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American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF | create awa…
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When singer and sound artist Bora Yoon started work on The Wind of Two Koreas — her first piece for…
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Esteban Meneses
Reena Esmail’s sweeping, passionate compositions take elements of Hindustani music, elements o…
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Thulasi Seshan
Ask a few industry veterans about why diversity in classical music has been largely stagnant for dec…
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Dalanie Harris
Composer Evan Williams often juxtaposes multiple themes and emotions in his works, seamlessly thread…
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Ciyadh Wells
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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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
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
Adolescence and middle age are infamously seen as periods of upheaval – emotional, physical, and oth…
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Lauren Ishida
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
Percussionist Dániel Matei is sitting at a table, looking like a spelunker traversing a cave. His he…
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Many musicians have a recording that changed their fervor — an album that they studied, trapped in i…
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Donna Lee Davidson
I didn’t notice that my hands were shaking. Other people, mainly my fellow graduate students studyin…
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Brianna Matzke
Having masterfully weaved himself into the Black classical music scene, the Chicago-based innovator…
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Katie Brown
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
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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“Would you like a kiss?” Hershey’s, that is. A bowl of candy and cheerful decorations at check in we…
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Lana Norris
Kwamé Ryan is an internationally awarded conductor and the recently named Music Director Designate o…
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Sofía Rocha
When conductor and composer Peter Askim talks about the importance of aligning your values with your…
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Stephanie Boyd
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
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
Whether highlighting his love of contrapuntal textures, his use of melodies and chords that magnify…
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ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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