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Jennifer Higdon

The Merian Ensemble -- Photo by CatMax Photography

The Merian Ensemble Share Compelling Artistry and Programming on “The Book of Spells”

Since 2018, The Merian Ensemble has garnered accolades in Atlanta for evocative thematic programming...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
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Bravo! Vail Festival Blends New Music with the Classics at its Lavish Colorado Rockies Home

It wasn’t until I’d taken the gondola down from Eagle’s Nest, perched 10,350 feet up on Vail Mountai...
Author
Esteban Meneses
Apollo Chamber Players Moonstrike

On Moonstrike, Apollo Chamber Players Blend Folk and Contemporary Influences

Crafting an album that is juxtaposed with whimsey and contemplation while considering the moon is no...
Author
Ciyadh Wells
Jennifer Higdon (photo by A. Bogard)

5 Questions to Jennifer Higdon about “Duo Duel”

Jennifer Higdon has just added a new concerto to her catalog — Duo Duel, for two percussionists and...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Tyshawn Sorey (photo: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

This week: concerts in New York (March 9, 2020 – March 15, 2020)

Aaron Burnett and Tyshawn Sorey: Digitized Dimensions Roulette presents the second residency perform...
Author
Sam Reising
Jessie Montgomery--Photo by Jiyang Chen

This week: concerts in New York (January 20, 2020 – January 26, 2020)

The Music of Sir Karl Jenkins | DCINY DCINY presents the 20th Anniversary of The Armed Man, A Mass f...
Author
Sam Reising
Erin Busch--Photo by Matthew Genders

5 Questions to Erin Busch (Founder and Artistic Director, Young Women Composers Camp)

Leia Sofia Mendez, a 2018 alumna of the Young Women Composers Camp (YWCC), remarked that the camp, “...
Author
Megan Ihnen
Yolanda Kondonassis--Photo by Laura Watilo Blake

5 Questions to Yolanda Kondonassis (harpist)

Yolanda Kondonassis is on a mission to help bring the harp front and center in new music. During her...
Author
Jay Derderian
Carlos Izcaray--Photo by Jenna Peffley

5 Questions to Carlos Izcaray (conductor, composer)

Carlos Izcaray is a Venezuelan-born conductor, cellist and composer. He is an advocate for new music...
Author
Natalie Calma
Chicago Sinfonietta Project W

Chicago Sinfonietta’s Project W Highlights Women Composers

Project W is an initiative by the Chicago Sinfonietta to help highlight and promote “contempor...
Author
Jarrett Goodchild
American Rapture

American Rapture: RPO Showcases Three Generations of American Contemporary Music

American Rapture, the new release on the hitherto unknown to me Azica label, features Samuel Barber&...
Author
Don Clark
Anthony Braxton

This week: concerts in New York (June 10, 2019 – June 16, 2019)

Face the Music: Critical Mass with Claire Chase & Tri-Centric Foundation Face the Music joins fo...
Author
Sam Reising
Daniela Candillari--Photo by Damjan Švarc

5 Questions to Daniela Candillari (conductor)

Daniela Candillari is a conductor, composer, and pianist whose recent calendar is chock-full with op...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Dianne Berkun Menaker and Brooklyn Youth Chorus present Silent Voices

This week: concerts in New York (November 5, 2018 – November 11, 2018)

Brooklyn Youth Chorus Album Release – Silent Voices The Brooklyn Youth Chorus celebrates the release...
Author
Sam Reising
Eric Lemmon

This week: concerts in New York (September 3, 2018 – September 9, 2018)

The Impossible Will Take a Little While Highline Chamber Ensemble and composer Eric Lemmon will pres...
Author
Sam Reising
Dolce Suono American Canvas

Dolce Suono Trio’s American Canvas: A “Neo-Romantic Snapshot”

I, constantly, must remind myself that when I first heard contemporary music, it was not a headlong...
Author
James May
Contemporaneous MATA

MATA Festival 2018 Concludes with Contemporaneous: Stop Motion

“What was once a failure or challenge is now commonplace…over the past twenty years, we have embrace...
Author
Clare Monfredo
Ashley Windle

5 Questions to Ashley Windle (Artistic Director, Fair Trade Trio)

The Fair Trade Trio—Ashley Windle (violin), Hannah Levinson (viola), and Jeanette Stenson (cel...
Author
Lana Norris
Kronos Quartet (photo: Jay Blakesberg)

This week: concerts in New York (February 5, 2018 – February 11, 2018)

Kronos Quartet & Face the Music | Ecstatic Music Festival The Kronos Quartet joins NYC’s youth n...
Author
Sam Reising
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60th Annual GRAMMY Awards (New Music) Winners

Let’s take a look at the classical music winners from the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards, and specificall...
Author
Amanda Cook
Third Sound ensemble in Plaza de San Francisco, in Havana, Cuba

New York-based Third Sound ensemble debuts in Old Havana

When American Composers Forum was invited by festival director  Guido López-Gavilán to bring an arti...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Jennifer Higdon (photo: J.D. Scott)

5 Questions to Jennifer Higdon (composer)

2010 Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon is one of the most prolific and acclaimed composers of ou...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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5 questions to Jennifer Kloetzel (cellist of the Cypress String Quartet)

On April 19, 2013, the Cypress Quartet will perform its 2013 Call & Response program, featuring...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Rebecca Saunders - Photo by Katrin Schander

This week: concerts in New York (April 1 – April 7, 2013)

coLABoratory: Playing It UNsafe (Workshop V) | American Composers Orchestra coLABoratory: Playing It...
Author
Sam Reising
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