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Lana Norris

Lana Norris (she/her) is a pianist and music journalist convinced that both science and art are aesthetic. She brings an interest in diplomacy to her coverage of new music, and enjoys sacred choral and shameless pop. She is based in New York City, Munsee Lenape and Wappinge territory.
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Miya Masaoka and Melissa Smey -- Photo by Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre at Columbia University

At Miller Theatre, Miya Masaoka’s Composer Portrait is a Deconstruction of Playful Chaos

For her Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre on March 6, Miya Masaoka presented a substantial, cohesi...
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Primero Sueño at The Cloisters -- Photo by Jill Steinberg

Paola Prestini & Magos Herrera Center Sor Juana’s Radical Mysticism in “Primero Sueño”

In their stunning processional opera, co-creators Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera and director Loui...
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Catalytic Sound Festival 2024 -- Photo by Peter Gannushkin, courtesy of Roulette

Catalytic Sound Has a Model for Economic Sustainability – Their 2024 Festival Was a Chance to Share it

Catalytic Sound is a cooperative streaming service with the goal of creating economic sustainability...
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HOCKET piano duo (Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff)

Piano Spheres’ “30 for 30” Project Honors the Magic of New Music and Sarah Gibson’s Creative Spirit

In our recent interview, Piano Spheres core artist Thomas Kotcheff explained that the foundation of...
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Ed Gazouleas, Tania León, and Steven Mackey introduce a concert at Tanglewood Music Center's Festival of Contemporary Music -- Photo by Hilary Scott

At Tanglewood’s Festival of Contemporary Music, Tania León and Steven Mackey Model Generous Collaboration

Tanglewood, one of the world’s most famous music festivals, convenes in western Massachusetts every...
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ChamberQUEER 2024 Festival -- Photo by Sean Salamon

ChamberQUEER 2024: Constellation Takes the Music Festival to Transplendent Heights

“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
Sarah Hennies -- Photo by Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre

Sarah Hennies Trusts the Unknown in Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre

For Sarah Hennies’ Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre, Yarn/Wire and the Mivos Quartet joined force...
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Wu Man -- Photo by Sebastian Schutyser

In Du Yun’s New Pipa Concerto, Wu Man is a Mic’d Up Diva and Improvisatory Narrator

 This interview has been edited for clarity. Composer Du Yun recalls when she sat down to start wri...
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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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Han Chen presents

A Cosmic Centennial: Han Chen Premieres 18 Piano Pieces in Response to Ligeti’s Etudes

When Han Chen finished his “Infinite Staircase” program at National Sawdust on Sept. 24, he had jour...
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Raquel Acevedo Klein Brings Immersive Surround-Sound Experimentation to the Sonic Sphere

I’m in the center of a dome. Fragmented vocalizations pop from somewhere in the space — it’s hard to...
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Found Sound Nation Presents Socially-Minded Music from Appalachia to Ramallah at MATA 2023

A gently glowing fabric cube radiated a campfire-like comfort from the center of Roulette. People ci...
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Amadeus Julian Regucera -- Photo by Walker Olesen

Amadeus Julian Regucera: Realizing Artists’ Dreams at EMPAC

“This feels so formal!” Amadeus Julian Regucera exclaims. We’re supposed to meet in a minimalist off...
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Silvana Estrada in

PROTOTYPE 2023 Probes the Dark Corners of Humanity and Imagines a World Beyond Civilization

Content warning: suicide The future of Earth has a lot of people concerned. But what if nature can t...
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Lana Norris
Isabel Crespo Pardo--Photo courtesy of Roulette Intermedium

Isabel Crespo Pardo presents 6. at Roulette

The Brooklyn institution Roulette is known as one of New York City’s stalwart experimental music ven...
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Lana Norris
JACK Quartet--Photo by Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre

Composer Liza Lim Spins Out Strings of Whimsy in Portrait Concert

The history of rope and string is one of composer Liza Lim’s obsessions. It’s a ubiquitous technolog...
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“Ensemble Connect Up Close” Creates an Immersive Audience Experience

Carnegie Hall isn’t just piano prodigies and Lenny Bruce. Over the years, Carnegie has continued to...
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Lana Norris
Darius Jones--Photo by Steven Pisano

MATA 2022 Mounts Experimental and Socially-Engaged Works

When spring arrives in New York City, so does the MATA festival. Each year, Music at the Anthology (...
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Lana Norris
Huang Ruo's Book of Mountains and Seas--Photo by Teddy Wolff

Huang Ruo’s Book of Mountains and Seas is Elegant, Sensual Storytelling

As with his opera An American Soldier or the quasi-improvisational test of boundaries in Resonant Th...
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Bird's Eye (Lesly Mok, David Leon, and DoYeon Kim)--Photo by Glenn Cornett for Spectrum

Spectrum Reopens at The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) sits on the Red Hook waterfront under the Statue of...
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The Soapbox Presents

The Soapbox Presents: Claiming Space for Black Joy

On July 3, 2021, all four corners of a busy Harlem intersection overflowed with funk. New York City...
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Moor Mother--Photo by Bob Sweeney

Mother Moor Redefines Album Release Parties at The Kitchen

The so-called “black-body” was one of the first experiments that could not be reconciled with classi...
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Lana Norris
Contemporaneous presents

“After the Storm,” Contemporaneous Reflects on Pandemic Lessons and Social Issues

Contemporaneous returned to live performance on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 with spectacular ease. R...
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Lana Norris
White Snake Projects presents Death by Life--Photo by Curvin Huber

Death by Life: White Snake Projects Amplifies Incarcerated Artists

Based on original writings by incarcerated authors and their families, Death by Life is a testament...
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