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Saad Haddad -- Photo by Bess Adler

5 Questions to Saad Haddad (composer)

Composer Saad Haddad’s music is energetic, full of life and vitality, and quite inventive – twisting…
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Sofía Rocha
Miya Masaoka and Melissa Smey -- Photo by Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre at Columbia University

At Miller Theatre, Miya Masaoka’s Composer Portrait is a Deconstruction of Playful Chaos

For her Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre on March 6, Miya Masaoka presented a substantial, cohesi…
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Lana Norris
American Composers Orchestra with Tito Muñoz -- Photo by Alfred Kan

American Composers Orchestra Explores Latin American Music’s Transatlantic Roots at Carnegie Hall

Under the leadership of CEO Melissa Ngan and Artistic Director Curtis Stewart, the American Composer…
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Stephanie Boyd
John Schaefer, Loki Karuna, Hannah Edgar, and Amanda Cook

Media Professionals Rely On Your Digital Footprint — Here’s What We Wish Artists Knew

As an artist, your digital presence is both a practical marketing tool and an opportunity for storyt…
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Amanda Cook
Amanda Ekery -- Photo by Chelcie Parry

ListN Up Playlist: Amanda Ekery (March 6, 2025)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Sugar Vendil -- Photo by Titilayo Ayangade

Framing the Artist: Photography, Music, and the Power of Being Seen

I’ve spent years on both sides of the camera. As a musician, I know what it feels like to stand in f…
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Titilayo Monique Ayangade
Solomiya Moroz -- Photo by Natalia Rainyk

5 Questions to Solomiya Moroz (composer)

Solomiya Moroz is a UK-based Ukrainian-Canadian composer and flutist whose textural music defies pre…
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Esteban Meneses
Will Mason -- Photo by Erin Lobb Mason

Will Mason’s “Hemlocks, Peacocks” Draws Upon Art and Poetry for a Transportive Listening Experience

Spending time with an album inspired by other artistic references feels akin to watching the bonus f…
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Connie Li
Claire Chase -- Photo by Karen Chester

Claire Chase Explores Minutiae and Ubiquity in Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s “UBIQUE”

In Edgard Varèse’s Density 21.5, a solo flutist pushes and shoves through ever widening intervallic…
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Julia Kuhlman
Sarah Belle Reid -- Photo by Etta Gerdes

5 Questions to Sarah Belle Reid (performer-composer)

As a classical trumpeter, Sarah Belle Reid felt that she was constantly being asked to emulate the s…
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Chrysanthe Tan
María Valencia -- Photo by Darja Stravs Tis

ListN Up Playlist: María Valencia (February 20, 2025)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Julia Bullock, Christian Reif, and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra -- Photo by Lawrence Sumulong, courtesy of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Julia Bullock’s “History’s Persistent Voice” Collapses the Past and the Present at Lincoln Center

The idea for soprano Julia Bullock’s project “History’s Persistent Voice” came eight years ago when…
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Donna Lee Davidson
VOX -- Photo by Steven Pisano

New Chamber Ballet Debuts Two New Works of Stunning Athleticism and Intimacy

Founded in 2004 by choreographer Miro Magloire, New Chamber Ballet is an organization dedicated to t…
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Stephanie Boyd
Delfin Demiray -- Photo by Nichole MC Photography

5 Questions to Delfin Demiray (composer, pianist)

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Philadelphi…
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Tristan McKay
Hannah Ishizaki -- Photo by Fred R. Conrad

Hannah Ishizaki Takes Pittsburgh Symphony for a Spin with New World Premiere

In 2017, when Hannah Ishizaki was still in high school, the premiere of her work City of Bridges mad…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Omar Thomas -- Photo by Remi McQuen

5 Questions to Omar Thomas (composer)

Omar Thomas is an award-winning composer and jazz artist based in Austin, TX. Raised in a Guyanese f…
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Gemma Peacocke
Shinjoo Cho -- Photo by Nah Seung Yuli

ListN Up Playlist: Shinjoo Cho (February 6, 2025)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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standard issue -- Photo by Lakruwan Rajapaksha

standard issue Bring a Striking Performance of Modern Works to London’s St. Giles Camberwell

Formed at the Royal College of Music in 2022, standard issue describe themselves as ‘a London-based…
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Caroline Potter
McKnight 2025 -- Design by Meg Huskin

Announcing the 2025 McKnight Composer Fellowship and Visiting Residency Awardees

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF McKnight Com…
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Call for Articles: “Money Matters” Essay Series

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and NewMusicBox are excited to join forces for the first time to launch “Money…
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Primero Sueño at The Cloisters -- Photo by Jill Steinberg

Paola Prestini & Magos Herrera Center Sor Juana’s Radical Mysticism in “Primero Sueño”

In their stunning processional opera, co-creators Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera and director Loui…
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Lana Norris
Beth Morrison -- Photo by Maru Teppei

5 Questions to Beth Morrison (founder and director, Beth Morrison Projects)

Beth Morrison’s ideas are game changers. Since the founding of Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) in 2006,…
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Stephanie Boyd
The Orchestra of Futurist Noice Intoners conducted by Luciano Chessa -- Courtesy of Wigmore Hall

London Contemporary Music Festival Marks 10 Years with a Celebration of Experimental Music’s Legacy

With performances ranging from improvisation to film, electronic music and DJs, and orchestral music…
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Michelle Hromin
Brooke Knoll -- Photo by Kateri Ang

ListN Up: Brooke Knoll (January 23, 2025)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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