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5 Questions to Dianne Berkun Menaker (Founder and Artistic Director, Brooklyn Youth Chorus)

Dianne Berkun Menaker is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Under her d…
Author
Jarrett Goodchild
andPlay

This week: concerts in New York (April 16, 2018 – April 22, 2018)

Yuko Fujiyama Ensemble: Album Release Celebration After a 15-year hiatus, pianist Yuko Fujiyama retu…
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Sam Reising
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Lawrence Brownlee Previews Cycles of My Being at The Greene Space

On Wednesday, March 28th at the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, those who had gathered for the e…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
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Big Ears Festival 2018: Pushing the Boundaries

Unlike the programming in years previous, the Big Ears 2018 lineup was particularly jazz- and Appala…
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Tracy Monaghan
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The 21st Century Orchestra: Garikayi Tirikoti’s Telephone to God

Kirk Pearson is a Thomas J. Watson Fellow traveling the world on an odyssey of invented instruments,…
Author
Kirk Pearson
Nick Dunston--Photo by Zosha Warpeha

Turning Up the Volume: Nick Dunston (Bassist, Composer)

Turning Up the Volume is a collection of interviews that focuses on the individual stories of up and…
Author
Jessica Griggs
Tarik O'Regan

This week: concerts in New York (April 9, 2018 – April 15, 2018)

Great Choir: Immigrants – A Celebration of What Makes New York Great Instrumental ensemble Rose of t…
Author
Sam Reising
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5 Questions to Mariana Green Hill (Artistic Advisor, Project STEP)

Violinist Mariana Green Hill is concertmaster of the Soulful Symphony in Baltimore and a former memb…
Author
Amanda Cook
Mivos Quartet

Mivos Quartet and Iceberg New Music at Tenri Cultural Institute

From the wine reception at the beginning of the March 23rd ICEBERG New Music concert at Tenri Cultur…
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Stephanie Boyd
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Big Ears Festival 2018: Experiential Trademarks

From March 22 to March 25, 2018, Knoxville, Tennessee hosted another iteration of the Big Ears Festi…
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Tracy Monaghan
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Personal Collaborations Abound on Walters and Deyoe New Releases

Music doesn’t have to tell a story. However, when people collaborate to create music, the music ofte…
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
Clarice Assad

This week: concerts in New York (April 2, 2018 – April 8, 2018)

Divine Mysteries | MATA Festival The 20th MATA Festival kicks off with MATA Divine Mysteries, the pr…
Author
Sam Reising
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Alarm Will Sound Performs Johnson’s Mind Out of Matter on Tzadik

Scott Johnson’s Mind Out of Matter (Tzadik) is, among other things, an atheist oratorio. Most (but n…
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Colin Holter
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5 Questions to James Darrah (Artistic Director, ONE Festival)

When it comes to the words “trailblazing” and “influential” in terms of dire…
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Megan Ihnen
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RETURN by Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble (Innova)

The Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble’s (GVSUNME) newest album, RETURN, features the…
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Matthew Younglove
Jenny Berger Myhre

Borealis 2018: When Gender Balance Transcends Tokenism

The week before the 2018 Borealis festival, the PRS Foundation announced its new Keychange initiativ…
Author
Amanda Cook
Tyshawn Sorey (photo: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

This week: concerts in New York (March 26, 2018 – April 1, 2018)

Brentano Quartet The Brentano Quartet present works by Haydn and Brahms as well as the New York prem…
Author
Sam Reising
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Our Commitment to Inclusion and Equitable Programming

When I took over as Editor-in-Chief of I CARE IF YOU LISTEN back in September, one of my top priorit…
Author
Amanda Cook
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Track Premiere: Invisible Anatomy Performs Facial Polygraph XVIA by Fay Wang

Today’s track premiere comes to us via the composer-performer ensemble Invisible Anatomy: Dani…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
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Borealis 2018: The Importance of Failure in Experimental Music

“Listening to the same piece again is nostalgic—nostalgia is the worst kind of disease to have.” In…
Author
Amanda Cook
Rebekah Heller

5 Questions to Rebekah Heller (Co-Artistic Director, ICE)

Since its founding in 2001, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) has garnered acclaim not o…
Author
Lana Norris
Zeena Parkins

This week: concerts in New York (March 19, 2018 – March 25, 2018)

Portals To the Divine: Radiance From the North Great Music at St. Bart’s presents St. Bartholomew’s…
Author
Sam Reising
Natacha Diels’ Papillon and the Dancing Cranes

Borealis 2018: a Festival for Radical Hospitality and Accessibility

From March 7-11, an international roster of eclectic performing artists descended upon Bergen, Norwa…
Author
Amanda Cook
David Marín

The 21st Century Orchestra: David Marín’s Upcycled World

Kirk Pearson is a Thomas J. Watson Fellow traveling the world on an odyssey of invented instruments,…
Author
Kirk Pearson
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