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In her newest album, AFTERPARTY (released November 8, 2020), Rhonda Taylor brings together an eclect…
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Sofía Rocha
Joseph C. Phillips Jr. composes with no limitations. Undefined by any genre, the 2016 American Compo…
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Jasmine IVANNA Espy
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. How should future composers be trained? F…
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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
Ever-growing access to arts education has resulted in a treasure-trove of skilled performers along w…
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Nebal Maysaud
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
The Institute for Composer Diversity: White Leadership, DEI Initiatives, and Ethical Advocacy
Jan 5, 2021
When I think about the Institute for Composer Diversity, I think of a 2017 podcast interview with au…
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John Hong
A Cockroach’s Tarantella is the latest collaboration between JACK Quartet and composer Du Yun. Relea…
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Ciyadh Wells
After over a year of no performances due to COVID-19 restrictions, new music collective Ninth Planet…
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Padideh Aghanoury
Today’s Four/Ten Media video premiere features Friction Quartet performing Counter Paint: The…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
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
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
Two years have passed since the release of Wang Lu’s debut album Urban Inventory, making the release…
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Jennifer Jolley
If this year has delivered any sort of message about our field, it’s that artists will inevita…
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Amanda Cook
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
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
As the performing arts continue to suffer from the ongoing repercussions of COVID-19, presenting org…
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Tristan McKay
Today’s video premiere features Alicia Waller & The Excursion performing “Soul”…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
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
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Amanda Cook has been the Editor-in-Chief…
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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
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Interdisciplinary artist Mary Prescott di…
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Dameun Strange
The Unheard Mixtape 1: Follow to the End Celebrates Experimentation and Black Expressive Culture
Dec 2, 2020
If there is a defining characteristic of 21st century classical composition, it’s a blurring o…
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A. Kori Hill
