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Bravo! Vail Festival Blends New Music with the Classics at its Lavish Colorado Rockies Home

It wasn’t until I’d taken the gondola down from Eagle’s Nest, perched 10,350 feet up on Vail Mountai...
Author
Esteban Meneses
Explore Ensemble at Wigmore Hall -- Photo by Matthew Johnson

London’s Explore Ensemble Plugs in at Wigmore Hall for Heady Interplay of Live Instruments and Electronics

No contemporary music ensemble can ignore the impact of electronics and sound diffusion on new music...
Author
Caroline Potter
Ensemble Dal Niente -- Photo by Dan Nichols, Aphorism Studios

Ensemble Dal Niente Celebrates Latin America in Season-Closing Concert

Founded by a group of student composers at Northwestern University, Ensemble Dal Niente is now in it...
Author
Christine S. Escobar
ChamberQUEER presents

With “We Refract” ChamberQUEER Inspires Active Listening and Queer Joy

“Experience the music on your own terms: stand, stretch, laugh, sing, cry — clap whenever you want t...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Nadia Sirota and Mingjia Chen -- Photo by Angel Origgi

inti figgis-vizueta Curates Unbroken Dialogue of Convergent Discoveries at REDCAT

In a concert featuring music by five composers, one would normally expect to hear contrasting styles...
Author
Chrysanthe Tan

Found Sound Nation Presents Socially-Minded Music from Appalachia to Ramallah at MATA 2023

A gently glowing fabric cube radiated a campfire-like comfort from the center of Roulette. People ci...
Author
Lana Norris
eddy kwon at Roulette Intermedium -- Photo by Todd Weinstein

SUN HAN GUILD Shakes Up Roulette with Vibrant, Cathartic Piece by eddy kwon

I shyly took a seat onstage at Roulette, in Brooklyn, on May 19. It was an unusual prospect for an a...
Author
Vanessa Ague
Juliana Huxtable at National Sawdust's

Juliana Huxtable’s Layered Vocals, Spurred by Electronics, Come to Light at Dimmed National Sawdust

Juliana Huxtable is an artist who transcends labels, defined only by her ability to breach and resha...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Art Ensemble of Chicago at Bang on a Can's 2023 Long Play Festival -- Photo by Peter Serling

Looking to Pin Down the Sounds of Today, Bang on a Can Jam-Packs Long Play 2023 with Joyful Experimentation

At Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival, nothing is more exciting than pulling open the door to a new...
Author
Vanessa Ague
Nicole Mitchell -- Photo by Caitlin Ochs for Miller Theatre

With Mechanical Toys and Feverish Improvisation, Nicole Mitchell Invites a Communal Exploration of her Music

Flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell says she isn’t used to hearing an entire program of her work, b...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Andrew Yee -- Screenshot courtesy of Roulette

In Moving Performance at Roulette, Cellist Andrew Yee Ponders Identity and Conflicting Emotions

Andrew Yee took a seat onstage and swept the bow across their cello’s open strings without missing a...
Author
Vanessa Ague
Nonclassical presents The Greenhouse Effect--Photo by Mark Allan/Barbican

London’s Nonclassical Responds to Climate Crisis with Music in Makeshift Green Spaces

London has more green space than many would assume, but its oldest part, now known as the City of Lo...
Author
Caroline Potter
Lyric Fest presents Damien Geter's COTTON -- Photo courtesy of Lyric Fest

Damien Geter’s COTTON Captures John Dowell’s Photography Through Song

Entering the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral on Feb. 25 for the world premiere of COTTON is like wa...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Uniting Voices Chicago -- Photo by Kyle Flubacker

Uniting Voices Chicago Connects to the African Diaspora in Black History Month Concerts

Modern-day traditions such as Black History Month and Juneteenth center the cultural roots of the Af...
Author
Dalanie Harris
Margaret Bonds -- Public domain image via the Library of Congress

Opera Philadelphia Presents “CREDO,” Embracing Composer Margaret Bonds’ Artistic Ideals

In Margaret Bonds’ 1965 cantata CREDO, her creative choices speak to the political, artistic, and sp...
Author
A. Kori Hill
Rhiannon Giddens, Will Liverman, Karen Slack, and Reginald Mobley in Shawn Okpebholo's

From African Diaspora, New Song Cycle by Shawn Okpebholo Takes Flight

Quiet as it’s kept, the banjo is an instrument of the African diaspora. In a performance at the Metr...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Silvana Estrada in

PROTOTYPE 2023 Probes the Dark Corners of Humanity and Imagines a World Beyond Civilization

Content warning: suicide The future of Earth has a lot of people concerned. But what if nature can t...
Author
Lana Norris
Tonality presents

Tonality Explores America’s Healthcare System in “The Right to Heal”

What do we do with a healthcare system that doesn’t prioritize care and frequently strips away...
Author
Jasmine IVANNA Espy
Seth Parker Woods and Roderick George in Difficult Grace--Photo by Bailey Holiver

Seth Parker Woods’ “Difficult Grace” is a Multidisciplinary Exploration of Identity

Through striking multimedia performance, cellist Seth Parker Woods is highlighting the synergistic p...
Author
Dalanie Harris
Decibel and Ruthless Jabiru--© Billie Tün courtesy of Ruthless Jabiru

Deep and Low: Australian Ensembles Meet in London Tunnel Shaft

London has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of quirky venues. On 2 December a pair of Australian ens...
Author
Caroline Potter
Isabel Crespo Pardo--Photo courtesy of Roulette Intermedium

Isabel Crespo Pardo presents 6. at Roulette

The Brooklyn institution Roulette is known as one of New York City’s stalwart experimental music ven...
Author
Lana Norris
LA Opera presents Omar--Photo by Cory Weaver

“Omar” Connects Music of the Muslim and Black Diasporas at LA Opera

Before and during the American Civil War, anti-literacy laws suppressed many of the individual stori...
Author
Dalanie Harris
Sophiyah E., Damon Williams, and Tazeen & Lufuki

Resistance Music is the Evidence of Things Unseen

Music and art have long been vehicles for resistance that are capable of evoking emotional and polit...
Author
Jasmine IVANNA Espy
JACK Quartet--Photo by Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre

Composer Liza Lim Spins Out Strings of Whimsy in Portrait Concert

The history of rope and string is one of composer Liza Lim’s obsessions. It’s a ubiquitous technolog...
Author
Lana Norris
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