Category
Concert
Attending the Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M3) festival felt akin to sitting down at a warm dinn...
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Vanessa Ague
“Experimentalism” can mean different things; it doesn’t have many rules, except that tradition must...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Detroit’s annual new music celebration Strange Beautiful Music is back this week for its 16th year o...
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Tristan McKay
As the new artistic director of the International Contemporary Ensemble, George Lewis aspires for th...
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Jennifer Jolley
I’m in the center of a dome. Fragmented vocalizations pop from somewhere in the space — it’s hard to...
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Lana Norris
It wasn’t until I’d taken the gondola down from Eagle’s Nest, perched 10,350 feet up on Vail Mountai...
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Esteban Meneses
No contemporary music ensemble can ignore the impact of electronics and sound diffusion on new music...
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Caroline Potter
Founded by a group of student composers at Northwestern University, Ensemble Dal Niente is now in it...
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Christine S. Escobar
“Experience the music on your own terms: stand, stretch, laugh, sing, cry — clap whenever you want t...
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Donna Lee Davidson
In a concert featuring music by five composers, one would normally expect to hear contrasting styles...
Author
Chrysanthe Tan
A gently glowing fabric cube radiated a campfire-like comfort from the center of Roulette. People ci...
Author
Lana Norris
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 is an artist who transcends labels, defined only by her ability to breach and resha...
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Donna Lee Davidson
At Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival, nothing is more exciting than pulling open the door to a new...
Author
Vanessa Ague
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 took a seat onstage and swept the bow across their cello’s open strings without missing a...
Author
Vanessa Ague
London has more green space than many would assume, but its oldest part, now known as the City of Lo...
Author
Caroline Potter
Entering the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral on Feb. 25 for the world premiere of COTTON is like wa...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Modern-day traditions such as Black History Month and Juneteenth center the cultural roots of the Af...
Author
Dalanie Harris
In Margaret Bonds’ 1965 cantata CREDO, her creative choices speak to the political, artistic, and sp...
Author
A. Kori Hill
Quiet as it’s kept, the banjo is an instrument of the African diaspora. In a performance at the Metr...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Content warning: suicide The future of Earth has a lot of people concerned. But what if nature can t...
Author
Lana Norris
What do we do with a healthcare system that doesn’t prioritize care and frequently strips away...
Author
Jasmine IVANNA Espy
