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Ellen Reid--Photo by Arnaud Pyvka

This week: concerts in New York (September 23, 2019 – September 29, 2019)

John Zorn’s Stone Commissioning Series Presents: Wendy Eisenberg The John Zorn Commissioning S…
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Sam Reising
The Bell Ringers--Photo by LingYu

The Bell Ringers Encourages Participation and Discovery in Chicago

On September 9, 2019, composer and arts educator Danny Clay teamed up with Third Coast Percussion fo…
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Jillian DeGroot
Lara Pellegrinelli--Photo by Annina Pellegrinelli-Smith

5 Questions to Lara Pellegrinelli (arts journalist and scholar)

Lara Pellegrinelli is a writer whose work covers contemporary classical music; her pieces range from…
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Stephanie Boyd
Alev Lenz

Video Premiere: Alev Lenz’s “The Chair” Feat. Roomful of Teeth

Today’s video premiere features Roomful of Teeth and songwriter/producer Alev Lenz performing…
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Volti the color of there seen from here

Virtuosity in Variety: Volti’s the color of there seen from here

Volti, a San-Francisco-based vocal ensemble led by Robert Geary, is passionately committed to commis…
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Lauren Ishida
Arvo Pärt - Photo by Peeter Langovits

This week: concerts in New York (September 16, 2019 – September 22, 2019)

The Instant and the Eternal | The Crypt Sessions Cellist Joshua Roman returns to The Church of the I…
Author
Sam Reising
Mario Diaz de Leon--Photo by Ebru Yildiz

Track Premiere: Rebekah Heller Performs Mario Diaz de Leon’s Labrys

Today’s track premiere features Rebekah Heller performing Labrys for bassoon and electronics f…
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Chicago Sinfonietta Project W

Chicago Sinfonietta’s Project W Highlights Women Composers

Project W is an initiative by the Chicago Sinfonietta to help highlight and promote “contempor…
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Jarrett Goodchild
The Living Earth Show--Photo by Roger Jones

5 Questions to The Living Earth Show (Travis Andrews & Andy Meyerson)

The Living Earth Show (Travis Andrews and Andy Meyerson) is a San Francisco based percussion-guitar…
Author
Tristan McKay
Sam Newsome Chaos Theory

Sam Newsome Breaks New Ground with Chaos Theory

For twenty-five years, Sam Newsome has pursued an unrelenting artistic journey to refine a uniquely…
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Jacob Kopcienski
Kamala Sankaram

This week: concerts in New York (September 9, 2019 – September 15, 2019)

Looking at You HERE and Opera on Tap in association with Experiments in Opera presents the world pre…
Author
Sam Reising
Roomful of Teeth--Photo by Bonica Ayala

Roomful of Teeth and ACF | connect Converge at MASS MoCA

“In this past year, I have made a promise to myself to really get to know the performers I collabora…
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Amanda Cook
New Voices Essay Contest 2019

The 21CM + I CARE IF YOU LISTEN “New Voices” Essay Contest Returns

Downloadable announcement available here! Are you a college student who loves to put your passion fo…
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Ragnar Kjartansson, (Icelandic, b. 1976) Death is Elsewhere, 2019 Seven-channel video installation 77 minutes © Ragnar Kjartansson; Courtesy of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Endurance Art and Music: Ragnar Kjartansson’s Circle of Death, Beauty and Time

Death Is Elsewhere (2019) is a seven-channel video installation that captures a single song performe…
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Greta Rainbow
Chen Zhangyi--Photo by Stan Wang

Active Listening #10: CLIMA by Chen Zhangyi

Active Listening is a series that unites composers with audiences who care about social justice. The…
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Lior Willinger
MARANASATI 19111

MARANASATI 19111: Nina Keith’s Debut Album on Grind Select

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Nina Keith presents MARANASATI 19111, a debut full-length album o…
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Jillian DeGroot
Erin Gee

This week: concerts in New York (September 2, 2019 – September 8, 2019)

Resonant Bodies Festival Night 1: Charmaine Lee & Conrad Tao, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Jane Sheldo…
Author
Sam Reising
Anna Webber Septet--Photo by Liz Kosack

Clockwise by Anna Webber Expounds Upon the Essence of Timbre

As her biography states, Canadian-born/Brooklyn-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Anna Webber…
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Cowboy hat--Photo by Clint McKoy on Unsplash

What Classical Music Can Learn From “Old Town Road:” Cultural Appropriation vs Memefication

Coming from the classical music and opera world, I can’t say very often that a popular hit has smash…
Author
Meg Huskin
Vanessa Rose--Photo by Julia Gang

5 Questions to Vanessa Rose (President, American Composers Forum)

The American Composers Forum began in 1973 as a University of Minnesota student club, formalising in…
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Gemma Peacocke
Argus Quartet and Juri Seo Respiri

Respiri: Juri Seo and Argus Quartet Debut Sophomore Portrait on innova

No composer works in a vacuum, but some show their influences more plainly than others. On Respiri,…
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Andrew Stock
Ned Rorem

This week: concerts in New York (August 26, 2019 – September 1, 2019)

Memories | CreArt Music Festival At the opening concert of CreArtBox’s 2019 music festival, Julia Ya…
Author
Sam Reising
Jasper String Quartet Unbound

Unbound: Jasper String Quartet Features Post-Minimal Composers

In the past decade, Jasper String Quartet have made a name for themselves as masterful interpreters…
Author
Adam O’Dell
We Cannot Leave--Photo by Sammy Sohn

Art for Art’s Sake: Steps to Prevent Tone Deaf Social Justice Concerts

A child dies locked in a detention center. Another black man is killed by police. A family mourns th…
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Alexander Lloyd Blake
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