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Lucas Yasunaga performs at High Zero 2020--Screenshot provided by Christian Kriegeskotte with permission from High Zero

Baltimore’s High Zero 2020 Brings Spontaneous Music Making Online

“No, no, no, NO, NO!” began M. C. Schmidt, acting president of Baltimore’s High Zero Foundation. “Th…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Eun Lee--Photo by Carmen Rubio

5 Questions to Eun Lee (Executive Director and Founder, The Dream Unfinished)

Eun Lee is the Executive Director and Founder of The Dream Unfinished, an activist orchestra based i…
Author
Clover Nahabedian
UNEVEN MEASURES Panelists

UNEVEN MEASURES Roundtable Discussion Series

This month, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and American Composers Forum will host a series of Zoom roundtable…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Grossman Ensemble Fountain of Time

Fountain of Time: The Grossman Ensemble Provides Space for Creative Incubation

On August 21, 2020, the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition’s Grossman Ensemble released its…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Tête à Tête presents Persephone's Dream--Photo by Clare Shovelton

Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2020, in London and Online

What is an opera? Take your preconceptions and throw them in the recycling bin. Founded in 1997, the…
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Caroline Potter
Portia Dunkley--Photo by Gasen M. Pierre

Portia Dunkley in Miami and Beyond

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Accomplished music educator Portia Dunkle…
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Sun Yung Shin
Sugar Vendil--Photo by Elizabeth Haynes

ListN Up: Sugar Vendil (October 2, 2020)

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
Michael Begay--Photo courtesy Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project (NACAP)

5 Questions to Michael Begay (Host, Original Score podcast)

In 2000, the Grand Canyon Music Festival (GCMF) began the Native American Composers Apprentice Proje…
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Jacob Kopcienski
Composer Brent Michael Davids with Master-of-Ceremonies Sammy Tone-kei White, Phoenix Symphony Hall. Photo courtesy of the composer.

Out of Context #9: A Model for Classical Music’s Future

“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation as it inters…
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Brent Michael Davids
Queen Drea--Photo by David Glasgow, DLG Images

5 Questions to Queen Drea (interdisciplinary sound alchemist)

A true sound alchemist, Queen Drea uses no recipe. A Twin Cities-based vocalist, electronic artist,…
Author
Jillian DeGroot
How to Turn the Moon

How to Turn the Moon: Sanchez and Crispell Converse in Sound and Texture

How to Turn the Moon is a new collection of improvisations and cellular compositions by New York-bas…
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Kamala Sankaram--Photo by Dario Acosta

ListN Up: Kamala Sankaram (September 25, 2020)

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
From Our World to Yours

From Our World to Yours: Gao Hong and Issam Rafea Improvise Vibrant Soundworlds

As a duo, Gao Hong and Issam Rafea plan only two things about their performances: when and where. Th…
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Julia Kuhlman
Elena Moon Park--Photo by Gala Narezo

5 Questions to Elena Moon Park (musician, educator, producer)

Elena Moon Park is a true Renaissance woman. A freelance violinist, a multi-instrumentalist, a music…
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK--Photo by Lana Norris

Ellen Reid’s Immersive SOUNDWALK Premieres in Central Park

Central Park, New York City, 96th Street. Curling violins, Young People’s Chorus of New York City, s…
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Lana Norris
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Galya Bisengalieva’s Aralkum is an Energizing and Haunting Escape

Kazakh-British composer Galya Bisengalieva creates a dynamic and immersive ambient world with her la…
Author
Tristan McKay
Du Yun--Photo by Zhen Qin, Makeup by Nina Carelli, Art Direction by SpaTheory

ListN Up: Du Yun (September 18, 2020)

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
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN Joins American Composers Forum

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, the award-winning multimedia hub for living music creators, has officially bec…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Mari Esabel Valverde--Photo by Vero Kherian

5 Questions to Mari Esabel Valverde (composer, singer)

Mari Esabel Valverde is a composer and singer whose music is full and rich, with texts that delve in…
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Kaze and Ikue Mori Sand Storm

Sand Storm: Kaze and Ikue Mori Traverse Experimental Soundscapes

Sand Storm, a collaboration between Kaze and Ikue Mori on Circum-Libra Records, opens like a sensory…
Author
Kevin Baldwin
Alex Waterman

This week: live streamed concerts (September 14, 2020 – September 20, 2020)

Amy Hall Garner | Works & Process Created at home by artists familiar to Works & Process aud…
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Sam Reising
Katie Brown and Dalanie Harris of Classically Black Podcast--Photo by Richard Desinord

ListN Up: Classically Black Podcast (September 11, 2020)

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
Shaw Chang and Diana Golden--Photo by Pierre Lidar

Track Premiere: Diana Golden and Shawn Chang Perform DBR’s Femiel

Today’s track premiere features cellist Diana Golden and pianist Shawn Chang performing Femiel…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Vanessa Reed--Photo by Ruth Kilpatrick

5 Questions to Vanessa Reed (President and CEO, New Music USA)

In August 2019, Vanessa Reed was appointed President and CEO of New Music USA following a decade at…
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Lauren Ishida
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