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Lara Downes--Photo by Jiyang Chen

5 Questions to Lara Downes (Host, AMPLIFY with Lara Downes)

Lara Downes is a multifaceted pianist whose prolific output routinely explores American music’s many…
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Jacob Kopcienski
We Are Who We Are--Photography by Yannis Drakoulidis/HBO

Dev Hynes Guides We Are Who We Are with a Classical Score and His Idol Presence

HBO quietly released We Are Who We Are this September, the first television show from director Luca…
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Greta Rainbow
Bára Gísladóttir--Photo by Gabrielle Motola

5 Questions to Bára Gísladóttir (composer, double bassist)

CW: this interview mentions suicide Icelandic composer and double-bassist Bára Gísladóttir recently…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Miya Masaoka--Photo by Heike Liss

ListN Up: Miya Masaoka (November 13, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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HOCKET performs Christopher Stark's Les barricades quotidiennes for #What2020SoundsLike

HOCKET Premieres Fifty New Works by Asking #What2020SoundsLike

In tandem with the evolving norms of the past year, Los Angeles based piano duo HOCKET (the combined…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Photo by Daniel Ali on Unsplash

Unbroken: Making Disabled Music and Creating Accessible Spaces

I am disabled. I carry a sense of otherness due to my mental, emotional, and physical experiences. L…
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Infinity Willner
Top row: Aisha Staggers, Anthony Tan, inti figgis-vizueta Middle row: Shruthi Rajasekar, Elizabeth A. Baker, A. Kori Hill Bottom row: Chevall Pryce, Nicolas Lell Benavides, Hon Ki Cheung

“Out of Context” Concludes with Roundtable Discussion Series

This month, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and American Composers Forum will host two roundtable discussions o…
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Angélica Negrón--Photo by Catalina Kulczar

Angélica Negrón and the Poetics of Musical Automata

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Angélica Negrón was born in Carolina, Pue…
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Sun Yung Shin
Annika Socolofsky--Photo by Nadine Dyskant-Miller

ListN Up: Annika Socolofsky (November 6, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Damian Norfleet--Screenshot courtesy Ensemble Pi

Reparations NOW! Ensemble Pi Draws Inspiration from Kendi and Coates

On Thursday, October 29, 2020, new music collective Ensemble Pi presented Reparations NOW! at The Ce…
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Jillian DeGroot
Photo by Max van den Oetelaar on Unsplash

Playlist (November 4, 2020): Post-Election Day Healing Vibes

Platforms like I CARE IF YOU LISTEN have a responsibility to reflect and respond to the world around…
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Jenny Bilfield, Michelle Ramos, Chrysanthe Tan, brin solomon, Tania León, X. Lee, Anne LeBaron, Kristy Edmunds, Stephanie Lamprea, and Stacy Garrop

What Does the 19th Amendment Mean to You? (Part 2)

This week, we conclude our UNEVEN MEASURES series the same way we began on August 18th by asking a n…
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Roberta Gumbel in dwb (Driving While Black)--Screenshot courtesy of BPAC

Reimagined for Streaming, dwb (Driving While Black) Examines Black Motherhood

Mamie Till altered history by insisting that the world see her murdered child. We are accustomed, an…
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Lana Norris
Sarah Hennies--Photo by Mara Baldwin

ListN Up: Sarah Hennies (October 30, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Krishna Thiagarajan--Photo by Brandon Patoc

5 Questions to Krishna Thiagarajan (President & CEO, Seattle Symphony)

It’s a feel-good situation: Krishna Thiagarajan, President and CEO of the Seattle Symphony, has foun…
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Stephanie Boyd
Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash

Out of Context #10: A Reflection and Call to Action

“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation as it inters…
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A. Kori Hill
Kris Davis--Photo by Caroline Mardok

5 Questions to Kris Davis (pianist, composer)

Pianist and composer Kris Davis is the Associate Program Director of Creative Development for the In…
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Lana Norris
Cris Derksen, Isidora Nojkovic, Olivia Shortt, and Aliayta Foon-Dancoes--Screenshot courtesy of the artists

Cross-Continental “Orbit” Features New Works by Indigenous Composers

On October 18, 2020, audiences across multiple time zones gathered to watch cellist Isidora Nojkovic…
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Julia Kuhlman
Susie Ibarra--Photo by Tony Cenicola

ListN Up: Susie Ibarra (October 23, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Third Coast Percussion performs Resounding Earth, mvt. 2 by Augusta Read Thomas--Screenshot courtesy Third Coast Percussion

Two World Premieres by Third Coast Percussion at BGSU New Music Festival

On October 16, 2020, the Chicago-based performing group Third Coast Percussion presented an evening…
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Tracy Monaghan
Terri Winston--Photo courtesy of Women's Audio Mission

5 Questions to Terri Winston (Founder & Executive Director, Women’s Audio Mission)

Terri Winston is the Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Audio Mission (WAM), a San Francisco/…
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Tristan McKay
Reinaldo Moya Hearing it Getting Dark

Hearing it Getting Dark: Composer Reinaldo Moya’s Debut Album

Composer Reinaldo Moya’s debut album Hearing it Getting Dark (Furious Artisans) highlights the growt…
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Kevin Baldwin
Tyshawn Sorey--Photo by John Rogers

5 Questions to Tyshawn Sorey (composer, multi-instrumentalist)

Tyshawn Sorey is an acclaimed composer and multi-instrumentalist from Newark, New Jersey. A virtuosi…
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Gemma Peacocke
Photo by Daan Stevens on Unsplash

Call for New Contributors–Join Our Team!

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN (ICIYL)–powered by American Composers Forum–is thrilled to announce…
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