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Pitching to Media Outlets: A How-To Guide for Independent Artists

As the Editor-in-chief of I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, I wish I heard from more independent artists directl…
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Amanda Cook
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The Institute for Composer Diversity: White Leadership, DEI Initiatives, and Ethical Advocacy

When I think about the Institute for Composer Diversity, I think of a 2017 podcast interview with au…
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John Hong
Du Yun and JACK Quartet A Cockroach's Tarantella

Du Yun and JACK Quartet Embody Anthropomorphized Insects on A Cockroach’s Tarantella

A Cockroach’s Tarantella is the latest collaboration between JACK Quartet and composer Du Yun. Relea…
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Ciyadh Wells
Ninth Planet presents On Being

Ninth Planet’s First Virtual Concert Muses “On Being” in the Present

After over a year of no performances due to COVID-19 restrictions, new music collective Ninth Planet…
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Padideh Aghanoury
Counter Paint: The Art of Fugue

Video Premiere: Friction Quartet Performs Counter Paint: The Art of Fugue

Today’s Four/Ten Media video premiere features Friction Quartet performing Counter Paint: The…
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Darian Donovan Thomas--Photo by Oscar Moreno

ListN Up: Darian Donovan Thomas (December 18, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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The Blackbox Ensemble--Photo by Toby Winarto

BlackBox Ensemble Presents “Elegy,” Reflecting on Loss and Mourning

With over 300,000 deaths related to COVID-19 in the United States, this is more fitting a time than…
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Esteban Meneses
Wang Lu An Atlas of Time

An Atlas of Time: Wang Lu Explores the Imperfect Cartography of Memory

Two years have passed since the release of Wang Lu’s debut album Urban Inventory, making the release…
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Jennifer Jolley
2020 albums

Editor’s Picks: 2020 Contemporary Classical Albums

If this year has delivered any sort of message about our field, it’s that artists will inevita…
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Amanda Cook
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Despite the Signs, Music is Essential: Saving Our Sounds During Covid & Beyond

At one point early on in the pandemic, it seemed like all of us in the States were, at least somewha…
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Katy Henriksen
Matana Roberts--Photo by Evan Hunter McKnight

ListN Up: Matana Roberts (December 11, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Stardust--Photo courtesy Helios Opera

Helios Opera Presents Stardust by Felix Jarrar and B.L. Foxley

As the performing arts continue to suffer from the ongoing repercussions of COVID-19, presenting org…
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Tristan McKay
Alicia Waller & The Excursion

Video Premiere: Soul by Alicia Waller & The Excursion

Today’s video premiere features Alicia Waller & The Excursion performing “Soul&#8221…
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nineteen ways of looking--Photo by Ning Zhou

Instagram Opera nineteen ways of looking is a Voyeuristic Time Capsule

nineteen ways of looking is an opera that watches you back. “The camera is now my eye…” reads the fi…
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Chrysanthe Tan
Amanda Cook

Amanda Cook and the Art of Conversation

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Amanda Cook has been the Editor-in-Chief…
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Sun Yung Shin
Katherine Balch--Photo by Lanz Photography

ListN Up: Katherine Balch (December 4, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Mary Prescott--Photo by Erika Kapin

Mary Prescott Dishes a Warm Bowl of Self Truth in her New Work, Tida

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Interdisciplinary artist Mary Prescott di…
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Dameun Strange
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The Unheard Mixtape 1: Follow to the End Celebrates Experimentation and Black Expressive Culture

If there is a defining characteristic of 21st century classical composition, it’s a blurring o…
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A. Kori Hill
Damien Geter--Photo by Rachel Hadiashar

5 Questions to Damien Geter (composer, baritone)

The works of acclaimed composer and baritone Damien Geter range from chamber ensembles to the operat…
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Carla Canales Duende

Carla Canales Navigates Cultural In-Betweens in “Duende”

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month in October 2020, Mexican-American opera singer and arts ad…
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Yaz Lancaster
Riot Ensemble Zeitgeist Commissions--Photo courtesy HCMF/Riot Ensemble

Riot Ensemble Zeitgeist Commissions Pivot Online for HCMF 2020

The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (HCMF) has been a highlight of the new music calendar i…
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Caroline Potter
Joseph C. Phillips Jr.--Photo by Jenny Wohrle

5 Questions to Joseph C. Phillips Jr. (Numinous founder & composer)

Joseph C. Phillips Jr. is a composer who defines his own work as “mixed music,” a style…
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Clover Nahabedian
gamin--Photo by Anna Pidgorna

ListN Up: gamin (November 20, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Nyokabi Kariuki's

Video Premiere: (no) i Don’t Want to Leave You Whole / ‘cause that may Leave Me Empty by Nyokabi Kariuki

Today’s video premiere features composer Nyokabi Kariuki performing her own work “(no),…
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