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Angel Bat Dawid -- Photo by Daria Miasoedova

For Angel Bat Dawid, Music is Community, Protection, and Staying True to Herself

“An angel isn’t necessarily a mythical being: it’s someone who’s bringing a message, and...
Author
Christine S. Escobar
George Lewis -- Photo by Maurice Weiss

George Lewis Has Spent His Career Creating Space for Black Musicians — His New Opera is No Exception

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. George Lewi...
Author
Yaz Lancaster
Courtney Bryan -- Photo by Taylor Hunter

5 Questions to Courtney Bryan (composer, pianist)

Award-winning composer and pianist Courtney Bryan is one of the most sought-after musicians of our t...
Author
Ciyadh Wells
Artifacts Trio...and then there's this

Artifacts Trio Builds a Bridge to the Unknown on “…and then there’s this”

The provocative title of the latest album from Artifacts Trio, …and then there’s this, suggest...
Author
Dalanie Harris
AACM's Great Black Music Ensemble--Photo courtesy of the AACM

ACF Announces Compositions Celebrating the AACM’s 55th Anniversary

American Composers Forum (ACF) is thrilled to announce the premieres of music commissioned through i...
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George Lewis’ The Recombinant Trilogy Reimagines the Boundaries of Experimental Music

A renowned member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) since 1971, le...
Author
Jillian DeGroot
Tyshawn Sorey--Photo by John Rogers

5 Questions to Tyshawn Sorey (composer, multi-instrumentalist)

Tyshawn Sorey is an acclaimed composer and multi-instrumentalist from Newark, New Jersey. A virtuosi...
Author
Gemma Peacocke
David Sanford Black Noise

David Sanford and BMOP’s Black Noise Resonates with History

In relation to music, noise occupies a particularly complex position in the history of African Ameri...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
International Contemporary Ensemble

Jubilant Performances by ICE and Friends at Mostly Mozart’s Grand Pianola Music

Each summer, the Lincoln Center hosts the Mostly Mozart Festival, “a celebration of Mozart’s c...
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Jacob Kopcienski
Nick Dunston--Photo by Zosha Warpeha

Turning Up the Volume: Nick Dunston (Bassist, Composer)

Turning Up the Volume is a collection of interviews that focuses on the individual stories of up and...
Author
Jessica Griggs
Vijay Iyer

5 Questions to Vijay Iyer (2017 Ojai Festival Music Director)

Composer, pianist, and educator Vijay Iyer is Music Director of the 71st Ojai Music Festival, June 8...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Nicole Mitchell--Photo by Lauren Deutsch

5 Questions to Nicole Mitchell (composer, flutist)

Composer, flutist, bandleader, and educator Nicole Mitchell is a Professor of Music in the Integrate...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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George Lewis premieres “Afterword” at Roulette

“Black folks do not issue ultimatums to white folks in Mississippi … we had to get out!” rang tenor...
Author
Lana Norris
George Lewis

5 Questions to George Lewis (composer, improvisor, trombonist)

Composer and historian George Lewis is the Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music at Columbia Uni...
Author
Lana Norris
Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, and George Lewis-- Photo by R.I. Sutherland-Cohen

AACM Celebrates 50th Anniversary at Bohemian National Hall

The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) has produced some of America’s best...
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Lana Norris
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5 Questions to Renée Baker (composer, conductor)

Composer and conductor Renée Baker is a dynamic force in the creative music scene in Chicago. She ha...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn

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