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Angélica Negrón--Photo by Quique Cabanillas

ListN Up: Angélica Negrón (May 1, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Luna Composition Lab Fellows 2019-20, Olivia Bennett, KiMani Bridges, Madeline Clara Cheng, Ebunoluwa Oguntola, and Sage Shurman

5 Questions to the 2019-20 Luna Composition Lab Fellows

The Kaufman Music Center’s Luna Composition Lab is a program that brings together a cohort of…
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Colin Holter
Photo by Humphrey Muleba on Unsplash

Out of Context #4: The Muddy Ownership of Dreadlocks

“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation…
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Chevall Pryce
Sweet Land--Photo by Casey Kringlen for The Industry

The Industry’s Immersive Opera Sweet Land Mythologizes Itself

Sweet Land was originally an immersive “historical pageant” opera presented in Los Angeles, March 20…
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Lana Norris
Conrad Tao

This week: live streamed concerts (April 27, 2020 – May 3, 2020)

Virtual Commissions: Conrad Tao | Works & Process Every Sunday and Monday, Works & Process w…
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Sam Reising
Sophia Subbayya Vastek--Photo by Beth Mickalonis

ListN Up: Sophia Subbayya Vastek (April 24, 2020)

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

5 Questions to Quanice Floyd (Arts Administrators of Color Network)

Quanice Floyd is a music educator and arts administrator based in the D.C. metro area. With a decade…
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Amanda Cook
Kate Amrine This is My Letter to the World

A Musical Manifesto: Kate Amrine’s This is My Letter to the World (innova)

In her second album, This is My Letter to the World, Kate Amrine explores an array of current social…
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Tristan McKay
Ciyadh Wells--Photo by Austin Steele

Turning Up the Volume: Ciyadh Wells (guitarist, activist)

Turning Up the Volume is a collection of interviews that focuses on the individual stories of up and…
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Jessica Griggs
Shara Nova

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

It Is One-Hundred Seconds to Midnight In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, composer Dorian…
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Sam Reising
Bora Yoon--Photo by Lynnel Herrera

ListN Up: Bora Yoon (April 17, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Hasco Duo The Same Old Wonder

Hasco Duo’s The Same Old Wonder Explores the New and Unexpected

Nothing about the Hasco Duo’s new disc, The Same Old Wonder (New Focus Recordings), appears to fit t…
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Lauren Ishida
Erika Boysen Moving Sound app

5 Questions to Erika Boysen about Moving Sound (mobile app)

Interdisciplinary performers working in new music are constantly turning to new and evolving forms o…
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Megan Ihnen
Mary Kouyoumdjian--Photo by Caroline Tompkins

I’m a Composer, and I Am Choosing Not to Create Original Art Right Now

This feeling? The one I’ve felt since my birthday on March 16th—the day when New York City’s Mayor d…
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Mary Kouyoumdjian
Composer Pauline Oliveros. Photo credit: Vinciane Verguethen

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

Tommy in America | Less Than <10 Less Than <10 continues into its fourth week of live-streamed…
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Sam Reising
Alicia Waller--Photo by Shay Paresh

ListN Up: Alicia Waller (April 10, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Meredith Monk Memory Game

Arranging the Pieces: Meredith Monk’s Memory Game

Meredith Monk is a composer, musician, and interdisciplinary artist who has been experimenting with…
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Kathleen McGowan
Molly Joyce Form and Flee

Video Premiere: Molly Joyce Performs Form and Flee

Today’s Four/Ten Media video premiere features composer-performer Molly Joyce performing Form…
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Lara Downes practices at home in California--Photo courtesy of the artist

The Day the Music Stopped: Standing Still Together

It was a Thursday, the day the music stopped. For us musicians, the emails and phone calls started a…
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Lara Downes
Gyan Riley--Photo by Travis Emmett

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

Terry Riley and Gyan Riley Composer/performer Terry Riley joins Music on Main with his son, guitaris…
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Sam Reising
Afro Yaqui Music Collective--Photo by Renee Rosensteel, provided courtesy of the New Hazlett Theater

ListN Up: Afro Yaqui Music Collective (April 3, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing…
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Third Sound Heard in Havana

Third Sound’s Heard in Havana Celebrates a Diversity of Sound

Albums resulting from calls-for-scores tend to be a mixed bag, both thematically and stylistically.
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Adam O’Dell
Andrew Janss performs Vivian Fung's Humanoid

Video Premiere: Andrew Janss Performs Vivian Fung’s Humanoid

Today’s premiere features Andrew Janss performing Vivian Fung’s Humanoid for cello and e…
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Invisible Ritual

“Unseen Acts of Magic:” Jennifer Curtis and Tyshawn Sorey’s Invisible Ritual

Here’s a one-word review of Jennifer Curtis and Tyshawn Sorey’s collaborative album Invisible Ritual…
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Nick Stevens
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