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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
ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Inspired by the conversations that we hav…
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Haley Olson
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
The United States is a country with a complex history of oppression, and contemporary society calls…
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Nebal Maysaud
Speaking, singing, shouting, and howling, the voice is front and center in FOLKS’ SONGS, the debut E…
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Chrysanthe Tan
ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Damian Norfleet is a gifted improvisational singer, performance artist, actor, and social justice ac…
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Bill Doggett
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 is an eclectic vocal artist and composer who sings rock, folk, jazz, neo-soul, classical…
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Thea Derks
There’s a moment in Holland Andrews’ video introduction to Museum of Calm where their brow tenses an…
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Julia Kuhlman
ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
A timbrally-rich fusion of struck metal, wood, porcelain, and glass defines Vivian Fung’s (Un)…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and American Composers Forum are launching a new 10-month initiative entitled “…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
When you think of the highest artistic post at the main classical music organization in Nashville—as…
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Esteban Meneses
Each March, nestled among the fjords on the western coast of Norway, the picturesque city of Bergen…
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Amanda Cook
ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Over the past decade, The Honorable Elizabeth A. Baker’s practice as a New Renaissance Artist has cr…
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Jacob Kopcienski
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Words have always come easy to playwright…
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Dameun Strange
On February 26, 2021, The Arts Club of Chicago presented a free live stream entitled “Tiny Per…
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Jillian DeGroot
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Tony Williams, professionally known as To…
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Sun Yung Shin
ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Southeast of Rain, a duo comprised of pipa player Sophia Shen and vocalist Lemon Guo, are composer-p…
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Lauren Ishida
It’s no secret that classical music has historically been incredibly gender biased. The so-called ‘G…
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Elizabeth de Brito