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How the Summer Music Festival Changed in 2020, and What’s Next

“Experiencing music is lonely now.” “Nobody is hiring.” “It’s completely devastating to everyo…
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Liz Przybylski
Liza Stepanova performs Reinaldo Moya's

Video Premiere: Liza Stepanova Performs Reinaldo Moya’s “Rain Outside of the Church”

Today’s video by visual artist Kevork Mourad features pianist Liza Stepanova’s performan…
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This week: live streamed concerts (August 10, 2020 – August 16, 2020)

Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival 2020 Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival is a summer program devot…
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Sam Reising
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Embracing a Transformative Pedagogy: Music Departments and White Supremacy

The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Ahmaud Arbery have galvanized protests…
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Dave Molk
Miyamoto is Black Enough

Video Premiere: Miyamoto is Black Enough Performs “Burn / Build”

Today’s video premiere, “Burn / Build,” is the title track from Miyamoto is Black…
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Valerie Coleman--Photo by Matthew Murphy

5 Questions to Valerie Coleman (composer, flutist)

According to the Institute for Composer Diversity’s analysis of 120 American orchestras’ 2019-2020 p…
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Lana Norris
Gelsey Bell

This week: live streamed concerts (August 3, 2020 – August 9, 2020)

Cairns (in person event) Cairns is a soundwalk for Green-Wood Cemetery that leads the listener on a…
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Sam Reising
Deerhoof and Wadada Leo Smith To Be Surrounded By Beautiful, Curious, Breathing, Laughing Flesh Is Enough

Unbound by Genre, Deerhoof and Wadada Leo Smith Work Wonders

Without being hyperbolic, Deerhoof is one of the hardest working bands in the business. In the past…
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Clover Nahabedian
The Great Black Music Ensemble--Photo by Elizabeth A. Baker

Out of Context #7: Owning the Language of our Oppressors

“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation as it inters…
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Elizabeth A. Baker
Gina Izzo and Eunbi Kim, cofounders of bespoken

This week: live streamed concerts (July 27, 2020 – August 2, 2020)

House Music | Metropolis Ensemble Metropolis Ensemble’s series, House Music, reflects its valu…
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Sam Reising
Ashleigh Gordon--Photo by Robert Torres Photography

ListN Up: Ashleigh Gordon (July 24, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Philip Ewell--Photo by Pascal Perich

5 Questions to Philip Ewell (Author, Music Theory and the White Racial Frame)

Philip Ewell is an Associate Professor of Music Theory at Hunter College, CUNY and the CUNY Graduate…
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Lauren Ishida
Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa--Photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa (Castle of our Skins Creative-in-Residence)

Castle of our Skins, a music initiative in Boston focusing on Black artistry through music, recently…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Kamala Sankaram

This week: live streamed concerts (July 20, 2020 – July 26, 2020)

Nathan Bugh and Gaby Cook | Works & Process Created at home by artists familiar to Works & P…
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Sam Reising
Jessie Montgomery--Photo by Jiyang Chen

ListN Up: Jessie Montgomery (July 17, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Of Being: Ning Yu Examines Temporality and Existence

In her solo debut album Of Being (New Focus Recordings), pianist Ning Yu presents three new works re…
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Matthew Younglove
Amanda Gookin Forward Music Project 1.0

Forward Music Project 1.0 Creates Space for Diverse Identities and Artistic Expression

George Lewis leads his recent New York Times article-cum-playlist with some wise words from Muhal Ri…
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James May
Nico Muhly - Photo by Matthew Murphy

This week: live streamed concerts (July 13, 2020 – July 19, 2020)

Nico Muhly | Works & Process Created at home by artists familiar to Works & Process audience…
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Sam Reising
deVon Russell Gray

ListN Up: deVon Russell Gray (July 10, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Lara Downes Some of These Days

On Lara Downes’ Some of These Days, Truth Prevails

Released in April 2020 during a global pandemic, Some of These Days (Flipside Music) brings a unique…
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Natalie Calma
Jennifer Koh Limitless

Jennifer Koh Spotlights Composer-Performer Collaborators on Limitless

Limitless is an imaginative album featuring collaborations between violinist Jennifer Koh and eight…
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Kevin Baldwin
Seth Parker Woods at Look + Listen 2019--Photo by Idris Solomon

This week: live streamed concerts (July 6, 2020 – July 12, 2020)

Dan Siegler and Dawn Sinkowski | Works & Process Created at home by artists familiar to Works &a…
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Sam Reising
Meerenai Shim--Photo by Diana Fast

ListN Up: Meerenai Shim (July 3, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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NextNotes 2020

Spotlight On: 2020 American Composers Forum NextNotes Creators

American Composers Forum’s NextNotes program honors talented young artists from across the cou…
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
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