Category
Interview

As composition competitions have come under closer scrutiny for their age biases and even exploitati...
Author
Julia Kuhlman

TAK ensemble has reached a milestone; the 2022-23 season marks their 10th anniversary as one of the...
Author
Kevin Baldwin

Composer-conductor Juan Pablo Contreras is a young artist to watch. His compositions are rooted in M...
Author
Lauren Ishida

Ben LaMar Gay, a composer and cornetist from Chicago’s South Side, sculpts electro-acoustic co...
Author
Jillian DeGroot

Composer, singer and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson is one of the most multitalented musicians on the...
Author
Caroline Potter

Pianist Chelsea Randall is known for her eclectic programming in which she explores the tensions and...
Author
Tristan McKay

Over the past 20 years, Brian Harnetty has worked extensively with sound archives to produce a wide...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski

When John Schaefer started broadcasting his WNYC show New Sounds in 1981, he was just playing music...
Author
Vanessa Ague

Garrett McQueen stays busy. A performer; radio producer and host; lecturer on race, administration,...
Author
A. Kori Hill

Shelley Washington is a self-described composer, performer, collaborator, and educator from Kansas C...
Author
Jennifer Jolley

Listening to the swirling, terraced vocals of Odeya Nini is like having raw human emotion hurled at...
Author
Esteban Meneses

Tús, the debut album by Irish composer Finola Merivale, engages listeners with an experimental langu...
Author
Julia Kuhlman

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. This fall has seen the yearslong struggle...
Author
Yaz Lancaster

On September 22-24, the Pacific Symphony and the endlessly musical and adventurous Sandbox Percussio...
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin

The music of Marti Epstein longs for wide open spaces – which might seem like a strange choice for a...
Author
Clover Nahabedian

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Trevor Weston grew up as a choirboy at Sa...
Author
Yaz Lancaster

Conductor Gil Rose has spent his career championing contemporary music. From founding Boston Modern...
Author
Dalanie Harris

There has been quite a buzz following Raven Chacon since he was awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in M...
Author
Tristan McKay

For composer Carlos Simon, music is a place where communities can come together. “I want people to b...
Author
Vanessa Ague

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. The Tape Machine came to her in a dream:...
Author
Esteban Meneses

Award-winning composer Wang Jie grew up in Shanghai in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. A gifted...
Author
Gemma Peacocke

Guitarist, composer, and arranger JIJI is most known for her striking performances on both the class...
Author
Ciyadh Wells

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. The music of PaviElle French — a soulful...
Author
Esteban Meneses