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Carlos Simon’s “Good News Mass” Takes Audiences to Church in Captivating LA Premiere

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has been aptly lauded for their commitment to innovation in classical m...
Author
Katie Brown
Jennifer Koh and Weston Sprott

5 Questions to Jennifer Koh and Weston Sprott (Sounds of US Festival)

It is rare to encounter someone as memorable as violinist Jennifer Koh. I met her briefly one summer...
Author
Forrest Howell
Nathalie Joachim and Seth Parker Woods with the New York Philharmonic -- Photo by Chris Lee

Nathalie Joachim’s Cello Concerto Premiere Reminds That Programming Black Artists Should Be Year Long

In the Oct. 18 pre-concert talk on Afromodernism and music of the African diaspora at David Geffen H...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Karen Slack -- Photo by Kia Caldwell

Karen Slack’s “African Queens” Project is a Marriage of New Music, History, and Timeless Artistry from Black Composers

Many musicians have a recording that changed their fervor — an album that they studied, trapped in i...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
The Sphinx Virtuosi -- Photo by Scott Jackson

Sphinx Virtuosi Release Powerful, Celebratory Debut with ‘Songs of Our Times’

Released July 28 on Deutsche Grammophon, the Sphinx Virtuosi’s Songs for Our Times is sprawling, con...
Author
Sofía Rocha
Carlos Simon--Photo by Terrance Ragland

Carlos Simon Sparks Conversations About Social Justice Through Music

For composer Carlos Simon, music is a place where communities can come together. “I want people to b...
Author
Vanessa Ague
Melissa Ngan--Photo by Karjaka Studios

5 Questions to Melissa Ngan (President and CEO, American Composers Orchestra)

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) is about to emerge from the pandemic with verve and vision. Not o...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
The Blackbox Ensemble--Photo by Toby Winarto

BlackBox Ensemble Presents “Elegy,” Reflecting on Loss and Mourning

With over 300,000 deaths related to COVID-19 in the United States, this is more fitting a time than...
Author
Esteban Meneses
Krishna Thiagarajan--Photo by Brandon Patoc

5 Questions to Krishna Thiagarajan (President & CEO, Seattle Symphony)

It’s a feel-good situation: Krishna Thiagarajan, President and CEO of the Seattle Symphony, has foun...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Katie Brown and Dalanie Harris of Classically Black Podcast--Photo by Richard Desinord

ListN Up: Classically Black Podcast (September 11, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing...
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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...
Author
Elizabeth A. Baker
Composer Suzanne Farrin

This week: live streamed concerts (May 25, 2020 – May 31, 2020)

Virtual Commissions: Brandon Stirling Baker | Works & Process Every Sunday and Monday, Works &am...
Author
Sam Reising
Yuga Cohler

5 Questions to Yuga Cohler (Conductor, Asia/America New Music Institute)

Yuga Cohler has garnered attention as a conductor for brilliant performances and an organizer of hig...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
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This week: concerts in New York (May 22, 2017 – May 28, 2017)

Maithuna: Portrait of Mario Lavista In collaboration with the Centro de Experimentación del Teatro C...
Author
Sam Reising

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