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"A theme of discernment runs through Mason’s intentional, intricate compositions; the task of close listening is foregrounded for the listener, who is directed toward the beating between saxophone microtones and wobbles of the keyboard." icareifyoulisten.com/2025/02/will...

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“Even as the piece’s 11 parts contrast in character and pacing, various recurring devices show just how seriously Anna takes the connotation of ‘omnipresence.’" icareifyoulisten.com/2025/02/clai...

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“Sometimes I’m still quick to judge whether something is ‘good’ or ‘bad’—if I miss a note or wobble a bit on my tuning, for example, when in reality that unexpected sound might be perfect for the musical moment." icareifyoulisten.com/2025/02/5-qu...

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"Hola, Hello, Hi there! I am María Valencia, I am a saxophone and clarinet player, improviser and composer born and based in Bogota, Colombia. I’m excited to share this playlist with you, curated specially for I CARE IF YOU LISTEN." icareifyoulisten.com/2025/02/list...

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“The vision Bullock had for this concert wasn’t for show, but to persist in giving voice to the voiceless. She explicitly stated from the stage that Lincoln Center’s ‘own history of discrimination, prejudice, and bias’ isn’t excluded from the storytelling..." icareifyoulisten.com/2025/02/juli...

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“Miro’s choreography is extraordinarily athletic; rarely does a movement come back in much the same way, the majority of these steps demanding and producing elegant feats of strength.” icareifyoulisten.com/2025/02/new-...

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Shinjoo Cho's curated playlist brings together music from Korea, the Balkans, Argentina, and the American South. Listen to the full playlist, which the artist says "leaves devastating ups and downs and motivates me to keep making music."

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“As a young artist it’s important to acknowledge that fact that there’s constant development, and our rationality is only temporary; whatever I choose to do, it will always be a part of a reality that art shouldn’t be completely stripped from cultural values.” icareifyoulisten.com/2025/02/5-qu...

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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN contributor Christian Kriegeskotte speaks with composer Hannah Ishizaki ahead of her premiere with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Follow the link to read the full article! icareifyoulisten.com/2025/02/hann...

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"Every piece is an opportunity to educate and to make space for a story that hasn’t yet been told, or that hasn’t been told in quite this way or that way." icareifyoulisten.com/2025/02/5-qu...

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"Since coming back to composing, I’ve made it a priority to step back and reassess anytime I’m not having fun. Humor has become central to that—not just as an artistic tool, but as a way of surviving. Ironically, I guess I’m taking humor very seriously."

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"I work with these folks every year, multiple times a year, and that continues because we forged a deep bond for what we care about – not just because we like playing music together, but why we play music together.”

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Taking the question “who all gone be there?” to heart, one learns to expect that there will be no Black people in the section or at the rehearsal... The isolation of being the only one in a space is a difficult aspect to get over for a lot of Black musicians."

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"Response pieces give us the opportunity to view creativity as a chain of dialogues with the unknown. But fantasies created from the unknown have also been historically utilized by Western creators to bolster beliefs in the cultural superiority of the West – or the white world."

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"In creating it, [Locks] was guided by sounds from a myriad of source points including the 60s Civil Rights movement... The result is a sonic world that defies categorization – perhaps the best term is 'poetry.'"

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"We live in a media environment that’s obsessed with coming-out stories but almost completely ignores people who have comfortably settled into their identities....Audiences are still encouraged to see trans people in relation to how they appeared 'before.'"

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"It’s taken nearly all of my time on earth to get some things right, chief among them being what I call 'the great unlearning.' I’m directly referring to Western music theory and the self-importance 'that' all the classical arts boast.... I reject the supremacy of those spaces now."

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"I’d like to share with you the music that leaves me with devastating ups and downs and motivates me to keep making music." Shinjoo Cho, who recently released an album with innova records, curates a cross-cultural playlist that inspires and instigates creativity icareifyoulisten.com/2025/02/list...

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"[The] colour shifts were fascinating – cello/bass clarinet, alto flute/bongos, clarinet/vibraphone/piccolo/piano in its treble register, and much more – and standard issue clearly relished the exciting interplay of sonorities." Concert review out now. icareifyoulisten.com/2025/02/stan...

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American Composers Forum has announced the recipients of this year's ACF McKnight Composer Fellowships and ACF McKnight Visiting Composer Residencies: @kashimana.bsky.social, Ross Hutchens, Shruthi Rajazekar, Christopher Rochester, J. Clay Gonzalez and TJ Cole. icareifyoulisten.com/2025/02/anno...

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🚨New collaboration and opportunity announcement! 🚨 NewMusicBox and ICIYL join forces for the first time to launch “Money Matters,” a new series of commissioned essays supported by New Music USA. Follow the link to learn more and submit your proposal! icareifyoulisten.com/2025/01/call...

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”I’m looking for works that will tell the stories of our time written by composers and librettists that are not afraid to be bold, audacious, and fully themselves. I’m always seeking artists who want to push form and the boundaries of what Opera can be.” icareifyoulisten.com/2025/01/5-qu...

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"The opera’s predominantly choral and Baroque score only enhanced the meditative environment. Baroque music’s emotional immediacy and directness, full of vivid colors, stark contrasts, and suspended reflections, were the perfect dramatic soundscape." icareifyoulisten.com/2025/01/paol...

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Hello Bluesky! Can't wait to start sharing all-things-new-music with you on here. Help us find our artist community again by giving this post a like. And stay tuned for new interviews, essays, and reviews 👁️❤️🎧

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