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5 Question to Phyllis Chen (UnCaged Toy Piano Festival)

Phyllis Chen is a pianist, toy pianist, composer, educator, curator, and founder/director of the UnC...
Author
Justin Rito
GVSUNME Director Bill Ryan

5 Questions to Bill Ryan (Director, GVSU New Music Ensemble)

Over the past 11 years the Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, under the directorship...
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Jacob Kopcienski
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5 Questions to Melissa Smey (Executive Director, Miller Theatre)

As executive director at Miller Theatre, Melissa Smey has concerned herself with commissioning works...
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Rebecca Lentjes
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5 Questions to Conrad Winslow (composer, The Perfect Nothing Catalog)

The Perfect Nothing Catalog is the debut CD by Brooklyn based composer Conrad Winslow. Scheduled for...
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Don Clark
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5 Questions to R.B. Schlather (opera director)

R.B. Schlather is an opera director known for questioning production methods and form. November 11-1...
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Lana Norris
Paul Pinto -- Photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to Paul Pinto (composer, Thomas Paine in Violence)

Thomas Paine in Violence is one of those experiences that I tell other people about when they ask, “...
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Megan Ihnen
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5 Questions to the Composers of The Blue Hour

On November 4, 2017 in Washington, D.C., the Boston-based string orchestra A Far Cry and Grammy-winn...
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Amanda Cook
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5 Questions to Ed Yim (President, American Composers Orchestra)

The 2017-2018 season marks the 40th year of the American Composers Orchestra, the only orchestra in...
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Jarrett Goodchild
JACK Quartet--Photo by Matt Zugale for Miller Theatre

5 Questions to JACK Quartet About Soundscape America

“Explosive virtuosity” “Mind-blowingly good” “Among the most stimulati...
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Justin Rito
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5 Questions to Anthony Joseph Lanman (1 Track Podcast)

Anthony Joseph Lanman is bringing the music to the people. In addition to being a composer and elect...
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Jay Derderian
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5 Questions to Soosan Lolavar (composer of ID, Please)

Soosan Lolavar wears many hats: she has degrees in composition, musicology, and social & politic...
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Rebecca Lentjes
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5 Questions to David Devan (General Director, Opera Philadelphia)

David Devan joined Opera Philadelphia in January 2006 and was appointed General Director of the comp...
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Amanda Cook
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5 Questions to Donia Jarrar (composer)

Donia Jarrar is an award-winning Palestinian-American composer, pianist, and multimedia artist whose...
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Megan Ihnen
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5 Questions to Stefan Freund (Mizzou International Composers Festival)

The Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF), lead by artistic director Stefan Freund (Alarm W...
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Jay Derderian
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5 Questions to Gong Linna and Lao Luo about Cloud River Mountain

On July 14-15, 2017, Bang on a Can, Gong Linna, and Lao Luo bring you Cloud River Mountain as part o...
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Kevin Baldwin
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5 Questions to Lisa Bielawa (composer) About Vireo

Lisa Bielawa is a composer, vocalist, and co-founder of the MATA Festival whose works frequently dra...
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Rebecca Lentjes
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5 Questions to Alan Pierson (Artistic Director, Alarm Will Sound)

Conductor and pianist Alan Pierson is the artistic director of Alarm Will Sound, a 20-member ensembl...
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Bruce A. Russell
Vijay Iyer

5 Questions to Vijay Iyer (2017 Ojai Festival Music Director)

Composer, pianist, and educator Vijay Iyer is Music Director of the 71st Ojai Music Festival, June 8...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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5 Questions to Sugar Vendil (Nouveau Classical Project)

Filipino-American pianist & founder of the new music collective Nouveau Classical Project (NCP) ...
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Rebecca Lentjes
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5 Questions to Anne Marqvardsen and Anna Berit Asp Christensen (SPOR Festival)

On May 10-14, 2017, the 13th annual SPOR Festival will permeate the city of Aarhus, Denmark with fiv...
Author
Amanda Cook
Nicole Mitchell--Photo by Lauren Deutsch

5 Questions to Nicole Mitchell (composer, flutist)

Composer, flutist, bandleader, and educator Nicole Mitchell is a Professor of Music in the Integrate...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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5 Question to Nicholas Photinos (Eighth Blackbird)

On Friday, April 28, 2017, Eighth Blackbird will present a recital in Cornell University’s Bar...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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5 Questions About #HearAllComposers

On March 14, 2017, Irish composers Amanda Feery, Emma O’Halloran, and Finola Merivale started...
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Thomas Deneuville
Jace Clayton

5 Questions to Jace Clayton (composer, author, DJ)

Composer and author Jace Clayton is an artist in tireless pursuit of sonic inspiration. His artistic...
Author
Daniel Kushner
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