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John Holiday--Photo by Shervin Lainez

5 Questions to John Holiday (countertenor) about Save The Boys

John Holiday is countertenor whose advocacy for the Black presence in classical performing arts alig...
Author
Bill Doggett
Wendy Eisenberg--Photo by Magdalena Abrego

5 Questions to Wendy Eisenberg (improviser, composer, songwriter)

Wendy Eisenberg is a composer, performer, and guitarist whose music lives in the gray area between f...
Author
Clover Nahabedian
Afa Dworkin--Photo by Kevin Kennedy

5 Questions to Afa Dworkin (President & Artistic Director, Sphinx Organization)

Afa Sadykhly Dworkin is the President and Artistic Director of Detroit’s Sphinx Organization. Born i...
Author
Gemma Peacocke
Jonathan Bailey Holland

Jonathan Bailey Holland’s Philosophy of Stylistic Generosity

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. How should future composers be trained? F...
Author
Sun Yung Shin
Amanda Cook

Amanda Cook and the Art of Conversation

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Amanda Cook has been the Editor-in-Chief...
Author
Sun Yung Shin
Damien Geter--Photo by Rachel Hadiashar

5 Questions to Damien Geter (composer, baritone)

The works of acclaimed composer and baritone Damien Geter range from chamber ensembles to the operat...
Author
I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Joseph C. Phillips Jr.--Photo by Jenny Wohrle

5 Questions to Joseph C. Phillips Jr. (Numinous founder & composer)

Joseph C. Phillips Jr. is a composer who defines his own work as “mixed music,” a style...
Author
Clover Nahabedian
Lara Downes--Photo by Jiyang Chen

5 Questions to Lara Downes (Host, AMPLIFY with Lara Downes)

Lara Downes is a multifaceted pianist whose prolific output routinely explores American music’s many...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
Bára Gísladóttir--Photo by Gabrielle Motola

5 Questions to Bára Gísladóttir (composer, double bassist)

CW: this interview mentions suicide Icelandic composer and double-bassist Bára Gísladóttir recently...
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Angélica Negrón--Photo by Catalina Kulczar

Angélica Negrón and the Poetics of Musical Automata

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Angélica Negrón was born in Carolina, Pue...
Author
Sun Yung Shin
Krishna Thiagarajan--Photo by Brandon Patoc

5 Questions to Krishna Thiagarajan (President & CEO, Seattle Symphony)

It’s a feel-good situation: Krishna Thiagarajan, President and CEO of the Seattle Symphony, has foun...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Kris Davis--Photo by Caroline Mardok

5 Questions to Kris Davis (pianist, composer)

Pianist and composer Kris Davis is the Associate Program Director of Creative Development for the In...
Author
Lana Norris
Terri Winston--Photo courtesy of Women's Audio Mission

5 Questions to Terri Winston (Founder & Executive Director, Women’s Audio Mission)

Terri Winston is the Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Audio Mission (WAM), a San Francisco/...
Author
Tristan McKay
Tyshawn Sorey--Photo by John Rogers

5 Questions to Tyshawn Sorey (composer, multi-instrumentalist)

Tyshawn Sorey is an acclaimed composer and multi-instrumentalist from Newark, New Jersey. A virtuosi...
Author
Gemma Peacocke
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...
Author
Tracy Monaghan
Eun Lee--Photo by Carmen Rubio

5 Questions to Eun Lee (Executive Director and Founder, The Dream Unfinished)

Eun Lee is the Executive Director and Founder of The Dream Unfinished, an activist orchestra based i...
Author
Clover Nahabedian
Portia Dunkley--Photo by Gasen M. Pierre

Portia Dunkley in Miami and Beyond

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Accomplished music educator Portia Dunkle...
Author
Sun Yung Shin
Michael Begay--Photo courtesy Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project (NACAP)

5 Questions to Michael Begay (Host, Original Score podcast)

In 2000, the Grand Canyon Music Festival (GCMF) began the Native American Composers Apprentice Proje...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
Queen Drea--Photo by David Glasgow, DLG Images

5 Questions to Queen Drea (interdisciplinary sound alchemist)

A true sound alchemist, Queen Drea uses no recipe. A Twin Cities-based vocalist, electronic artist,...
Author
Jillian DeGroot
Elena Moon Park--Photo by Gala Narezo

5 Questions to Elena Moon Park (musician, educator, producer)

Elena Moon Park is a true Renaissance woman. A freelance violinist, a multi-instrumentalist, a music...
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Mari Esabel Valverde--Photo by Vero Kherian

5 Questions to Mari Esabel Valverde (composer, singer)

Mari Esabel Valverde is a composer and singer whose music is full and rich, with texts that delve in...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Vanessa Reed--Photo by Ruth Kilpatrick

5 Questions to Vanessa Reed (President and CEO, New Music USA)

In August 2019, Vanessa Reed was appointed President and CEO of New Music USA following a decade at...
Author
Lauren Ishida
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5 Questions to Jennifer Jolley (composer)

When you visit Jennifer Jolley’s website, the tagline says, “Composer. Blogger. Professo...
Author
Brianna Matzke
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...
Author
Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
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