providence, Rhode Island’s dakoudak…
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Clover Nahabedian
Cris Derksen -- Photo by Tanja Tiziana

5 Questions to Cris Derksen (composer, cellist)

For Cris Derksen, music is a conversation – a tool that brings attention to issues of the present an…
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A. Kori Hill
Lembit Beecher and Karen Ouzounian -- Photo by Ebru Yildiz

5 Questions to Lembit Beecher (composer) and Karen Ouzounian (cellist, composer)

Lembit Beecher and Karen Ouzounian are a husband-wife creative team who balance their collaborative…
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Christine S. Escobar
Photo by Marion Aguas

ListN Up Playlist: Lia Ouyang Rusli (OHYUNG) (June 26, 2025)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Tom Chiu and Brian Mark at MATA Festival 2025 -- Photo by Cameron Kelly McLeod, courtesy of ISSUE Project Room

MATA Festival 2025 Transports Listeners with a Beautifully Curated Cosmic Program

The annual Music at the Anthology (MATA) Festival connects courageous composers and listeners throug…
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Lana Norris
The Crossing -- Photo by Charles Grove

The Crossing’s “At Which Point” is a Beautifully Executed Record of New Choral Works

Released on April 4 2025, At Which Point (New Focus Recordings) from The Crossing continues the choi…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Paula Sanchez -- Photo by Luis Matias Kerman

5 Questions to Paula Sanchez (cellist, vocalist, composer)

Paula Sanchez uses performance to traverse the connections between sound, material, and improvisatio…
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Jacob Kopcienski
BAKUDI SCREAM -- Photo by Dani Strigi

BAKUDI SCREAM Reaches for Liberation On His Audacious Second Album, “Prey”

BAKUDI SCREAM, the pseudonym used by performer and composer Rohan Chander, released his second studi…
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Clover Nahabedian
Jessie Cox -- Photo by Adrien H. Tillmann

ListN Up Playlist: Jessie Cox (June 5, 2025)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Nadia Sirota -- Photo by Zoe Prinds-Flash

Risk & Access: Nadia Sirota Curates “Living Music Underground” Summer Series

For the second consecutive summer, Living Music Underground returns to Lincoln Center’s Summer for t…
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Yaz Lancaster
Theresa May -- Photo by Emanuel Wallace

5 Questions to Theresa May (trumpeter, composer, educator)

Theresa May’s multifaceted work as an artist, performer, educator, and advocate illustrates the abun…
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Katie Brown
Jasmine Arielle Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton,

In “She Who Dared,” Jasmine Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton Center the Overlooked Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

The story of Rosa Parks – tired after a long day at work, refusing to move to the back of the bus to…
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Dalanie Harris
Nick Photinos -- Photo by John Bowditch

The Myth of Making It

Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA…
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Nick Photinos
Sharon! Udoh -- Photo by Kate Sweeney

ListN Up Playlist: Sharon Udoh (May 22, 2025)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Trevor Weston -- Courtesy of artist

Ecce Ensemble Explores Trevor Weston’s Encyclopedic Chamber Works on “Remembrances”

The nuance within composer Trevor Weston’s musical language floats through a range of influences, in…
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Michelle Hromin
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