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Jamie Barton as Carmen opposite Blythely Oratonio (Stephanie Blythe) as Don José--Photo by Michael Brosilow

Chicago Opera Theater Breathes New Life Into Carmen 

Bizet’s Carmen has captivated audiences for nearly 150 years. The thrill of a love triangle paired w…
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Jillian DeGroot
Expect the Unexpected

25 Commissions, No Rehearsal: Notes Inégales Embraces the Unknown on “Expect the Unexpected”

If you happened upon the law firm Hodge Jones & Allen in London, you wouldn’t guess that one of…
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Esteban Meneses
TYGAPAW--Photo courtesy of the artist

TYGAPAW: Unapologetically Queer, Black, and Limitless

Culture can breed freedom, but it can also be the catalyst for shame and isolation, especially when…
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Jasmine IVANNA Espy
Recap Count to Five

Recap’s Debut Album “Count to Five” Builds Community Among Women

As a musician, it’s often easy to pinpoint the overall themes of an album through instrumentat…
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Donna Lee Davidson
Jenny Moore's Mystic Business--Photo by Sophie le Roux

Jenny Moore and Rattle Offer Community and Catharsis at Café Oto

Live music is now returning to London, and Jenny Moore and Rattle’s gig at Café Oto on 9 September w…
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Caroline Potter
2020 Minnesota Music Creator (MMCA) award recipients Carlisle Evans Peck, Leyna Marika Papach, and Tony the Scribe

In Development: A Spotlight on ACF’s MMCA Artists

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. For music creators in the North Star stat…
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Dameun Strange
Anthony R. Green--Photo courtesy of the artist

ListN Up: Anthony R. Green (September 10, 2021)

ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of con…
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Nina Dante + Bethany Young LIZARD TONGUE

Nina Dante + Bethany Younge Converse with Nature on LIZARD TONGUE

Nina Dante + Bethany Younge find themselves in conversation with stones, shells, wind, sand, and liz…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Michae; Compitello performs Nina C. Young's Heart.throb

Video Premiere: Michael Compitello Performs Nina C. Young’s Heart.throb

Of all the things one might expect to find at a post apocalyptic dance club, a lonely snare drum pro…
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Zosha Di Castri--Photo by David Adamcyk

5 Questions to Zosha Di Castri about The Dream Feed

Canadian composer Zosha di Castri is a prolific and wonderfully inventive creator who is currently t…
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Lauren Ishida
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

Classical Music’s DEIA Pact: Ongoing Actions for Equity and Access

When I was a kid, I thought my sister and I were the only Black people playing violin in Cincinnati,…
Author
A. Kori Hill
ACF Artist Equity Summit September 10-11 2021

Join ACF for our next Artist Equity Summit on “Follow Through”

When I say “composer,” who do you think of? Are they alive? Are they male, white, of European descen…
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Vanessa Rose
Norman W. Long BLACK BROWN GRAY GREEN

BLACK BROWN GRAY GREEN: Healing in Post-Industrial Communities

Sitting at the crossroads of the industrial and the natural, Norman W. Long’s BLACK BROWN GRAY…
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Yaz Lancaster
Louise Toppin--Photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to Dr. Louise Toppin about the African Diaspora Music Project

The African Diaspora Music Project (ADMP) was established by Dr. Louise Toppin in conjunction with V…
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A. Kori Hill
Jacquelyn Deshchidn--Photo by Jessica Wittman

ListN Up: Jacquelyn Deshchidn (August 27, 2021)

ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of con…
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2021 ACF | create and Minnesota Music Creator Award recipients

2021 ACF | create and Minnesota Music Creator Awards Announced

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF | create and…
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Photo by David Smooke on Unsplash

Dismantling Arts Journalism — and Why We’d All Benefit (Casting Light #4)

“Casting Light” is a 10-part series that explores the often invisible inequities in contemporary art…
Author
Olivia Giovetti
Through Lines by Molly Herron and Science Ficta

Molly Herron’s “Through Lines” Inspects the Viol with a Contemporary Eye

Composer Molly Herron explores a vast landscape of musical and temporal intersections in Through Lin…
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Tracy Monaghan
Emily Koh--Photo courtesy National Arts Council Singapore

ListN Up: Emily Koh (August 20, 2021)

ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of con…
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Valerie Coleman--Photo by Matthew Murphy

Valerie Coleman Selected for ACF BandQuest Residency with Juilliard MAP

American Composers Forum (ACF) is thrilled to announce its next BandQuest commission and residency p…
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Enigma: Spektral Quartet Performs Anna Thorvaldsdóttir

Anna Thorvaldsdóttir and Spektral Upend the String Quartet on Enigma

Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdóttir is known for creating soundscapes that unfold at a glacial…
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Esteban Meneses
Tonality performs UnitedWeDream

Video Premiere: Tonality Performs Melissa Dunphy’s “#UnitedWeDream”

In his August 2019 essay for I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, Alexander Lloyd Blake observed, “An altruis…
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Ken Ueno--Photo courtesy EMPAC/Mick Bello

ListN Up: Ken Ueno (August 13, 2021)

ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait&n…
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Eddie Barbash--Photo by Lena Nicholson for The McKittrick Hotel

Eddie Barbash Traverses Genres in a Tribute “For Murray and Lillian”

Eddie Barbash plays a wide repertoire that is not often heard on the alto saxophone. His latest self…
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Donna Lee Davidson
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