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Essay

As an artist, your digital presence is both a practical marketing tool and an opportunity for storyt...
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Amanda Cook

I’ve spent years on both sides of the camera. As a musician, I know what it feels like to stand in f...
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Titilayo Monique Ayangade

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and NewMusicBox are excited to join forces for the first time to launch “Money...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Last year, a seasoned performer-composer called to ask for my advice: though she had secured her fir...
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Jennifer Kessler

I was asked recently to share stories about my experiences commissioning new music in the hope that...
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Justus Schlichting

Last month, I spent a week in Berlin. There was a happening – a very Black gathering that pulled par...
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deVon Russell Gray

Music doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it is a product of its time. Compositions are microcosms of the wor...
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Shruthi Rajasekar

How artists approach digital content is a sprawling, deeply complicated question. While some key top...
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Andrew Ousley

Some words from Carolina Heredia, ACF Director of Programs: The abrupt announcement by MakeMusic to...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

For many musicians, it can be intimidating to figure out how to use digital platforms in ways that b...
Co-Author
Christina Jensen, Maya Cassady

In discussions of art music, it’s impossible to escape talking about “the canon” and how it colors o...
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Kathleen McGowan

The music world is changing. AI is here, and it’s powerful. With the rapid evolution of AI mus...
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Christopher Wieduwilt

I didn’t notice that my hands were shaking. Other people, mainly my fellow graduate students studyin...
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Brianna Matzke

At the drama school in London where I was a student from ages 11 to 15, there was an abundance of un...
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Jessica Bailey

In her Centenary Year, the Efforts to Preserve Julia Perry’s Legacy Reveal Issues that Persist Today
From Manchester, England to New York City, performers, scholars, and music lovers gathered through t...
Co-Author
Samantha Ege, Garrett Schumann

For better or worse, video content has become the number one way to satisfy algorithms and encourage...
Author
Vivian Fung

For decades, American orchestras have struggled to increase the number of Black musicians on their r...
Author
Katie Brown

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res...
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Phong Tran

There are views you don’t forget: that first, perfect glimpse to the other side of a mountain pass;...
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Juhi Bansal

In the ever-evolving music industry, artists frequently find themselves at the crossroads of traditi...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res...
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Sarah Williams

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res...
Author
Austin Wulliman

Classical musicians in the 21st century are expected to continually adapt to the latest cultural and...
Co-Author
Katie Brown, Dalanie Harris