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Tracy Monaghan

Tracy Monaghan (she/her) is a PhD student in Musicology whose work focuses on issues of race, gender, and musical appropriation in 20th- and 21st-century opera. She is a soprano and an avid performer of new music, favoring extended vocal techniques. Tracy also works to dismantle food insecurity in her communities. She is currently based in the Bay Area of California.
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Rose Hegele (Photo by Brandon Vick) and Sarah Cahill (Photo by Christine Alicino)

Rose Hegele and Sarah Cahill Double Bill at the Center for New Music

As the world eases back into participating in live music, we regain the chance to discover hidden mu...
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Tracy Monaghan
The Understanding of All Things by Kate Soper featuring Sam Pluta

Kate Soper and Sam Pluta Fracture What is Known on “The Understanding of All Things”

In many of her works, composer and vocalist Kate Soper negotiates and defies genre. She lets us cons...
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Tracy Monaghan
Allison Sniffin, Allison Easter, Ellen Fisher, Theo Bleckmann, Meredith Monk, Kate Geissinger, Paul An, and Gideon Crevoshay in the premiere of Indra's Net--Photo by Yvonne Portra

Meredith Monk’s New Work “Indra’s Net” Finds Expression in Connection

In Buddhism and Hinduism, the deity Indra holds a large net of rope and multifaceted jewels, which r...
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Tracy Monaghan
Through Lines by Molly Herron and Science Ficta

Molly Herron’s “Through Lines” Inspects the Viol with a Contemporary Eye

Composer Molly Herron explores a vast landscape of musical and temporal intersections in Through Lin...
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Tracy Monaghan
The Priestess of Morphine

The Priestess of Morphine Explores Lesbian Erotic Poet Marie-Madeleine’s Identity

Issues of identity, sexuality, consent, and growth pervade The Priestess of Morphine: The Lost Writi...
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Tracy Monaghan
William Robin--Photo by Emily Platt

5 Questions to William Robin (musicologist)

Musicologist William Robin is an assistant professor of music at University of Maryland and an advoc...
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Tracy Monaghan
Third Coast Percussion performs Resounding Earth, mvt. 2 by Augusta Read Thomas--Screenshot courtesy Third Coast Percussion

Two World Premieres by Third Coast Percussion at BGSU New Music Festival

On October 16, 2020, the Chicago-based performing group Third Coast Percussion presented an evening...
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Tracy Monaghan
Nia Imani Franklin--Photo by Jessielyn Palumbo

5 Questions to Nia Imani Franklin (Founder, Compose Her)

American composer and soprano Nia Imani Franklin is the founder and operator of Compose Her, an init...
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Tracy Monaghan
Jenny Lin's The Etudes Project, Volume one: ICEBERG

Jenny Lin Partners with ICEBERG New Music on The Etudes Project, Volume One

The Etudes Project, Volume One: ICEBERG, pianist Jenny Lin’s new album on the art music label...
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Tracy Monaghan
Anne Lanzilotti in manus tuas

in manus tuas: Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti’s Solo Album Debut

Out on New Focus Recordings is in manus tuas, the debut solo album from composer and violist Anne Le...
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Tracy Monaghan
Meredith Monk's ATLAS presented by the Los Angeles Philharmonic--Photo by Mathew Imaging

Meredith Monk’s Groundbreaking and Spectacular ATLAS in Los Angeles

On June 11, 12, and 14, 2019, the Los Angeles Philharmonic closed their 2018-2019 centennial season...
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Tracy Monaghan
Rebecca Comerford--Photo by Johann Wolf

5 Questions to Rebecca Comerford (Founder, Ojai Youth Opera)

Ojai Youth Opera is the first and only standalone youth opera company in the United States, presenti...
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Tracy Monaghan
PUBLIQuartet

5 Questions to PUBLIQuartet about “Freedom and Faith”

PUBLIQuartet, Artists-in-Residence at National Sawdust, is a string quartet seeking to challenge the...
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Tracy Monaghan
Trios for Two

“Dynamic Skill:” Molly Gebrian and Danny Holt’s Trios for Two (Innova)

The six works presented on the self-titled album Trios for Two, a 2017 Innova release by Danny Holt...
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Tracy Monaghan
Danielle Dahl Loosening Orion's Belt

Danielle Dahl’s Debut Solo Album Loosening Orion’s Belt (abstract tits)

Norwegian composer Danielle Dahl’s first solo album, Loosening Orion’s Belt, was released by abstrac...
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Tracy Monaghan
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Big Ears Festival 2018: Pushing the Boundaries

Unlike the programming in years previous, the Big Ears 2018 lineup was particularly jazz- and Appala...
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Tracy Monaghan
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Big Ears Festival 2018: Experiential Trademarks

From March 22 to March 25, 2018, Knoxville, Tennessee hosted another iteration of the Big Ears Festi...
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Tracy Monaghan
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What’s Old is New: Mackey and Treuting’s Orpheus Unsung

On October 6, 2017, New Amsterdam records released Steven Mackey’s and Jason Treuting’s inaugural co...
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Tracy Monaghan

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