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What Does the 19th Amendment Mean to You? (Part 1)

This day, August 18, 2020, marks 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment–a mome...
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How the Summer Music Festival Changed in 2020, and What’s Next

“Experiencing music is lonely now.” “Nobody is hiring.” “It’s completely devastating to everyo...
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Liz Przybylski
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

Embracing a Transformative Pedagogy: Music Departments and White Supremacy

The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Ahmaud Arbery have galvanized protests...
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Dave Molk
The Great Black Music Ensemble--Photo by Elizabeth A. Baker

Out of Context #7: Owning the Language of our Oppressors

“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation as it inters...
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Elizabeth A. Baker
Photo by DJ Johnson on Unsplash

Out of Context #6: The Whitewashing of Prince

“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation as it inters...
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Aisha Staggers
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Out of Context #5: Appreciation vs. Appropriation of Cultural Musical Objects

“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation as it inters...
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Anthony Tan
Photo by Humphrey Muleba on Unsplash

Out of Context #4: The Muddy Ownership of Dreadlocks

“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation...
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Chevall Pryce
Mary Kouyoumdjian--Photo by Caroline Tompkins

I’m a Composer, and I Am Choosing Not to Create Original Art Right Now

This feeling? The one I’ve felt since my birthday on March 16th—the day when New York City’s Mayor d...
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Mary Kouyoumdjian
Lara Downes practices at home in California--Photo courtesy of the artist

The Day the Music Stopped: Standing Still Together

It was a Thursday, the day the music stopped. For us musicians, the emails and phone calls started a...
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Lara Downes
Photo by Maxim Abramov on Unsplash

Excluding Beethoven: Western Art Music’s Identity Crisis

Imagine a Western art music canon that doesn’t include Beethoven simply because he is a white man. T...
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Dave Molk
Photo by Adrian Dascal on Unsplash

Out of Context #3: Finding Tradition in New Music

“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation...
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inti figgis-vizueta
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Let’s Get Digital: A Quick Start Guide to Live Streaming

We are about a week into the COVID-19 shut downs that have affected almost every arts organization,...
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Adam Schumaker
Photo by Changbok Ko on Unsplash

“Pivot to Video:” Shifting Your Classroom to Online Instruction

Half a decade ago, “pivot to video” first became a buzzphrase and then, among those in media, a bitt...
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Nick Stevens
Photo by Yiran Ding on Unsplash

Out of Context #2: Modern Development of Non-Western Music

“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation...
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Hon Ki Cheung
Photo by Aman Upadhyay on Unsplash

Out of Context #1: Diversifying Programming with Integrity

“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation...
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Shruthi Rajasekar
Paul David Flood

New Voices Essay Contest Third Place Winner: Paul David Flood

Last year, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN partnered with 21CM to hold the second annual “New Voices” essay con...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Sierra Wojtczack

New Voices Essay Contest Second Place Winner: Sierra Wojtczack

Last year, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN partnered with 21CM to hold the second annual “New Voices” essay con...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
John Carroll

New Voices Essay Contest First Place Winner: John Carroll

Last year, CARE IF YOU LISTEN partnered with 21CM to hold the second annual “New Voices” essay conte...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
New Voices Essay Contest 2019

Announcing the Winners of the 2019 “New Voices” Essay Contest

This year, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN again collaborated with 21CM to launch the second iteration of the “...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
John Schaefer--Photo by Marco Antonio

Humanity is Not an Algorithm: What We Lose with WNYC’s Cancellation of New Sounds

Late last week, the news broke that WNYC, New York City’s flagship NPR station, was cancelling all o...
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Katy Henriksen
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Where Are the Operas About People Like Me? Imagining a Trans-Inclusive New Music World

Last June, I participated in a panel called “New Voices: Composers of Today” at the Leag...
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Alex Temple
Cowboy hat--Photo by Clint McKoy on Unsplash

What Classical Music Can Learn From “Old Town Road:” Cultural Appropriation vs Memefication

Coming from the classical music and opera world, I can’t say very often that a popular hit has smash...
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Meg Huskin
We Cannot Leave--Photo by Sammy Sohn

Art for Art’s Sake: Steps to Prevent Tone Deaf Social Justice Concerts

A child dies locked in a detention center. Another black man is killed by police. A family mourns th...
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Alexander Lloyd Blake
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Transphobia Takes Center Stage in New York City Opera’s Stonewall

The original version of this article was published on June 25, 2019 on Brin Solomon’s blog wit...
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brin solomon
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