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Interview
Renowned conductor Kellen Gray has gained recognition for championing the works of Black composers.
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Katie Brown
In a field dominated almost exclusively by men, the ascent as a soloist of British saxophonist Jess...
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Gemma Peacocke
Last month, composer Cassie Wieland released her first album under the artist name Vines. Wieland’s...
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Clover Nahabedian
The online presence of Brandon Patrick George is one of bold colors, virtuosity, and powerful words.
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Stephanie Boyd
From Tanglewood to Interlochen and beyond, summer programs supplement school-year music education by...
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Julia Kuhlman
KiMani Bridges likes to try a little bit of everything when she writes a new work, and she’s confide...
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Vanessa Ague
Awadagin Pratt does not stay still, but he doesn’t rush. Whether as a pianist, as an educator at the...
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A. Kori Hill
“I’m sorry in advance. I hope this provides you with some joy,” Rylan Gleave chuckles into a voice m...
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Chrysanthe Tan
The modern chamber music band Alarm Will Sound is dedicated to exploring new and experimental music...
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Tristan McKay
Ryan Suleiman is a Boston-based composer whose music interacts with the simultaneous awe of engaging...
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Clover Nahabedian
Double bassist Xavier Foley is a decorated performer and composer working at the intersection of cla...
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Forrest Howell
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. For Oswald Huỳnh, composing for orchestra...
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Amanda Cook
This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Composer Ni...
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. “Anything you do is art,” my colleague Xa...
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Amanda Cook
Annika Socolofsky’s new album Don’t Say A Word (out June 23 via New Amsterdam) represents a journey...
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Clover Nahabedian
Through the late 90s and early aughts, composer Sokio wrote several operas in quick succession. But...
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Julia Kuhlman
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. José Halac is seemingly full of contradic...
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Amanda Cook
In the early 2000s, several American composers came to define a style of post-Minimalism that defies...
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Esteban Meneses
Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir creates music with immersive and dreamlike qualities. In orc...
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Tristan McKay
Award-winning composer and pianist Courtney Bryan is one of the most sought-after musicians of our t...
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Ciyadh Wells
I first heard music by Ahmed Alabaca at the premiere of their Ode to Liberty, a 10-minute tone poem...
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Esteban Meneses
This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Dai Wei was...
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Chrysanthe Tan
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. “Nobody needs me,” composer Alex Shapiro...
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Amanda Cook
