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Asking for a Friend: What to do when you’re no longer ‘emerging’?

Welcome to “Asking for a Friend,” a new music advice column where arts administrators Rachel Sokolow...
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Follow Through: Why Living Composers are Key

This article was first published in Chamber Music magazine’s Winter 2023 issue and has been reprinte...
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Vanessa Rose
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Asking for a Friend: Is this Record Deal Shady?

Welcome to “Asking for a Friend,” a new music advice column where arts administrators Rachel Sokolow...
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Asking for a Friend: Selfie Videos & Elusive Second Performances

Welcome to the first installment of “Asking for a Friend,” a new music advice column where arts admi...
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Introducing “Asking for a Friend” — A New Music Advice Column

Hi! This is Rachel and Carol Ann, and welcome to our advice column, “Asking for a Friend”— a forum f...
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Classical Music’s DEIA Pact: Ongoing Actions for Equity and Access

When I was a kid, I thought my sister and I were the only Black people playing violin in Cincinnati,...
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A. Kori Hill
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2012 in Review: Listening

It's that time of year again. Electric companies are excited about the diminishing daylight and the...
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Andrew Lee
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Two Concerts in Boston: Preservationism or Progressivism? (part 2/2)

Sound Icon | Part 2: The Progressivist (read also Part 1: The Preservationist) If Boston Musica Viva...
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Christian Gentry
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Two Concerts in Boston: Preservationism or Progressivism? (part 1 of 2)

Boston Musica Viva | Part 1: The Preservationist Last November, I began this post with the intention...
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Christian Gentry
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Arizona: The Twilight Zone for New Music?

Have you ever watched the “Midnight Sun” episode of the Twilight Zone? It's set in New York City, th...
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Elizabeth Kennedy Bayer
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William Duckworth (1943-2012)

I, like so many will, received the news of William Duckworth's death via Kyle Gann's blog. If you ar...
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Andrew Lee
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Music I’m Buying

Since joining the I Care if You Listen team, I have been privileged to have the opportunity to revie...
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Andrew Lee

A Tribute to Robert Muczynski

Two years ago today composer Robert Muczynski passed away. He left behind a strong output of mostly...
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David Pearson
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Beauty from Ugliness

Discussing aesthetic principles and ideals is always a subjective topic, with the totality of what i...
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Tai Livingston
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Extended Techniques: Resource for New Sounds or Cheap Gimmicks?

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Tai Livingston
David Lang

On artistic solidarity and the globalization of music

Like many readers of this blog, I am on the mailing list for Bang on a Can. A recent email described...
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Rob Wendt

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