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Experimental Sound Studio’s Sonic Pavilion Redux is Public Art that Nourishes

Angel Bat Dawid, Anna Friz, Audible Gallery, Brendan Principato, David Bird, Experimental Sound Studio, Eyeisha Sistrunk, Glenn Kotche, Jeff Kolar, Myles Emmons, Paige Alice Naylor, Saapato, Sonic Pavilion Redux, Zouning Liao

Last summer, Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio invited ten artists to compose multichannel works for the 24 speakers mounted at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. The pieces were commissi…

Thulasi Seshan

Feb 4, 2026

Kaoru Watanabe's Bloodlines Interwoven at National Sawdust -- Photo by Jose Alvarado

Concert

“Bloodlines Interwoven” Navigates the Push and Pull of Diasporic Cultures at National Sawdust

Fay Victor, Kaoru Watanabe, Kweku Sumbry, Mafer Bandola, National Sawdust, Seamus Egan, Shahzad Ismaily, Sunny Jain, yuniya edi kwon

Freezing cold conditions demand collective care. Outside National Sawdust on Jan. 29th, old snow was piled into gray hills, and people inched past one another in the slush while alert and bundled. It…

Yaz Lancaster

Feb 3, 2026

Niloufar Shiri -- Photo by Alexia Webster

Playlist

ListN Up Playlist: Niloufar Shiri (January 29, 2026)

Anahita Abbasi, Antonín Fajt, Chatori Shimizu, Cole Blouin, Eyvind Kang, Iva Bittová, Jessika Kenney, Kojiro Umezaki, Lauren Siess, Niloufar Shiri, Ryotaro Miyasaka, Sivan Cohen Elias, Toshimaru Nakamura

Niloufar Shiri is a kamancheh player, composer, and improviser from Tehran, Iran. Her work exists between experimental and Bedahe music from Radif. She is currently based in the Twin Cities.. Hello fr…

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Jan 28, 2026

Essay

The Pay Is Too Damn Low. What Gives?

Money Matters, Victory Hall Opera

Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA There is a lot of buzz in the classical music industry right now about helping artists become more &#822…

Brenda Patterson

Jan 27, 2026

Feature

“Lider mit Palestine” and the Taboo on Pro-Palestinian Expression in the Jewish Arts World

Isabel Frey, Joe Dobkin, Josh Waletzky, Lider mit Palestine, Weaver

Disclaimer: any given opinion does not reflect the “Lider mit Palestine” album or its contributors and organizers as a whole. As the liner notes for the album state: “Each artist here speaks for thems…

Miri Villerius

Jan 26, 2026

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