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Pauline Kim Harris -- Photo by Matt Dine

5 Questions to Pauline Kim Harris (Executive Director, MATA)

MATA opened their exciting 2023-24 season with a new executive director at the helm. Pauline Kim Har…
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Lauren Ishida
Nathalie Joachim -- Photo by Erin Patrice O'Brien

Nathalie Joachim Delves into Heritage and Cultural Memory on “Ki moun ou ye”

On Ki moun ou ye, Grammy-nominated musician and composer Nathalie Joachim chronicles the beauty of s…
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Dalanie Harris
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Nkeiru Okoye Celebrates the Transformative Power of Black Women in “When the Caged Bird Sings”

The stage at the University of Michigan’s Hill Auditorium was jam-packed with an assembly of celebri…
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Tristan McKay
Essay authors Amanda Cook, Forrest Howell, Jenn Jolley, Julia Kuhlman, Tim Igel, and Yaz Lancaster

Should Artists Have a Website? Thoughts from Around the Artistic Community

In the ever-evolving music industry, artists frequently find themselves at the crossroads of traditi…
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ACF | create 2024 Applications Now Open

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2024 ACF |…
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Kristin Norderval and Friends Consider Sound and Memory in Multi-Disciplinary Premiere

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
Odeya Nini -- Photo by Elena Ray

ListN Up Playlist: Odeya Nini (February 8, 2024)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Wild Up performs at Darkness Sounding 2024 -- Photo by Sam Lee

At Darkness Sounding, Wild Up Embraces Introspection and Collaboration

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
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Anatomy of a Commission: Understanding the Institutional Perspective

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res…
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Sarah Williams
Alyssa Weinberg -- Photo by Zoe Prinds-Flash

Alyssa Weinberg Finds Inspiration in Bold Imagery and Deep Collaborations

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. “I’m…
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Christine S. Escobar
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Tangram Marks Five Years of Thoughtful and Adventurous Programming at LSO St Luke’s

Tangram, a collective of musicians who celebrate the interaction between contemporary Western and Ch…
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Caroline Potter
Johanny Navarro -- Photo by Ricardo Acevedo

ListN Up Playlist: Johanny Navarro (January 25, 2024)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Yvette Janine Jackson--Photo by Catherine Koch

Yvette Janine Jackson Looks to the Cosmos in Double Bill of Radio Operas at Roulette

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
PROTOTYPE 2024 presents Terce: A Practical Breviary -- Photo by Maria Baranova

“Terce: A Practical Breviary” Reimagines Religious Texts as a Celebration of Divine Femininity

Tucked away in Brooklyn, hidden behind an unassuming church facade, a community choir filled The Spa…
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Lana Norris
Trio Zimbalist -- Photo by Viktor Jelinek

5 Questions to Trio Zimbalist (piano trio)

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 -- Photo by Felix Walworth

Yaz Lancaster’s Thoughtful Curation of “comp.01” Unifies Wide-Ranging Aesthetics for a Common Cause

comp.01 accomplishes a lot of things that compilation albums often struggle to do: it is unified by…
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Tristan McKay
Booker Stardrum -- Photo courtesy of Dennison Hill

ListN Up Playlist: Booker Stardrum (January 11, 2024)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Joseph Bohigian -- Photo by Raffi Paul

Joseph Bohigian Connects Armenian Traditions to Diasporic Culture on Debut Album

Composer Joseph Bohigian’s debut album The Water Has Found its Crack is centered around his engageme…
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Clover Nahabedian
Kronos Quartet, 2023 -- Photo by Lenny Gonzalez

50 Years and 1,100 New Works In, Kronos Quartet is Showing No Signs of Slowing Down

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 -- Photo by Andrej Grilc

Cheng² Duo Explores the Intersection of Asian Identity and Western Classical Music on “Portrait”

Following three albums full of well-trod classical repertoire for cello and piano, Cheng² Duo’s Port…
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Forrest Howell
Gity Razaz--Photo by Ronald Andrew Schvarztman

5 Questions to Gity Razaz (composer)

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
Daijana Wallace -- Photo by Julian Kincaid

ListN Up Playlist: Daijana Wallace (December 21, 2023)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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JACK Quartet -- Photo by Shervin Lainez

JACK Quartet Closes 2023 with Experimental World Premieres by JACK Studio Artists

Launched in 2019, JACK Studio provides up to 15 composers each year with the opportunity to partake…
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Donna Lee Davidson
Tania León -- Photo by Gail Hadani

5 Questions to Tania León (composer, conductor)

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Tania León’…
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Yaz Lancaster
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