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American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF McKnight Com…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and NewMusicBox are excited to join forces for the first time to launch “Money…
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In their stunning processional opera, co-creators Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera and director Loui…
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Lana Norris
Beth Morrison’s ideas are game changers. Since the founding of Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) in 2006,…
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Stephanie Boyd
With performances ranging from improvisation to film, electronic music and DJs, and orchestral music…
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Michelle Hromin
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Despite being a New Yorker for over a decade, my first trip to Chicago in 2024 made me reconsider th…
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Yaz Lancaster
Candice Hoyes is a multi-hyphenate artist who leans into the full range of her creativity. As a sopr…
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Katie Brown
Last year, a seasoned performer-composer called to ask for my advice: though she had secured her fir…
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Jennifer Kessler
Some albums have the power to shift the listener’s mood: to excite, stimulate, slow down, or soothe.
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Chrysanthe Tan
The stoic opening of “Mouth Full of Ears” belies its rambunctious, minimalist, alt-pop e…
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ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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It is not often that I come across an album pitched as a blend of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, 1980s thra…
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Forrest Howell
Paul Pinto has two biographies. There’s the formal bio that comes with his electronic press kit, whi…
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Clover Nahabedian
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Wooden blocks in various shapes are stacked on top of bright floral blankets onstage at the Experime…
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Vanessa Ague
Catalytic Sound is a cooperative streaming service with the goal of creating economic sustainability…
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Lana Norris
I was asked recently to share stories about my experiences commissioning new music in the hope that…
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Justus Schlichting
The New York-based Riwaya Ensemble considers themselves storytellers. The name of the composer-led c…
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Christine S. Escobar
In a time where the arts and creativity is systemically and politically undermined and unappreciated…
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Last month, I spent a week in Berlin. There was a happening – a very Black gathering that pulled par…
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deVon Russell Gray
The London Symphony Orchestra regularly promotes new music, but surely their recent performance feat…
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Caroline Potter
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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