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How the New Music Community is Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic
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National Park Centennial Commissions Commercial CD Recording
Studio recording and commercial CD release of commissions in celebration of the National Park Service Centennial
Chris Dingman Trio: Embrace
Upcoming album explores new approaches to the vibraphone, delving into possibilities that are created when challenges are embraced
Musical Fund Society Bicentennial: New Commissions from Tania León, Stephen Jaffe, Roberto Sierra, Augusta Read Thomas
The Nation's Oldest Music Society Celebrates Philadelphia with Four New Works Performed by Curtis 20/21, Astral Artists, PRISM Qtet and NNM!

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How the New Music Community is Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the hopes that this can lead us toward a consensus about what might be best practices for how to deal with this extraordinary and unprecedented situation moving forward, we...
This is What Tuba City Sounds Like
Standing in the canyons (sometimes playing my flute), thinking of the people who have lived and who continue to live there, I felt the truth of Willa Cather’s assertion that...
Vokas Animo (Performing Microtonal Choral Music: The End Product)
If you read my “Performing Microtonal Choral Music” articles earlier this year, you may remember that I threatened to post some video of my most recent choral and orchestral piece...
Viet Cuong: Game for Anything
Video Presentations and Photography by Alexandra Gardner Transcription by Julia Lu Composer Viet Cuong says that he is very impatient, but you’d never know it upon meeting him. His outward...
2020 ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards Announced
The ASCAP Foundation has announced the 20 recipients and 3 honorable mentions of the 2020 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards. The recipients, who receive cash awards, range in age...
In Praise of Unremarkable Music, Part 2
Many of us have feelings about what is true, beautiful, or good in music which match the fervor most people hold only for politics or religion. I know I have...
In Praise of Unremarkable Music: Part 1
Why did you start writing music? Now, what do you hope to accomplish? This year? This decade? By the end of your life? In response to these questions, you might...
Glass Half-Full, Mug Half-Empty
Are our venues and arts institutions (whether for profit or non-profit) free to do as they please, or do they bear some level of obligation/duty to the communities in which...
Molly Joyce: Strength in Vulnerabilty
One of the hallmarks of many different kinds of music performance—whether it’s a classical piano recital, a jazz combo in a club, or an arena rock show—is the demonstration of...
2020 Chamber Music Conference Continues Focus on Equity and Inclusivity
In recent years, the annual Chamber Music America conference has placed a specific emphasis on equity, diversity, and inclusion in the music sector and has aimed to be a catalyst...
Promoting Equity: Developing an Antiracist Music Theory Classroom
We present strategies on how to begin disrupting the normalization of whiteness in the music theory classroom, starting with making it visible. We should think of this disruption as a...
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