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George Lewis -- Photo by Maurice Weiss

George Lewis Has Spent His Career Creating Space for Black Musicians — His New Opera is No Exception

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. George Lewi...
Author
Yaz Lancaster
Samantha Bennett and George Nickson of enSRQ -- Photo by Matt Holler

5 Questions to Samantha Bennett and George Nickson (co-founders/artistic directors, enSRQ)

Although Sarasota is home to several performing arts organizations, programming in the Southwest Flo...
Author
Esteban Meneses
Tazewell Thompson -- Photo by Jeffrey Henson Scales

5 Questions to Tazewell Thompson (writer, librettist, director)

As one of the earliest genres of music to emerge from the United States, spirituals were once tools...
Author
Dalanie Harris
Gabriela Ortiz -- Photo by Mara Arteaga

For Composer Gabriela Ortiz, Heritage and Culture are Consistent Throughlines

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Composer Ga...
Author
Vanessa Ague
The Honorable Elizabeth A. Baker -- Courtesy of artist

The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker Challenges Paradigms of Access and Connection

Listen to an audio version of this article (7-minute listen) The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker is a...
Author
Yaz Lancaster
Akropolis Reed Quintet -- Photo by Jason Walker

5 Questions to Akropolis Reed Quintet

This fall, the Detroit-based Akropolis Reed Quintet will enter into its 16th season with all five of...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Kazem Abdullah -- Courtesy of artist

5 Questions to Kazem Abdullah (conductor)

As a conductor who can often be found in the pit of an opera house, many hours of Kazem Abdullah’s l...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Mary Elizabeth Bowden -- Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzucco

5 Questions to Mary Elizabeth Bowden (trumpeter)

The sound of the trumpet has long indicated we’re on the precipice of something – announcements of a...
Author
Connie Li
Reena Esmail -- Photo by Hannah Arista

With Her Syncretic Music, Reena Esmail Invites Listeners to Engage Through Their Own Cultural Lens

Reena Esmail’s sweeping, passionate compositions take elements of Hindustani music, elements o...
Author
Thulasi Seshan
Evan Williams -- Photo by Amurica Photo

5 Questions to Evan Williams (composer, conductor)

Composer Evan Williams often juxtaposes multiple themes and emotions in his works, seamlessly thread...
Author
Ciyadh Wells
Karen Slack -- Photo by Kia Caldwell

Karen Slack’s “African Queens” Project is a Marriage of New Music, History, and Timeless Artistry from Black Composers

Many musicians have a recording that changed their fervor — an album that they studied, trapped in i...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
LaRob K. Raphael -- Photo by Aiden Kranz

5 Questions to LaRob K. Rafael (bass-baritone, arts administrator)

Having masterfully weaved himself into the Black classical music scene, the Chicago-based innovator...
Author
Katie Brown
Kwamé Ryan -- Courtesy of artist

5 Questions to Kwamé Ryan (conductor)

Kwamé Ryan is an internationally awarded conductor and the recently named Music Director Designate o...
Author
Sofía Rocha
Del Sol Quartet -- Photo by AFW Productions

5 Questions to Del Sol Quartet

For three decades, Del Sol Quartet has been committed to the music of our time. But with their Angel...
Author
Christine S. Escobar
Mazz Swift -- Photo by Erika Kapin Photography

The Debut Album from Mazz Swift is a Full Circle Moment, Creatively and Personally

As a child, Mazz Swift would introduce themselves as a violinist – even though they had never touche...
Author
A. Kori Hill
Layale Chaker -- Photo by Anna Rakhvalova

Layale Chaker is “Rooted in Community and Collectivity” on New Albums with Sarafand and ETHEL

Layale Chaker’s music draws from multiple modalities — contemporary classical, Arabic maqam, jazz, a...
Author
Chrysanthe Tan
Arlene and Larry Dunn -- Photo by Tanya Rosen-Jones

5 Questions to Arlene and Larry Dunn about the Fund for Afrodiasporic Music

In a 2023 concert review of the International Contemporary Ensemble featuring composer-performer Dou...
Author
Julia Kuhlman
Patricia Martinez--Photo by Bárbara Scotto

In Remembrance of Patricia Martinez

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. I first encountered the music of Patricia...
Author
Carolina Heredia
Augusta Read Thomas -- Photo by Anthony Barlich

5 Questions to Augusta Read Thomas (composer)

As we approach Augusta Read Thomas’ 60th birthday, my memories of her visit to our undergrad composi...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Zosha Warpeha -- Photo by artist

5 Question to Zosha Warpeha (composer-performer)

Over the past decade, Zosha Warpeha’s work as a composer, performer, and improviser has traversed th...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
Vulva Voce -- Photo by Rec Productions

5 Questions to Vulva Voce

You read that right: Vulva Voce. V.U.L.V.A. Voce. Say it out loud! There are so many fine string qua...
Author
Caroline Potter
Apply Triangle -- Photo by Marisa Tornello

5 Questions to Apply Triangle

Apply Triangle is an electroacoustic trio based in New York comprised of flutist Yoshi Weinberg, cla...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Eve Egoyan -- Photo by David Rokeby

5 Questions to Eve Egoyan (pianist)

As a prominent figure in contemporary classical music, pianist Eve Egoyan has spent the last 30 year...
Author
Forrest Howell
Samatha Rose Williams -- Photo by Shawn F. Blair

5 Questions to Samantha Rose Williams (singer and creative producer, “American Patriots”)

Samantha Rose Williams is the creative producer of American Patriots, a new song-cycle that probes A...
Author
Gemma Peacocke
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