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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
Tariq Al-Sabir--Photo by Kelly Marshall for The Shed

5 Questions to Tariq Al-Sabir (composer, vocalist, music director)

Tariq Al-Sabir is a composer, vocalist, and music director. His latest project, #UNWANTED, recently...
Author
Hillary Bonhomme
Box Not Found--Photo by Russell Hebert

5 Questions to Box Not Found (Kevin Price and Natalie Calma)

Asking yourself hard questions in the mirror is not easy, but to recognize imperfections and make pr...
Author
Kevin Baldwin
Pamela Z and Courtney Bryan

5 Questions to Pamela Z and Courtney Bryan (2019-20 Rome Prize Winners)

On April 9, 2019, the American Academy in Rome announced that composer Pamela Z was awarded the 2019...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Anthony R. Green--Photo by Colin Conces

5 Questions to Anthony R. Green (composer, performer, social justice advocate)

Anthony R. Green is a composer, performer, and social justice advocate splitting his time between th...
Author
Amanda Cook
Nicole Rampersaud--Photo by Khyati Shah

5 Questions to Nicole Rampersaud (Composer-in-Residence, OBEY Convention)

OBEY Convention in K’Jipuktuk/Halifax, Nova Scotia enters its 12th iteration May 30-June 2, 2019. OB...
Author
James May
Juan Pampin and Richard Karpin--Photos by Steve Korn

5 Questions to Juan Pampin and Richard Karpen (Creative Fellowships Initiative: JACK Quartet)

In March of 2016, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation made a generous grant of $750,000 to the Universit...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
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...
Author
Tracy Monaghan
Niloufar Talebi and Aleksandra Vrebalov

5 Questions to Niloufar Talebi and Aleksandra Vrebalov about Abraham in Flames

Niloufar Talebi is an author, librettist, widely published writer, and translator, with several awar...
Author
Bruce A. Russell
Daniela Candillari--Photo by Damjan Švarc

5 Questions to Daniela Candillari (conductor)

Daniela Candillari is a conductor, composer, and pianist whose recent calendar is chock-full with op...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
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