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Courtney Bryan

Courtney Bryan -- Photo by Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre

In Miller Theatre’s Composer Portraits Opener, Courtney Bryan Curates a Program Rooted in Hope

Miller Theatre’s convivial, panoramic Composer Portraits concert series turns 25 this year, and the...
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Stephanie Boyd
Arlene and Larry Dunn -- Photo by Tanya Rosen-Jones

5 Questions to Arlene and Larry Dunn about the Fund for Afrodiasporic Music

In a 2023 concert review of the International Contemporary Ensemble featuring composer-performer Dou...
Author
Julia Kuhlman
Nick DiBerardino -- Photo by Nichole MCH Photography

5 Questions to Nick DiBerardino (composer)

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Composer Ni...
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
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
Damian Norfleet--Photo by Craig Hanson

5 Questions to Damian Norfleet (vocalist, writer, actor)

Damian Norfleet is a gifted improvisational singer, performance artist, actor, and social justice ac...
Author
Bill Doggett
Damian Norfleet--Screenshot courtesy Ensemble Pi

Reparations NOW! Ensemble Pi Draws Inspiration from Kendi and Coates

On Thursday, October 29, 2020, new music collective Ensemble Pi presented Reparations NOW! at The Ce...
Author
Jillian DeGroot
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
Ashleigh Gordon--Photo by Robert Torres Photography

ListN Up: Ashleigh Gordon (July 24, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Pamela Z and Courtney Bryan

5 Questions to Pamela Z and Courtney Bryan (2019-20 Rome Prize Winners)

On April 9, 2019, the American Academy in Rome announced that composer Pamela Z was awarded the 2019...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Nina C. Young--Photo courtesy ninacyoung.com

This week: concerts in New York (May 13, 2019 – May 19, 2019)

Charles Ives Concert Series The Charles Ives Concert Series, presented by the Danbury Music Centre i...
Author
Sam Reising
Helga Davis--Photo courtesy Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Helga Davis Brings New Perspectives to Boston’s Gardner Museum

“I woke up this morning thinking about planting seeds.” In her warm voice that exudes a characterist...
Author
Amanda Cook
Courtney Bryan

This week: concerts in New York (February 11, 2019 – February 17, 2019)

Hidden Figures Vocalist and WQXR host Helga Davis and composers Courtney Bryan and Shelley Washingto...
Author
Sam Reising
2018 albums

2018 Contemporary Classical Music Albums: Editor’s Picks

It’s the time of the year for “Best of…” lists, and while this is indeed a r...
Author
Amanda Cook
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...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
Duo Noire Night Triptych

Duo Noire Presents Newly Commissioned Works on Night Triptych

The American classical guitar Duo Noire released their latest album, Night Triptych, on June 22, 201...
Author
Brianna Matzke
Courtney Bryan

This week: concerts in New York (July 30, 2018 – August 5, 2018)

Composers’ Forum | Mostly Mozart Festival Composers Courtney Bryan, Ashley Fure, George Lewis, and M...
Author
Sam Reising
Duo Noire

Album Premiere: Duo Noire’s Night Triptych (New Focus Recordings)

Today, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN premieres Night Triptych, the latest album from ​American ​classical ​gu...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Talea Ensemble--Photo by Beowulf Sheehan

Talea Ensemble Tackles Complex Works at St. Peters Chelsea

The dark, cavernous interior of St. Peters Chelsea seemed to demand whispered, hushed voices from th...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
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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
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
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Ensemble Pi Presents Moving Black Lives Matter Concert

“We never in our wildest dreams imagined that this concert would happen two days after the ele...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
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This week: concerts in New York (November 7 – November 13, 2016)

We Remember The Dessoff Choir season opens with Mozart’s Requiem along with Steven Stucky’s Take Him...
Author
Sam Reising
Sarah Neufeld

This week: concerts in New York (February 10 – February 16, 2014)

Pop-Up Concerts | Ensemble Signal Ensem...
Author
Sam Reising

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