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Immanuel Wilkins in BLUES BLOOD | BLACK FUTURE--Photo by Wolf Daniel, courtesy of Roulette Intermedium

BLUES BLOOD | BLACK FUTURE: Radical Transformation through Repetition

BLUES BLOOD | BLACK FUTURE begins and ends with cooking. Sekai Abeni–one of four lyricists of the Ro…
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A. Kori Hill
Forbes Graham--Photo by Lillian Graham

ListN Up: Forbes Graham (April 2, 2021)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Photo by Mark Fletcher Brown on Unsplash

Introducing the ACF Help Desk: a Resource for Artists and Collaborators

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Inspired by the conversations that we hav…
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Haley Olson
New Muse 4tet Blue Lotus

Blue Lotus: New Muse 4tet Improvises as a Vehicle for Social Activism

From the album artwork by Lois Mailou Jones to the notes emanating from New Muse 4tet, Blue Lotus is…
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Jasmine IVANNA Espy
Min Kwon America/Beautiful

5 Questions to Min Kwon (pianist, America/Beautiful)

The United States is a country with a complex history of oppression, and contemporary society calls…
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Nebal Maysaud
OVER / AT FOLKS' SONGS

FOLKS’ SONGS Centers Trans, Non-Binary, and Gender Minority Artists

Speaking, singing, shouting, and howling, the voice is front and center in FOLKS’ SONGS, the debut E…
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Chrysanthe Tan
Carolina Heredia--Photo by Dale Lloyd

ListN Up: Carolina Heredia (March 26, 2021)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Damian Norfleet--Photo by Craig Hanson

5 Questions to Damian Norfleet (vocalist, writer, actor)

Damian Norfleet is a gifted improvisational singer, performance artist, actor, and social justice ac…
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Bill Doggett
Hafez Modirzadeh Facets

Hafez Modirzadeh’s Facets (Pi Recordings) is Shimmering Liberation

Lustre is the way light interacts with the surface of a jewel. It’s ambiguous and has a wealth of in…
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Lana Norris
Molly Pease--Photo by Sera Lindsey

5 Questions to Molly Pease (vocal artist, composer)

Molly Pease is an eclectic vocal artist and composer who sings rock, folk, jazz, neo-soul, classical…
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Thea Derks
Holland Andrews Museum of Calm--Screenshot courtesy Baryshnikov Arts Center

Holland Andrews’ “Museum of Calm” Meditates on Chaos and Realignment

There’s a moment in Holland Andrews’ video introduction to Museum of Calm where their brow tenses an…
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Julia Kuhlman
Rohan Chander--Photo courtesy of the artist

ListN Up: Rohan Chander a.k.a. AIYAAR (March 19, 2021)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Vivian Fung's (Un)Wandering Souls

Video Premiere: Vivian Fung’s (Un)Wandering Souls Performed by Sandbox Percussion

A timbrally-rich fusion of struck metal, wood, porcelain, and glass defines Vivian Fung’s (Un)…
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Photo by Trevin Rudy on Unsplash

Call for Articles: New Series on “Invisible Inequities” in Arts Spaces

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and American Composers Forum are launching a new 10-month initiative entitled “…
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Giancarlo Guerrero--Photo by Lukasz Rajchert

5 Questions to Giancarlo Guerrero (Music Director, Nashville Symphony)

When you think of the highest artistic post at the main classical music organization in Nashville—as…
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Esteban Meneses
Marshall Trammell--Photo by Agatha Urbaniak

Live&Online, Safe&Weird: Borealis 2021 Embraces Hybrid Festival Model

Each March, nestled among the fjords on the western coast of Norway, the picturesque city of Bergen…
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Amanda Cook
Olivia Shortt--Photo by Alejandro Santiago

ListN Up: Olivia Shortt (March 12, 2021)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Elizabeth A. Baker--Photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to Elizabeth A. Baker about retrospectiveDisconnect

Over the past decade, The Honorable Elizabeth A. Baker’s practice as a New Renaissance Artist has cr…
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Jacob Kopcienski
Melisa Tien--Photo by Tom Matthew Wolfe

Melisa Tien’s “Swell” is Where Immigrant Journeys Meet

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Words have always come easy to playwright…
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Dameun Strange
Angel Bat Dawid--Screenshot courtesy of The Arts Club of Chicago

The Arts Club of Chicago Invites “Tiny Performances in Empty Rooms”

On February 26, 2021, The Arts Club of Chicago presented a free live stream entitled “Tiny Per…
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Jillian DeGroot
Tony the Scribe--Photo by Trista McGovern

Tony the Scribe on the Serious Work of Play

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Tony Williams, professionally known as To…
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Sun Yung Shin
Carmina Escobar--Photo by JP García Busio

ListN Up: Carmina Escobar (March 5, 2021)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Southeast of Rain 42 Days

Molding Sounds into Music: Southeast of Rain’s 42 Days

Southeast of Rain, a duo comprised of pipa player Sophia Shen and vocalist Lemon Guo, are composer-p…
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Lauren Ishida
Photo by Elyssa Fahndrich on Unsplash

Gender Equity or White Supremacy? Who’s Really Championed in the Women’s Music Movement

It’s no secret that classical music has historically been incredibly gender biased. The so-called ‘G…
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Elizabeth de Brito
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