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Sarah Bob

5 Questions to Sarah Bob (pianist) about New Gallery Concert Series

New Gallery Concert Series (NewGal) was about to celebrate its 20th anniversary when the pandemic hi...
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Han Chen--Photo by Zhenwei Liu

5 Questions to Han Chen about Migration Music

When pianist Han Chen moved from Taiwan to the United States, it didn’t take long for him to become...
Author
Julia Kuhlman
Rhiannon Giddens (Photo by Ebru Yildiz) and Michael Abels (Photo by Eric Schwabel)

5 Questions to Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels about Omar

As a founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and through her current career as a singer-song...
Author
A. Kori Hill
Julie Herndon--Photo by Bonnie Rae Mills

Julie Herndon Thrives Between Art and a Technological Place

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists require substantial support. Beca...
Author
Jasmine IVANNA Espy
OHYUNG--Photo by Jess X. Snow

On imagine naked!, OHYUNG Finds the Emotional Core of Ambient Music

OHYUNG used to think ambient music was pretentious. The open-endedness and ability to retrofit seemi...
Author
Chrysanthe Tan
Adam Buffington

5 Questions to Adam Buffington about Mumbling Eye

Iceland is well known for its iconic experimental music scene. Most music enthusiasts likely know ma...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
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5 Questions to Raquel Acevedo Klein (conductor, vocalist, composer, instrumentalist)

Raquel Acevedo Klein is a conductor, vocalist, producer, curator, illustrator, and composer based in...
Author
Gemma Peacocke
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5 Questions to Theresa Wong (composer, cellist, vocalist)

The music of composer, cellist, and vocalist Theresa Wong bridges the disciplines of classical music...
Author
Lauren Ishida
Tehillah Alphonso--Photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to Tehillah Alphonso (vocalist, arranger)

Vocalist and arranger Tehillah Alphonso has forged a multifaceted career by working on several films...
Author
Dalanie Harris
Orlando Jacinto García--Photo courtesy Florida International University

5 Questions to Orlando Jacinto García (composer)

Orlando Jacinto García is a prolific composer whose works range from concert works with and without...
Author
Jennifer Jolley
Colin Alexander--Photo by Emma Werner

5 Questions to Colin Alexander (founder, October House Records)

Recorded music has never been more accessible. Streaming services such as Spotify and YouTube are at...
Author
Nebal Maysaud
Verdant Vibes--Photo by James Lastowski

5 Questions to Verdant Vibes (new music collective and concert series)

Over the past few years, Verdant Vibes has been bringing eclectic, innovative concerts to the commun...
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Ensemble Decipher--Photo by Sophia Sagaradze

5 Questions to Ensemble Decipher

Founded in 2017 by Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Ensemble Decipher (Nourbakhsh, Joseph Bohigian, Robert Cosgr...
Author
Kevin Baldwin
Alexa Dexa--Photo by Alexa Dexa

Alexa Dexa Dreams of Transformative and Accessible Spaces

An adventurous electroacoustic composer, facilitator of sound-based meditation, and radical queer dr...
Author
Yaz Lancaster
Davu Seru--Photo courtesy of the artist

Davu Seru Creates Outside of the Confines of the Known World

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. As children, we are curious about our rea...
Author
Jasmine IVANNA Espy
Laura Ortman--Photo by Marne Lucas

5 Questions to Laura Ortman (musician, composer)

Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache) is a musician and composer whose work walks the line between li...
Author
Clover Nahabedian
Brian Raphael Nabors--Photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to Brian Raphael Nabors (composer)

Brian Raphael Nabors is a composer of enormous gifts and accomplishment. A 2020 Fulbright Scholarshi...
Author
Bill Doggett
Shruti Kumar-- Photo by Anna Azarov Photography

5 Questions to Shruti Kumar (composer, producer)

Shruti Kumar is a genre- and scene-crossing composer and producer based out of Los Angeles. Beginnin...
Author
Sofía Rocha
Jose Solís--Photo by Joseph Hernandez

5 Questions to Jose Solís (culture critic)

Jose Solís is a Honduran-born culture critic, writer, podcast creator, and mentor who has been satur...
Author
Yaz Lancaster
BUTI Director Hilary Respass--Photo by Stratton McCrady

5 Questions to Hilary Respass (Director, Boston University Tanglewood Institute)

The pandemic has forced many organizations into discovering innovative and entirely new ways to reac...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Rene Orth--Photo by Andrew Bogard

5 Questions to Rene Orth (composer) about TakTakShoo

TakTakShoo, by composer Rene Orth and librettist Kanika Ambrose, challenges the conventions of tradi...
Author
Lauren Ishida
Shawn Okpebholo--Photo by Greg Halvorsen Schreck

5 Questions to Shawn Okpebholo (composer)

Shawn Okpebholo is a widely sought after award-winning composer who has been described by composer A...
Author
Bill Doggett
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JJJJJerome Ellis Reframes Disability as a Means for Creation in “The Clearing”

For artist, writer and composer JJJJJerome Ellis, his name poses a challenge; not a challenge of ide...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Ting Luo, Founder of New Arts Collaboration

5 Questions to Ting Luo (Founder, New Arts Collaboration)

New Arts Collaboration (NAC), founded by pianist Ting Luo, is dedicated to bringing artists together...
Author
Tristan McKay
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