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2024 Toulmin Fellows -- Photo courtesy of The Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU

Toulmin Fellowship Showcase at National Sawdust Provides an Exciting Peek Into the Creative Process

Since 2020, the Toulmin Fellowship, a partnership between National Sawdust and The Center for Ballet…
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Donna Lee Davidson
Julia Perry -- Talbott Music Library Special Collections and Westminster Choir College Archives (Julia Perry Collection), Rider University

In her Centenary Year, the Efforts to Preserve Julia Perry’s Legacy Reveal Issues that Persist Today

From Manchester, England to New York City, performers, scholars, and music lovers gathered through t…
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Samantha Ege, Garrett Schumann
Layale Chaker -- Photo by Anna Rakhvalova

Layale Chaker is “Rooted in Community and Collectivity” on New Albums with Sarafand and ETHEL

Layale Chaker’s music draws from multiple modalities — contemporary classical, Arabic maqam, jazz, a…
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Chrysanthe Tan
Arlene and Larry Dunn -- Photo by Tanya Rosen-Jones

5 Questions to Arlene and Larry Dunn about the Fund for Afrodiasporic Music

In a 2023 concert review of the International Contemporary Ensemble featuring composer-performer Dou…
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Julia Kuhlman
Gelsey Bell and Erin Rogers -- Photo by AnnAnn Puttithanasorn

With “Skylighght,” Gelsey Bell and Erin Rogers Embody the Joy of Experimental Research

In the wake of a recent solar eclipse, contemplating light, its path, and our place in it just feels…
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Connie Li
Countertenor Luke Paulino and pianist Daniel Schreiner -- Photo by Matt Josephson

InfraSound and ChamberQUEER Offer Multidisciplinary Expressions of Queer Artistry

Upon taking my program and entering the large room at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender C…
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Stephanie Boyd
Patricia Martinez--Photo by Bárbara Scotto

In Remembrance of Patricia Martinez

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. I first encountered the music of Patricia…
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Carolina Heredia
2024 McKnight Foundation Awardees

Announcing the 2024 ACF McKnight Composer Fellowship and Residency Awardees

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF McKnight Com…
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Jasmine Barnes -- Photo by Paul Green Photography

ListN Up Playlist: Jasmine Arielle Barnes (May 2, 2024)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Augusta Read Thomas -- Photo by Anthony Barlich

5 Questions to Augusta Read Thomas (composer)

As we approach Augusta Read Thomas’ 60th birthday, my memories of her visit to our undergrad composi…
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Stephanie Boyd
Zosha Warpeha -- Photo by artist

5 Question to Zosha Warpeha (composer-performer)

Over the past decade, Zosha Warpeha’s work as a composer, performer, and improviser has traversed th…
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Jacob Kopcienski
Vulva Voce -- Photo by Rec Productions

5 Questions to Vulva Voce

You read that right: Vulva Voce. V.U.L.V.A. Voce. Say it out loud! There are so many fine string qua…
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Caroline Potter
Apply Triangle -- Photo by Marisa Tornello

5 Questions to Apply Triangle

Apply Triangle is an electroacoustic trio based in New York comprised of flutist Yoshi Weinberg, cla…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Sun Ra, image still from Space is the Place (1974) -- Courtesy of Criterion Collection / Janus Films

At the Sun Ra/El Saturn Archive, the Iconic Bandleader’s Legacy is Living Inspiration

In 2000, writer, curator, and collector John Corbett found himself on his hands and knees digging th…
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Vanessa Ague
Lauren McCall -- Photo by David and Jess Photography

ListN Up Playlist: Lauren McCall (April 18, 2024)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Eve Egoyan -- Photo by David Rokeby

5 Questions to Eve Egoyan (pianist)

As a prominent figure in contemporary classical music, pianist Eve Egoyan has spent the last 30 year…
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Forrest Howell
James Díaz -- Photo by artist

In Enigmatic Debut Album, Composer James Díaz Recasts Violin as Electronic Instrument

Picture an electrically charged violin that buzzes and swells as it rotates inside a compressed magn…
Author
Esteban Meneses
Samatha Rose Williams -- Photo by Shawn F. Blair

5 Questions to Samantha Rose Williams (singer and creative producer, “American Patriots”)

Samantha Rose Williams is the creative producer of American Patriots, a new song-cycle that probes A…
Author
Gemma Peacocke
Pamela Z and D-Composed -- Photo by Point of Origin Productions

Pamela Z and D-Composed Foreground the Breadth of Black Artistry at Merkin Hall

Pamela Z is generous as both an artist and a teacher. The first time I saw her perform live was in 2…
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Donna Lee Davidson
Sarah Hennies -- Photo by Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre

Sarah Hennies Trusts the Unknown in Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre

For Sarah Hennies’ Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre, Yarn/Wire and the Mivos Quartet joined force…
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Lana Norris
Vivian Fung--Photo courtesy of the artist

Are Music Videos Worth the Time and Money Investment for Artists?

For better or worse, video content has become the number one way to satisfy algorithms and encourage…
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Vivian Fung
Natalia Merlano Gómez -- Photo by Juan Merlano

ListN Up Playlist: Natalia Merlano Gómez (April 4, 2024)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Katie Brown with the 2019 Gateways Music Festival orchestra --Photo courtesy Katie Brown

It’s Not Just an Access Problem – Orchestras Aren’t Creating Safe Environments for Black Musicians

For decades, American orchestras have struggled to increase the number of Black musicians on their r…
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Katie Brown
Anna Dennis performs at eavesdropping 2024 -- Photo by Dimitri Djuric

eavesdropping 2024 Provides an Intimate Space for Artists to Experiment

While there are many great things about my recent move to Dalston, East London, one thing that tops…
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Michelle Hromin
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