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concertnova’s “Echo Play” Gleefully Blurs the Lines Between Performance and Art Installation
Oct 22, 2024
I don’t need many reasons to enter a room filled with colored lights. It’s one of my favorite things…
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A. Kori Hill

Kebra-Seyoun Charles is a dynamic and innovative artist who breathes fresh air into the classical ge…
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Katie Brown

Ensemble Dal Niente Brings a Daring, Satirical, and Provocative Program to Constellation
Oct 17, 2024
The Chicago-based Ensemble Dal Niente bills itself as “the industry leader in commissioning and perf…
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Thulasi Seshan

On Oct. 9 at Merkin Hall, the Kaufman Music Center presented the second installment in this season’s…
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Lauren Ishida

George Lewis Has Spent His Career Creating Space for Black Musicians — His New Opera is No Exception
Oct 15, 2024
This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. George Lewi…
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Yaz Lancaster

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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5 Questions to Samantha Bennett and George Nickson (co-founders/artistic directors, enSRQ)
Oct 9, 2024
Although Sarasota is home to several performing arts organizations, programming in the Southwest Flo…
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Esteban Meneses

It wasn’t long into ganavya’s Oct. 3rd concert at National Sawdust before she had the whole audience…
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Stephanie Boyd

Running from Sep. 24-29, 2024, Cincinnati’s inaugural Talk Low Festival featured local, regional, an…
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A. Kori Hill

Having reached its milestone 100th recording in July, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project has seemin…
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Esteban Meneses

As one of the earliest genres of music to emerge from the United States, spirituals were once tools…
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Dalanie Harris

At London’s Wigmore Hall, Manchester Collective Celebrates the Multifaceted Work of Vijay Iyer
Sep 27, 2024
The return to live music after a long period of pandemic recovery has been marked by a myriad of new…
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Michelle Hromin

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Baltimore’s High Zero Festival is “institution-adjacent, but willfully not the Institution”
Sep 25, 2024
High Zero saw its 26th iteration nestled between the mid-autumn harvest moon and the autumnal equino…
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Connie Li

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Composer Ga…
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Vanessa Ague

Standing on the side of a yellow-lit stage, Laura Ortman drew a quiet, grainy hum out of her Apache…
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Vanessa Ague

Peni Candra Rini Weaves History, Legend, and Memory in a Stunning Performance at Roulette
Sep 20, 2024
With a journal in her lap, sitting on the stage floor at Roulette Intermedium on Sep. 16 — legs cros…
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Donna Lee Davidson

In Miller Theatre’s Composer Portraits Opener, Courtney Bryan Curates a Program Rooted in Hope
Sep 18, 2024
Miller Theatre’s convivial, panoramic Composer Portraits concert series turns 25 this year, and the…
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Stephanie Boyd

Some words from Carolina Heredia, ACF Director of Programs: The abrupt announcement by MakeMusic to…
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ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Viola duo Tallā Rouge has it all – a dynamic and diverse repertoire, killer technique, and enough he…
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Tristan McKay

For many musicians, it can be intimidating to figure out how to use digital platforms in ways that b…
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Christina Jensen, Maya Cassady

On “Bamako*Chicago Sound System,” Music is a Tool to Remember, Invent, and Sustain Community
Sep 5, 2024
The story of Bamako*Chicago Sound System (Aug. 23, FPE Records) begins in 2014: flutist-composer Nic…
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A. Kori Hill

Listen to an audio version of this article (7-minute listen) The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker is a…
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Yaz Lancaster