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Ellen Reid's Playground at Opera Omaha's ONE Festival--Photo by T. Brady

ONE Festival 2019: Opera Omaha in Glass, Gounod, and Reid

Dotting the landscape of what can often seem like a stagnant operatic scene, festivals ensure that f…
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Andrew Stock
Errika Bridgeford and Judah Adashi

Active Listening #6: Love into Concrete by Judah Adashi

Active Listening is a series that unites composers with audiences who care about social justice. The…
Author
Lior Willinger
Niloufar Talebi and Aleksandra Vrebalov

5 Questions to Niloufar Talebi and Aleksandra Vrebalov about Abraham in Flames

Niloufar Talebi is an author, librettist, widely published writer, and translator, with several awar…
Author
Bruce A. Russell
Jessie Montgomery

This week: concerts in New York (April 29, 2019 – May 5, 2019)

The Abandoned Castle and Other Stories The New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy (NWS), p…
Author
Sam Reising
Du Yun and Khaled Jarrar's Where We Lost Our Shadows performed by the American Composers Orchestra--Photo by Jennifer Taylor

American Composers Orchestra Confronts Glaring Truths of the Refugee Experience

The American Composers Orchestra concert on April 11, 2019 at the “medium-sized” Carnegie Hall, Zank…
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Stephanie Boyd
Daniela Candillari--Photo by Damjan Švarc

5 Questions to Daniela Candillari (conductor)

Daniela Candillari is a conductor, composer, and pianist whose recent calendar is chock-full with op…
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Stephanie Boyd
Annika Socolofsky Rise

Video Premiere: Hulting-Cohen and Shaneyfelt Perform Socolofsky’s Rise

Today’s Four/Ten Media video premiere features saxophonist Jonathan Hulting-Cohen and pianist …
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Märt-Matis Lill--Photo by Kaupo Kikkas

5 Questions to Märt-Matis Lill (Artistic Director, World Music Days 2019 Tallinn)

Each year, the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) selects a city from one of its mem…
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Amanda Cook
Gelsey Bell

This week: concerts in New York (April 22, 2019 – April 28, 2019)

Amber Evans + Lena Vidulich Amber Evans and Lena Vidulich perform a varied program showcasing the po…
Author
Sam Reising
Adeliia Faizullina

Turning Up the Volume: Adeliia Faizullina (composer, multi-instrumentalist)

Turning Up the Volume is a collection of interviews that focuses on the individual stories of up and…
Author
Jessica Griggs
Dale Trumbore

5 Questions to Dale Trumbore (composer)

Composer Dale Trumbore is making waves for her powerful works, particularly within the realm of chor…
Author
Lauren Ishida
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Charlotte Bray: Chamber and Solo Works (Nimbus Records)

Composer Charlotte Bray has recently emerged as a significant voice in chamber music. The first albu…
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Kathleen McGowan
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5 Questions to Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade and Shruthi Rajasekar (composers)

Composers Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade and Shruthi Rajasekar both recently completed their studies at Prin…
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Gemma Peacocke
Huang Ruo

This week: concerts in New York (April 15, 2019 – April 21, 2019)

Bound Inspired by the news headline: “Diane Tran, Honor Student at Texas High School, Jailed for Mis…
Author
Sam Reising
Arooj Aftab

Boston’s Stave Sessions Presents Arooj Aftab, Gyan Riley, and Tigue

Stave Sessions, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston, is dedicated to sharing a diverse array…
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Jessica Meyer's Gp BIG or Go HOME

Video Premiere: Nu Deco Performs Jessica Meyer’s Go BIG or Go HOME

Today’s video premiere features Nu Deco Ensemble performing Jessica Meyer’s Go BIG or Go…
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Photo by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash

Whose Pulitzer Prize? Reception History Behind the Brand-Name Prestige

There is nothing quite like the annual announcement of the Pulitzer Prize for Music to inspire skept…
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Julia Kuhlman
Sarah Angliss--Photo by Agata Urbaniak

Uncanny resonances: Sarah Angliss at Kings Place, London

The word ‘unique’ is used on the flimsiest of pretexts to describe an artist, but for Sarah Angliss…
Author
Caroline Potter
Hotel Elefant

This week: concerts in New York (April 8, 2019 – April 14, 2019)

Mia Zabelka, Phill Niblock, and Katherine Liberovskaya The Austrian Cultural Forum New York presents…
Author
Sam Reising
Claire Chase, Peter Evans, and Joe McPhee--© Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. Photo: Bryan Conley

Chase, Evans, & McPhee Evoke Deep Listening at Pittsburgh’s Warhol Museum

On Saturday, March 23, in collaboration with the Carnegie Museum of Art’s 57th triennial Carnegie In…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Andrew McIntosh We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs

McIntosh’s We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs: Stunning Vocals and Delicate Percussion

In his newest 10” record release from Populist Records, We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs, Andrew Mc…
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Lauren Ishida
ShelleyShelley Washington--Photo by Peter Yankowsky Washington

Active Listening #5: Towers by Shelley Washington

Active Listening is a series that unites composers with audiences who care about social justice. The…
Author
Lior Willinger
Ecstatic Music Festival presents Brooklyn Youth Chorus--Photo by David Andrako

Brooklyn Youth Chorus & Wye Oak Close the 2019 Ecstatic Music Festival

In the middle of her set with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Jenn Wasner of the indie-rock duo Wye Oak t…
Author
Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Kate Soper

This week: concerts in New York (April 1, 2019 – April 7, 2019)

Wet Ink: 20th Anniversary Bash Wet Ink Ensemble celebrates 20 years of music making in NYC and aroun…
Author
Sam Reising
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