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ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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Wooden blocks in various shapes are stacked on top of bright floral blankets onstage at the Experime…
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Vanessa Ague
Catalytic Sound is a cooperative streaming service with the goal of creating economic sustainability…
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Lana Norris
I was asked recently to share stories about my experiences commissioning new music in the hope that…
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Justus Schlichting
The New York-based Riwaya Ensemble considers themselves storytellers. The name of the composer-led c…
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Christine S. Escobar
In a time where the arts and creativity is systemically and politically undermined and unappreciated…
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Last month, I spent a week in Berlin. There was a happening – a very Black gathering that pulled par…
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deVon Russell Gray
The London Symphony Orchestra regularly promotes new music, but surely their recent performance feat…
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Caroline Potter
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Louisville-…
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Kevin Baldwin
Since their founding in 1998, the string quartet ETHEL has been deeply rooted in commissioning, inno…
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Jacob Kopcienski
After his father’s unexpected passing, pianist Adam Tendler received an envelope of cash from his st…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Audiences were treated to a thought-provoking performance on Nov. 21 as part of the Kaufman Music Ce…
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Stephanie Boyd
Leanna Keith’s work fans out like a constellation; through flute and taiko performance, education, a…
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Connie Li
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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When we think of arts institutions as bastions of culture, thought, and innovation, it’s hard to com…
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Dalanie Harris
This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Teddy Abram…
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A. Kori Hill
Music doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it is a product of its time. Compositions are microcosms of the wor…
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Shruthi Rajasekar
Have you ever looked up in the sky on a crisp winter morning and observed a rainbow-like halo encirc…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
How artists approach digital content is a sprawling, deeply complicated question. While some key top…
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Andrew Ousley
It is rare to encounter someone as memorable as violinist Jennifer Koh. I met her briefly one summer…
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Forrest Howell
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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The morning before I saw We Have Gone As Far As We Can Together, a ritual opera inspired by “the son…
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Donna Lee Davidson
