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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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American Wild Ensemble performs Takuma Itoh's Adaptation Variations

Video Premiere: American Wild Ensemble Performs Adaptation Variations by Takuma Itoh

Today’s video premiere features American Wild Ensemble performing Takuma Itoh’s Adaptati…
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Nia Imani Franklin--Photo by Jessielyn Palumbo

5 Questions to Nia Imani Franklin (Founder, Compose Her)

American composer and soprano Nia Imani Franklin is the founder and operator of Compose Her, an init…
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Tracy Monaghan
Consortium Works: Solo Saxophone

Innovation at Work – Consortium Works: Solo Saxophone

In 2018, Canadian saxophonist Samantha Etchegary and composer Andrew Noseworthy launched a Solo Saxo…
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Lauren Ishida
Transient Canvas--Photo by Robert Torres

Track Premiere: Transient Canvas Performs Emily Koh’s \very/ specifically vague

Today’s track premiere features Transient Canvas (Amy Advocat, bass clarinet; Matt Sharrock, m…
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Yvette Janine Jackson--Photo courtesy of the artist

ListN Up: Yvette Janine Jackson (October 9, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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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…
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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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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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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,…
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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…
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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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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…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
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