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MATA opened their exciting 2023-24 season with a new executive director at the helm. Pauline Kim Har…
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Lauren Ishida

On Ki moun ou ye, Grammy-nominated musician and composer Nathalie Joachim chronicles the beauty of s…
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Dalanie Harris

Nkeiru Okoye Celebrates the Transformative Power of Black Women in “When the Caged Bird Sings”
Feb 14, 2024
The stage at the University of Michigan’s Hill Auditorium was jam-packed with an assembly of celebri…
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Tristan McKay

In the ever-evolving music industry, artists frequently find themselves at the crossroads of traditi…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2024 ACF |…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

A heap of ceramics sat in the middle of the floor at Roulette on Feb. 7, jumbled like a pile of jagg…
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Vanessa Ague

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

I’m not a nature person, so it was with trepidation that I trekked up the Santa Monica Mountains for…
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Chrysanthe Tan

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res…
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Sarah Williams

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. “I’m…
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Christine S. Escobar

Tangram, a collective of musicians who celebrate the interaction between contemporary Western and Ch…
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Caroline Potter

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Does our perception of the space around us affect our experience of a musical work? As the audience…
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Donna Lee Davidson

“Terce: A Practical Breviary” Reimagines Religious Texts as a Celebration of Divine Femininity
Jan 23, 2024
Tucked away in Brooklyn, hidden behind an unassuming church facade, a community choir filled The Spa…
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Lana Norris

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Formed in 2…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin

Yaz Lancaster’s Thoughtful Curation of “comp.01” Unifies Wide-Ranging Aesthetics for a Common Cause
Jan 16, 2024
comp.01 accomplishes a lot of things that compilation albums often struggle to do: it is unified by…
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Tristan McKay

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Composer Joseph Bohigian’s debut album The Water Has Found its Crack is centered around his engageme…
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Clover Nahabedian

When Kronos Quartet traveled to Austria in 2018 to perform at Esterházy Palace – the home of Franz J…
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Vanessa Ague

Cheng² Duo Explores the Intersection of Asian Identity and Western Classical Music on “Portrait”
Jan 4, 2024
Following three albums full of well-trod classical repertoire for cello and piano, Cheng² Duo’s Port…
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Forrest Howell

If you’ve heard music by composer Gity Razaz, you know its power. Gity’s wide, sweeping sonorities a…
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Stephanie Boyd

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Launched in 2019, JACK Studio provides up to 15 composers each year with the opportunity to partake…
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Donna Lee Davidson