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Pianist Min Kwon had been considering commissioning a set of variations, not unlike the Diabelli Variations, before the pandemic put the world on hold.…
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New Music USA has launched a new program to support recording labels, ensembles, presenting organizations and others in the new music field, and A Tempo…
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Throughout 2020, musicians sought various ways to capture the sounds, thoughts and experiences of 2020, from the isolation and loss of Covid-19 to the…
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Robert and James Freeman have spent their lives as musicians and music educators. They attribute their passion for music and their rewarding careers to…
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When its own concert series was cancelled because of Coronavirus concerns, the Library of Congress sought to find ways to fulfill its mission of…
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The Western musical canon is filled with works composed during the throes of historical events or inspired by them years later - think of Beethoven's…
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Since it was first launched in 1987 by composers David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon, The Bang on a Can Marathon has been the centerpiece of…
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A concert recorded back at the beginning of March, perhaps one of the last live music performances in Princeton and the Princeton University Orchestra,…
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As composer and vocalist Lisa Bielawa sheltered in place alone in her Manhattan apartment not far from Columbia Presbyterian hospital, she struggled with…
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The American Composers Orchestra champions the composition and performance of new works. So as concert cancellations mounted amid the Covid-19 outbreak,…