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Interview
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...
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Yaz Lancaster
Although Sarasota is home to several performing arts organizations, programming in the Southwest Flo...
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Esteban Meneses
As one of the earliest genres of music to emerge from the United States, spirituals were once tools...
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Dalanie Harris
This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Composer Ga...
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Vanessa Ague
Listen to an audio version of this article (7-minute listen) The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker is a...
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Yaz Lancaster
This fall, the Detroit-based Akropolis Reed Quintet will enter into its 16th season with all five of...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
As a conductor who can often be found in the pit of an opera house, many hours of Kazem Abdullah’s l...
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Stephanie Boyd
The sound of the trumpet has long indicated we’re on the precipice of something – announcements of a...
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Connie Li
Reena Esmail’s sweeping, passionate compositions take elements of Hindustani music, elements o...
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Thulasi Seshan
Composer Evan Williams often juxtaposes multiple themes and emotions in his works, seamlessly thread...
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Ciyadh Wells
Many musicians have a recording that changed their fervor — an album that they studied, trapped in i...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Having masterfully weaved himself into the Black classical music scene, the Chicago-based innovator...
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Katie Brown
Kwamé Ryan is an internationally awarded conductor and the recently named Music Director Designate o...
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Sofía Rocha
For three decades, Del Sol Quartet has been committed to the music of our time. But with their Angel...
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Christine S. Escobar
As a child, Mazz Swift would introduce themselves as a violinist – even though they had never touche...
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A. Kori Hill
Layale Chaker’s music draws from multiple modalities — contemporary classical, Arabic maqam, jazz, a...
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Chrysanthe Tan
In a 2023 concert review of the International Contemporary Ensemble featuring composer-performer Dou...
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Julia Kuhlman
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. I first encountered the music of Patricia...
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Carolina Heredia
As we approach Augusta Read Thomas’ 60th birthday, my memories of her visit to our undergrad composi...
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Stephanie Boyd
Over the past decade, Zosha Warpeha’s work as a composer, performer, and improviser has traversed th...
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Jacob Kopcienski
You read that right: Vulva Voce. V.U.L.V.A. Voce. Say it out loud! There are so many fine string qua...
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Caroline Potter
Apply Triangle is an electroacoustic trio based in New York comprised of flutist Yoshi Weinberg, cla...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
As a prominent figure in contemporary classical music, pianist Eve Egoyan has spent the last 30 year...
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Forrest Howell
