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Jennifer Jolley

Jenn(ifer) Jolley (she/her) is a composer, blogger, and professor person. She is also a cat lover and part-time conductor.
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TAK Ensemble and Jessie Cox at the Center for Performance Research -- Photo by Jeremy Shatan
Concert

TAK Ensemble and Jessie Cox Bring Earsplitting, Incisive Program to Brooklyn

Mar 6, 2024
Content warning: this review contains discussion of racial violence The Center for Performance Resea...
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Jennifer Jolley
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Quince Ensemble performs Paul Pinto's The Approach: Part One at Kaufman Music Center -- Photo by David Andrako
Concert

At Kaufman Music Center, Quince Ensemble Serves Up Dazzling Performance of a Work in Progress

Oct 31, 2023
Kaufman Music Center inaugurated its new “Artist as Curator” series on Thursday, Oct. 26 with Quince...
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Jennifer Jolley
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International Contemporary Ensemble at TIME:SPANS 2023 -- Photo by Felipe Wurst and Adele Fournet
Concert

International Contemporary Ensemble Introduces Vision for a Musical Polyaspora at TIME:SPANS 2023

Aug 31, 2023
As the new artistic director of the International Contemporary Ensemble, George Lewis aspires for th...
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Interview

5 Questions to Firas Zreik (composer, Palestinian Kanun player)

Apr 12, 2023
Palestine-born Firas Zreik is a creator and collaborator based in New York City. He is an advocate f...
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Jennifer Jolley
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Shelley Washington--Photo by Peter Yankowsky
Interview

5 Questions to Shelley Washington (composer, saxophonist)

Oct 11, 2022
Shelley Washington is a self-described composer, performer, collaborator, and educator from Kansas C...
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Jennifer Jolley
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Squash & Biscuit's 瓜和饼干 Lavender Eggplant 绛仙
Album

Squash & Biscuit 瓜和饼干 Craft Sonic Memory Souvenirs on Lavender Eggplant 绛仙

Jun 8, 2022
The experimental duo Squash & Biscuit 瓜和饼干 (Shuwen Zhao and Brian Griffith) identify themsel...
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Jennifer Jolley
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Orlando Jacinto García--Photo courtesy Florida International University
Interview

5 Questions to Orlando Jacinto García (composer)

Feb 22, 2022
Orlando Jacinto García is a prolific composer whose works range from concert works with and without...
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Jennifer Jolley
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Anna Clyne--Photo by Christina Kernohan
Interview

5 Questions to Anna Clyne (composer)

Oct 12, 2021
London-born Anna Clyne is a GRAMMY-nominated composer of acoustic and electro-acoustic music. Since...
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Jennifer Jolley
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Composer-Performer Speed Dating was bigger and better than ever at NMG2018 (photo by Austin Eamnarangkool)
Feature

New Music Gathering 2021: “Money?”, Ethics, and Sustaining a Creative Life

Aug 3, 2021
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Since 2015, New Music Gathering has taken...
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Jennifer Jolley
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Donna Weng Friedman--Photo by Michael Ian
Interview

5 Questions to Donna Weng Friedman (pianist)

May 18, 2021
Award-winning pianist and music producer Donna Weng Friedman enjoys a varied career as a soloist, ch...
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Jennifer Jolley
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Castle of our Skins'
Concert

Celebrity Series of Boston Streams Castle of our Skins’ “Remember King”

Feb 25, 2021
As part of their online “At Home” performances, the Celebrity Series of Boston premiered...
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Jennifer Jolley
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Wang Lu An Atlas of Time
Album

An Atlas of Time: Wang Lu Explores the Imperfect Cartography of Memory

Dec 16, 2020
Two years have passed since the release of Wang Lu’s debut album Urban Inventory, making the release...
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Jennifer Jolley
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