Concert “We Have Gone As Far As We Can Together” Combines Opera and Ritual for a Cathartic Experience 6 Nov 0
Announcement 2021 McKnight Composer Fellows and McKnight Visiting Composers Announced American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s McKnight Fellowships for Composers and McKnight Visiting.. 15 Jul 0
Essay The Doppelgänger Within: How Depression Hides in the Creative Process “Grief is despair in proportion to circumstance. Depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.” These words from Andrew Solomon’s.. 14 Jul 5
Interview M. Lamar on Defining Negrogothic and the Liberated Black Man This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. M. Lamar embodies a gorgeous Afro Gothic aesthetic that glows Black. His.. 13 Jul 2
Playlist ListN Up: Arooj Aftab (July 9, 2021) ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contemporary artists by showcasing the diverse.. 9 Jul 0
Album Techno-Noir Opera “Looking at You” Mines Privacy in the Digital World If you have ever been the victim of credit card fraud or been lured into a dating app subscription, or.. 8 Jul 0
Essay Sonic Liberation Front: Palestine’s Underground Music Experimentalists are Resisting Erasure The sound of liberation is a battle with silence. It is a mad mashup of noise, nostalgic ballads, and clashing.. 7 Jul 0
Concert Experimental, Amplified Voices Draw Live Audiences Back to Café Oto London concert life is slowly reopening to limited audiences, and it was a particular pleasure to learn that one of.. 6 Jul 0
Interview 5 Questions to Sultana Isham (composer, violinist, ethnomusicologist) In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, nearly 200 confederate monuments have been removed in the US as part of.. 1 Jul 0
Essay The Establishment of Genderqueer Sound Culture (Casting Light #2) “Casting Light” is a 10-part series that explores the often invisible inequities in contemporary arts spaces. Commissioned by ACF and I.. 30 Jun 0
Interview 5 Questions to Gillian Friedman Fox (Executive Director, Newport Music Festival) Since its founding in 1969, the Newport Music Festival has presented over 2,000 concerts at Rhode Island’s historic mansions, built.. 29 Jun 0
Nathalie Joachim’s Cello Concerto Premiere Reminds That Programming Black Artists Should Be Year Long 2
George Lewis Has Spent His Career Creating Space for Black Musicians -- His New Opera is No Exception 5