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Despite being a New Yorker for over a decade, my first trip to Chicago in 2024 made me reconsider th…
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Yaz Lancaster
Candice Hoyes is a multi-hyphenate artist who leans into the full range of her creativity. As a sopr…
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Katie Brown
Last year, a seasoned performer-composer called to ask for my advice: though she had secured her fir…
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Jennifer Kessler
Some albums have the power to shift the listener’s mood: to excite, stimulate, slow down, or soothe.
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Chrysanthe Tan
The stoic opening of “Mouth Full of Ears” belies its rambunctious, minimalist, alt-pop e…
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ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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It is not often that I come across an album pitched as a blend of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, 1980s thra…
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Forrest Howell
Paul Pinto has two biographies. There’s the formal bio that comes with his electronic press kit, whi…
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Clover Nahabedian
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Wooden blocks in various shapes are stacked on top of bright floral blankets onstage at the Experime…
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Vanessa Ague
Catalytic Sound is a cooperative streaming service with the goal of creating economic sustainability…
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Lana Norris
I was asked recently to share stories about my experiences commissioning new music in the hope that…
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Justus Schlichting
The New York-based Riwaya Ensemble considers themselves storytellers. The name of the composer-led c…
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Christine S. Escobar
In a time where the arts and creativity is systemically and politically undermined and unappreciated…
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Last month, I spent a week in Berlin. There was a happening – a very Black gathering that pulled par…
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deVon Russell Gray
The London Symphony Orchestra regularly promotes new music, but surely their recent performance feat…
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Caroline Potter
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Louisville-…
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Kevin Baldwin
Since their founding in 1998, the string quartet ETHEL has been deeply rooted in commissioning, inno…
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Jacob Kopcienski
After his father’s unexpected passing, pianist Adam Tendler received an envelope of cash from his st…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Audiences were treated to a thought-provoking performance on Nov. 21 as part of the Kaufman Music Ce…
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Stephanie Boyd
Leanna Keith’s work fans out like a constellation; through flute and taiko performance, education, a…
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Connie Li
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