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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh

Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh is a writer, musician, educator, and maker of tiny pies, based in New York City. She currently works in Digital Content & Engagement at Carnegie Hall and manages the summer camp Sing This Summer.
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EOY Album Listicle Covers 2025

Our Top Contemporary Classical and Experimental Albums of 2025

It’s that time of year again, and we’re excited to share a list of our contributors̵...
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Yaz Lancaster--Photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to Yaz Lancaster (interdisciplinary artist)

Yaz Lancaster is an interdisciplinary artist who combines violin performance, composition, poetry, a...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
NextNotes 2020

Spotlight On: 2020 American Composers Forum NextNotes Creators

American Composers Forum’s NextNotes program honors talented young artists from across the cou...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Hollyn Slykhuis--Photo by Kate Roy

5 Questions to Hollyn Slykhuis (trumpeter)

Hollyn Slykhuis is an undergraduate trumpeter and composer pursuing a music education degree at Loui...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Zeena Parkins Three Harps, Tuning Forks, & Electronics

Three Harps, Tuning Forks & Electronics: Zeena Parkins Pushes Sonic Possibilities

Zeena Parkins’ Three Harps, Tuning Forks & Electronics (Good Child Music) explores both the expr...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Albany Symphony Sing Out! New York--Photo by Gary Gold

“Sing Out! New York:” Albany Symphony’s American Music Festival 2019

For over twenty years, the intrepid Albany Symphony has presented their annual American Music Festiv...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Look + Listen Festival 2019--Photo by Idris Solomon

Look + Listen Festival 2019 Opening Night: “New and Honest Stories”

When host Terrance McKnight asked cellist Seth Parker Woods what comes to mind when hearing the word...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Ecstatic Music Festival presents Brooklyn Youth Chorus--Photo by David Andrako

Brooklyn Youth Chorus & Wye Oak Close the 2019 Ecstatic Music Festival

In the middle of her set with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Jenn Wasner of the indie-rock duo Wye Oak t...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Leah Coloff's ThisTree at PROTOTYPE 2019

Leah Coloff’s ThisTree: Storytelling and Song at PROTOTYPE

When the new year has just begun to settle in, the PROTOTYPE festival emerges to remind us of the ad...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
The Young People's Chorus of New York City

Young Voices Shine in Young People’s Chorus of NYC New Commissioning Project

What is it like to be a young person in today’s world? “Vocal Currents: Music in Our Changing World,...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Momenta Festival IV

Momenta Festival IV: “Ocean Breakup” Curated by Stephanie Griffin

The Momenta Festival, an innovative series of four performances, showcases the Momenta Quartet’s abi...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Helga Davis at Resonant Bodies 2018

Resonant Bodies Festival: Paul Pinto, Helga Davis, and Lucy Dhegrae

Each year, the Resonant Bodies festival gathers for three nights of immersive soundscapes, daring vo...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Jeffrey Young and Paul Pinto Patriots

“Haunting and Humorous:” Jeffrey Young and Paul Pinto’s …Patriots…

Jeffrey Young and Paul Pinto’s new album on Gold Bolus Recordings, Jeff Young and Paul Pinto, Patrio...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Thea Musgrave

5 Questions to Thea Musgrave (composer) Celebrating Her 90th Birthday

Scottish-American composer Thea Musgrave will celebrate her 90th birthday on May 27, 2018. Musgrave...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Liminar

MATA Festival 2018 Opens With Liminar: Out of Bounds

For the past twenty years, the MATA festival has championed diversity. The 2018 festival opened on A...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
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New York Philharmonic’s CONTACT! at National Sawdust

On January 8, 2018, musicians from the New York Philharmonic traveled to Brooklyn’s National Sawdust...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
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An Intimate Evening with andPlay at The DiMenna Center

Despite the icy cold winter day outside, a still and quiet warmth filled Benzaquen Hall at The DiMen...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
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Libby Larsen’s Lift Me Into Heaven Slowly (Innova Recordings)

Tracey Engleman and Lara Bolton’s Lift Me Into Heaven Slowly (Innova Recordings) takes you on a jour...
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Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh

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