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Fortissima 2024 fellows -- Photo by Titilayo Ayangade

With Fortissima, Young Women of Color Are Reminded They Are Not Alone in Classical Music

Ask a few industry veterans about why diversity in classical music has been largely stagnant for dec…
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Dalanie Harris
Evan Williams -- Photo by Amurica Photo

5 Questions to Evan Williams (composer, conductor)

Composer Evan Williams often juxtaposes multiple themes and emotions in his works, seamlessly thread…
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Ciyadh Wells
Eliza Bagg (Lisel) -- Photo by Tonje Thilesen

ListN Up Playlist: Eliza Bagg (Lisel) (July 11, 2024)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Quatuor Bozzini -- Photo by Jackie Newbould

Sound within Sound Festival at London’s Southbank Centre Features Immersive Works by Living Composers

The Southbank Centre has been a major performing arts venue in London since it opened in 1951, but i…
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Caroline Potter
Robot Pianist -- Image by Possessed Photography

With Advancements in Technology, is AI Really a Threat to Human Composers?

The music world is changing. AI is here, and it’s powerful. With the rapid evolution of AI mus…
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Christopher Wieduwilt
Tanner Porter

Tanner Porter Gives Grace and Patience to Those Finding Their Way on “One Was Gleaming”

Adolescence and middle age are infamously seen as periods of upheaval – emotional, physical, and oth…
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Lauren Ishida
Holland Andrews -- Photo by Mengwen Cao

At the Whitney Biennial, Holland Andrews Turns the Museum into a Sonic Canvas

An angelic hum pierced through the din of a crowd huddled on the third floor of the Whitney Museum o…
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Vanessa Ague
Compare the Way we Move performed by Dániel Matei

Video Premiere: Dániel Matei Performs “Compare the Way We Move” by Molly Herron

Percussionist Dániel Matei is sitting at a table, looking like a spelunker traversing a cave. His he…
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Karen Slack -- Photo by Kia Caldwell

Karen Slack’s “African Queens” Project is a Marriage of New Music, History, and Timeless Artistry from Black Composers

Many musicians have a recording that changed their fervor — an album that they studied, trapped in i…
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Donna Lee Davidson
Brianna Matzke -- Photo by Marlene Rounds

“I Didn’t Notice My Hands Were Shaking:” Making Essential Music with Essential Tremor

I didn’t notice that my hands were shaking. Other people, mainly my fellow graduate students studyin…
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Brianna Matzke
LaRob K. Raphael -- Photo by Aiden Kranz

5 Questions to LaRob K. Rafael (bass-baritone, arts administrator)

Having masterfully weaved himself into the Black classical music scene, the Chicago-based innovator…
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Katie Brown
Fuubutsushi -- Photo by Matthew Sage

Fuubutsushi is All About Time on New Album, “Meridians”

In the thick of the early Covid era (mid-2020), Matthew Sage had an idea for a record. Taking advant…
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Yaz Lancaster
Gillian Rae Perry -- Photo by Joe Mazza

ListN Up Playlist: Gillian Rae Perry (June 20, 2024)

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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ChamberQUEER 2024 Festival -- Photo by Sean Salamon

ChamberQUEER 2024: Constellation Takes the Music Festival to Transplendent Heights

“Would you like a kiss?” Hershey’s, that is. A bowl of candy and cheerful decorations at check in we…
Author
Lana Norris
Kwamé Ryan -- Courtesy of artist

5 Questions to Kwamé Ryan (conductor)

Kwamé Ryan is an internationally awarded conductor and the recently named Music Director Designate o…
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Sofía Rocha
Seth Parker Woods and The Next Festival Emerging Artists -- Photo by Jamie Benson

The Next Festival Presents a Radiant Concert of Works that Explore the Here and Now

When conductor and composer Peter Askim talks about the importance of aligning your values with your…
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Stephanie Boyd
OLEA -- Photos by John Neack

OLEA Centers Women and Black Composers in a Concert of American Folk-Inspired Music

I missed the “Yeehaw Agenda” era that dominated the socials a few years ago, so when the OLEA chambe…
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A. Kori Hill
Jessica Bailey -- Photo courtesy of the author

Earned, Not Learned: How Classical Music Notation is Not Built For Neurodivergent Students

At the drama school in London where I was a student from ages 11 to 15, there was an abundance of un…
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Jessica Bailey
Ayano Kataoka performing

Video Premiere: Ayano Kataoka Performs “Huancara” by Francisco del Pino

Whether highlighting his love of contrapuntal textures, his use of melodies and chords that magnify…
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Jhoely Garay -- Photo by Adrain Trevino

ListN Up Playlist: Jhoely Garay (June 6, 2024)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Talea Ensemble--Photo by Beowulf Sheehan

Talea Ensemble Celebrates 15 Years With Program of Immersive Solo Works

New York’s Talea Ensemble held its 15th anniversary concert – a set of four solo pieces – on May 30…
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Gemma Peacocke
Hub New Music and Kojiro Umezaki -- Courtesy of Soka Performing Arts Center

On New Album, Hub New Music and Kojiro Umezaki Connect through Distance

At the conceptual core of a distance, intertwined is the notion of storytelling, with traditional fo…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Scott McLaughlin -- Courtesy of artist

Scott McLaughlin’s “we are environments for each other” Centers the Beauty of Group Creativity

we are environments for each other is a breathtaking new release nearly 10 years in the making that…
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Michelle Hromin
Del Sol Quartet -- Photo by AFW Productions

5 Questions to Del Sol Quartet

For three decades, Del Sol Quartet has been committed to the music of our time. But with their Angel…
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Christine S. Escobar
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