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JOJO ABOT and esperanza spalding Immerse Audiences in A GOD OF HER OWN MAKING

Most times, concerts are presented as something to be observed. Rarely are they as immersive as JOJO...
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Donna Lee Davidson
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New Works by Lesley Mok and Chris Williams Explore the Individual vs. the Collective

Sound artist and composer Fay Victor’s powerful voice cut through the din of chatter at Joe’s Pub, m...
Author
Vanessa Ague
New Music Detroit's Strange Beautiful Music--Photo by Karl Otto

Detroit Awash in Light and Variety at Strange Beautiful Music 2022

New Music Detroit’s multi-day new music marathon Strange Beautiful Music celebrated its 15th anniver...
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Tristan McKay
Julia Dawson in 'Obscura Nox'--Courtesy of Opera Philadelphia

Opera Philadelphia Festival O22: Operatic Films Take Center Stage

Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O22, running from September 21 to October 2, offers a diverse and exci...
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Lauren Ishida
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“Castor and Patience” Examines the History of Black Land Ownership in the U.S.

What does it mean to experience history as something that isn’t in the past? In Castor and Patience,...
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Amanda Cook
Rose Hegele (Photo by Brandon Vick) and Sarah Cahill (Photo by Christine Alicino)

Rose Hegele and Sarah Cahill Double Bill at the Center for New Music

As the world eases back into participating in live music, we regain the chance to discover hidden mu...
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Tracy Monaghan
The Blue Woman--Photo by Camilla Greenwell

“The Blue Woman” Empathetically Centers the Stories of Sexual Assault Survivors

Content warning: sexual assault How should opera deal with sensitive subject matter? Recently, the R...
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Caroline Potter
Megan Graves as Rumer, Alicia Russell Tagert as Morgan, Victoria Ellington as Nyomi, and Lauren McAllister as Vesta in Cincinnati Opera’s 2022 production of Fierce--Photo by Philip Groshong

Cincinnati Opera Stages Vibrant and Heartfelt New Opera, “Fierce”

There’s a common lament amongst animation heads: animation is a medium, not a genre. In some ways, o...
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A. Kori Hill
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“Ensemble Connect Up Close” Creates an Immersive Audience Experience

Carnegie Hall isn’t just piano prodigies and Lenny Bruce. Over the years, Carnegie has continued to...
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Lana Norris
Sae Hashimoto, David Watson, Ikue Mori, and Charmaine Lee--Still from video livestream courtesy of Roulette Intermedium

Ikue Mori’s “Tracing the Magic” Highlights Invigorating Textures

A drum set, a few woodwind instruments, a piano, a couple of bagpipes, and electronics waited onstag...
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Vanessa Ague
Denali Foxx and Angeria Paris VanMichaels will host Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles' Sweet Home Chicago

Lakeside Pride’s Sweet Home Chicago “Yassifies” Concert Band Music

In early spring of 2020, another new term was popularized via social media – “yassification.” By the...
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Yaz Lancaster
Joel Ross--Photo courtesy of the artist

Joel Ross Celebrates “The Parable of the Poet” Release at The Jazz Gallery

From the very first note dropped by Joel Ross’ mallet at The Jazz Gallery on May 14, 2022, the audie...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Darius Jones--Photo by Steven Pisano

MATA 2022 Mounts Experimental and Socially-Engaged Works

When spring arrives in New York City, so does the MATA festival. Each year, Music at the Anthology (...
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Lana Norris
Curtis Bannister and Flora Hawk in the Chicago Opera Theatre production of Errollyn Wallen's

In Quamino’s Map, Errollyn Wallen Illuminates Forgotten American-British History

Loosely inspired by S.I. Martin’s 1997 novel “Incomparable World,” Errollyn Wallen’s new opera Quami...
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Jillian DeGroot
JACK Quartet--Photo by Joan Jastrebski

JACK Quartet Premieres Three New Works at Merkin Hall

JACK Quartet left the audience awestruck by the complexity, layers, and ideas of truly innovative mu...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Elle Reid and Pekka Kuusisto--Photos courtesy of the LA Phil

Ellen Reid and Pekka Kuusisto Curate “Transfixing” Program for LA Phil

I saw a tweet the other day that sparked familiar discourse about the merits and perils of amplifyin...
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Chrysanthe Tan
Seattle Modern Orchestra with Darius Jones--Photo by Shaya Bendix Lyon

Seattle Modern Orchestra Welcomes Darius Jones for Residency

Since 2010, the Seattle Modern Orchestra (SMO) has been bringing contemporary repertoire to the Paci...
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Dalanie Harris
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Harvard’s Eileen Southern Initiative Celebrates Music of Black Americans

On April 7-9, 2022, the Eileen Southern Initiative and Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute hosted a weeken...
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Clover Nahabedian

Counterpoints is an Enchanting Meditation on Place and Meaning

Every single day as we move through the world, we use our senses to identify places and navigate amo...
Author
Tristan McKay
Guro Skumsnes Moe’s Resonant Silence--Photo by Thor Brødreskift/Borealis

Borealis 2022 Contemplates Space, Place, and Time

Our concept of time over the past couple of years has become a bit amorphous – moments expanding and...
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Amanda Cook
Huang Ruo's Book of Mountains and Seas--Photo by Teddy Wolff

Huang Ruo’s Book of Mountains and Seas is Elegant, Sensual Storytelling

As with his opera An American Soldier or the quasi-improvisational test of boundaries in Resonant Th...
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Lana Norris
Bird's Eye (Lesly Mok, David Leon, and DoYeon Kim)--Photo by Glenn Cornett for Spectrum

Spectrum Reopens at The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) sits on the Red Hook waterfront under the Statue of...
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Lana Norris
Tangram--Photo by Mike Skelton

Tangram Celebrates the Lunar New Year at LSO St Luke’s

This week marks the Lunar New Year of the Tiger, and Tangram, a collective of musicians of Chinese h...
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Caroline Potter
Opera Orlando presents The Secret River--Photo by Bearded Lens

The Secret River: Opera Orlando Writes a Love Letter to Central Florida

When Calpurnia asks Mother Albirtha, the village sage in the Central Florida backwoods where The Sec...
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Esteban Meneses
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