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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
Märt-Matis Lill--Photo by Kaupo Kikkas

5 Questions to Märt-Matis Lill (Artistic Director, World Music Days 2019 Tallinn)

Each year, the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) selects a city from one of its mem...
Author
Amanda Cook
Adeliia Faizullina

Turning Up the Volume: Adeliia Faizullina (composer, multi-instrumentalist)

Turning Up the Volume is a collection of interviews that focuses on the individual stories of up and...
Author
Jessica Griggs
Dale Trumbore

5 Questions to Dale Trumbore (composer)

Composer Dale Trumbore is making waves for her powerful works, particularly within the realm of chor...
Author
Lauren Ishida
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5 Questions to Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade and Shruthi Rajasekar (composers)

Composers Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade and Shruthi Rajasekar both recently completed their studies at Prin...
Author
Gemma Peacocke
Thomas Buckner--Photo by Chris Bowen

5 Questions to Thomas Buckner (Founder and Artistic Director, Interpretations Series)

One of the most famous male voices in contemporary music in the United States, Thomas Buckner is a b...
Author
Colin Holter
Joe Bergen

5 Questions to Joe Bergen (Mantra Youth Percussion)

Mantra Percussion hasn’t stopped moving since they were founded in 2009. Now heading into thei...
Author
Jay Derderian
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5 Questions to Peri Mauer (composer, cellist, conductor)

We first met Peri Mauer as our standmate in the back-row chorus for the world premiere of Marcos Bal...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Kate Sheeran

5 Questions to Kate Sheeran (Executive Director, Kaufman Music Center)

Kate Sheeran, a hornist and brilliant educational administrator, succeeded the retiring Lydia Kontos...
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Ayça Çetin--Photo by Jabez Co

5 Questions to Ayça Çetin (flutist) about Cosmos New Music

Cosmos New Music is an ensemble dedicated to contemporary music that incorporates multiple genres an...
Author
Jarrett Goodchild
Nicolas Benavides--Photo by Vivian Sachs

5 Questions to Nicolas Lell Benavides (composer)

Nicolas Lell Benavides is a Los Angeles and San Francisco-based composer from New Mexico. His comic...
Author
Gemma Peacocke
José Martínez

Turning Up the Volume: José Martínez (percussionist, composer)

Turning Up the Volume is a collection of interviews that focuses on the individual stories of up and...
Author
Jessica Griggs
PUBLIQuartet

5 Questions to PUBLIQuartet about “Freedom and Faith”

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