Gabrielle Beteag at Cabrillo 2025 -- Photo by r.r. jones
Concert

Cabrillo Festival 2025 Celebrates the Range of Stylistic Personalities in New Music

Adolphus Hailstork, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Cabrillo Festival, Cristian Mǎcelaru, Darian Donovan Thomas, Gabrielle Beteag, Jake Heggie, Jennifer Higdon, Justin Bruns, Lou Harrison, Taylor Mac, Tim McAllister, Tyson Gholston Davis
For 63 years, the Cabrillo Festival has been a bold champion of new music; composers from all stages of the career spectrum have been featured at the festival, which often include premieres alongside…
Corie Rose Soumah -- Photo by Edward Gaona-Lopata
Concert

5 Questions to Corie Rose Soumah (composer)

Corie Rose Soumah, International Contemporary Ensemble, TIME:SPANS
The work of Canadian composer and scholar Corie Rose Soumah is as vast as the natural world. Guided by Afrodiasporic geologies, her physical and visceral music shapes the sounds of what’s in the sky,…
Eric Umble, medium. (gg200bpm and Yaz Lancaster), and Beef Lounge
Feature
New York City’s DIY underground is home to some of the most innovative artists around. Veterans and younger artists alike have risen to local notoriety without academic or institutional support, and h…
Badie Khaleghian -- Photo by Aruna Kharod
Playlist

ListN Up Playlist: Badie Khaleghian (August 7, 2025)

Aaron Pilsan, Badie Khaleghian, Eric Mandat, Hold Your Ears, Kian Soltani, Kurt Stallmann, Liza Stepanova, NobleMotion Dance, Pauline Oliveros, Raven Chacon, Reza Vali, Shanbehzadeh Ensemble, Tong Yan
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (including I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and innova Recordings). Badie Khaleghian, an Iranian-American compose…
Clara Kim -- Photo courtesy of the artist
Album
Bone fragments of each of the twelve Apostles lie in a sealed reliquary at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan. Like the other holy relics housed at the church, they serve as physical reminders of th…
Ingrid Martin -- Photo by Thomas Hamill
Interview

5 Questions to Ingrid Martin (conductor)

Conducting Artistry, Crosswinds Ensemble, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Ingrid Martin, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Before she became a professional conductor, Australian-born Ingrid Martin was a doctor of emergency medicine, and later a teacher. These alternate careers have directly contributed to her advocacy and…
Ashley DuBose -- Photo by Jayme Halbritter
Ashley DuBose — Photo by Jayme Halbritter

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Sivan Cohen Elias -- Photo by Patrick Pelham
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