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Elaine Mitchener--Photo by Dmitri Djric

5 Questions to Elaine Mitchener (experimental artist)

“They will remember that we were sold, but not that we were strong. They will remember that we were...
Author
Amanda Cook
Erin Busch--Photo by Matthew Genders

5 Questions to Erin Busch (Founder and Artistic Director, Young Women Composers Camp)

Leia Sofia Mendez, a 2018 alumna of the Young Women Composers Camp (YWCC), remarked that the camp, “...
Author
Megan Ihnen
Vivian Fung--Photo by Charles Boudreau

5 Questions to Vivian Fung (composer)

Vivian Fung has attained the kind of success that is the result of a strong, not easily confined mus...
Author
Bruce A. Russell
Yolanda Kondonassis--Photo by Laura Watilo Blake

5 Questions to Yolanda Kondonassis (harpist)

Yolanda Kondonassis is on a mission to help bring the harp front and center in new music. During her...
Author
Jay Derderian
Sahba Aminikia--Photo by Matthew Washburn

5 Questions to Sahba Aminikia (Founder, Flying Carpet Festival)

Sahba Aminikia is an Iranian-American composer, pianist, and educator born in post-revolutionary war...
Author
Lana Norris
Jordan Plotner

5 Questions to Jordan Plotner (composer) about The Resonance Project

Pigeonhole Jordan Plotner at your own risk. His resume includes scores for dozens of films, TV shows...
Author
Nick Stevens
Carlos Izcaray--Photo by Jenna Peffley

5 Questions to Carlos Izcaray (conductor, composer)

Carlos Izcaray is a Venezuelan-born conductor, cellist and composer. He is an advocate for new music...
Author
Natalie Calma
Maia Jasper White--Photo by Shaun Fredericksen

5 Questions to Maia Jasper White (Co-Artistic Director, Salastina)

Maia Jasper White is a chamber musician, teacher, and the co-Artistic Director of Salastina, an ense...
Author
Jillian DeGroot
John Harris--Photo by Wattie Cheung

5 Questions to John Harris (CEO & Co-Artistic Director, Red Note Ensemble)

Over the last ten years, Red Note Ensemble has projected itself into the musical and social fabric o...
Author
Myles Oakey
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5 Questions to Shauna Quill (Executive Director, New York Youth Symphony)

Founded in 1963 as an orchestra for gifted musicians between the ages of 12-22, the New York Youth S...
Author
Gemma Peacocke
Wu Fei--Photo by Shervin Lainez

5 Questions to Wu Fei (composer, vocalist, guzheng virtuoso)

Nashville-based composer, vocalist, and guzheng virtuoso Wu Fei recently found an unlikely spark of...
Author
Douglas Shadle
Gavin Chuck

5 Questions to Gavin Chuck (Executive Director, Alarm Will Sound)

Gavin Chuck is Executive Director and a composer for Alarm Will Sound, a 22-member ensemble known fo...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Jen Shyu--Photo by Lynn Lane

5 Questions to Jen Shyu (multi-disciplinary artist)

Jen Shyu is a multilingual vocalist, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and dancer with a pe...
Author
Tristan McKay
Katherine Balch--Photo by KateL Photography

5 Questions to Katherine Balch (composer)

The 2019-20 season is filled with a number of exciting commissions and residencies for Katherine Bal...
Author
Lauren Ishida
Indre Viskontas--Photo by Kirsten Lara Getchell

5 Questions to Indre Viskontas (neuroscientist, soprano)

Indre Viskontas is nothing short of a renaissance woman. She completed her PhD in neuroplasticity re...
Author
Jay Derderian
Héloïse Werner--Photo by Emma Werner

5 Questions to Héloïse Werner (soprano, composer)

French-born and London-based Héloïse Werner is a soprano, composer, improviser, and cellist. Her man...
Author
Aaron Wolff
Katherine Dubbs--Photo courtesy of SIGN & SING

5 Questions to Katherine Dubbs (Founder and President, SIGN & SING)

SIGN & SING was founded in 2015 by Princeton University alumna Katherine Dubbs as a way to make...
Author
Lauren Ishida
Lara Pellegrinelli--Photo by Annina Pellegrinelli-Smith

5 Questions to Lara Pellegrinelli (arts journalist and scholar)

Lara Pellegrinelli is a writer whose work covers contemporary classical music; her pieces range from...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
The Living Earth Show--Photo by Roger Jones

5 Questions to The Living Earth Show (Travis Andrews & Andy Meyerson)

The Living Earth Show (Travis Andrews and Andy Meyerson) is a San Francisco based percussion-guitar...
Author
Tristan McKay
Vanessa Rose--Photo by Julia Gang

5 Questions to Vanessa Rose (President, American Composers Forum)

The American Composers Forum began in 1973 as a University of Minnesota student club, formalising in...
Author
Gemma Peacocke
p r i s m--Photo by Larry Ho

5 Questions to the Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA)

Upon recognizing that the Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA) Award for Best New Oper...
Author
Megan Ihnen
Errollyn Wallen--Photo by Azzura Primavera

5 Questions to Errollyn Wallen (composer, performer)

Equally recognized as a singer-songwriter and a contemporary classical composer, Errollyn Wallen is...
Author
Bruce A. Russell
Bang on a Can--Photo by Peter Serling

5 Questions to Bang on a Can About LOUD Weekend

Bang On A Can needs no introduction, but here’s one anyway. Founded in 1987 by Julia Wolfe, Michael...
Author
Jay Derderian
Khyam Allami--Photo by Johanne Issa

5 Questions to Khyam Allami (composer, oud-player, sound artist)

Working at the intersection of electroacoustic composition and Arabic microtonality, London-based co...
Author
Myles Oakey
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