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SoundLives May 2021

Ricky Ian Gordon: My Way of Enveloping a Story
May 5 2021 / Conversations
By Frank J. Oteri
For the past 20 years, Ricky Ian Gordon has been creating works for the stage—operas, musicals, or one-of a-kind music/theater hybrids—and getting them produced one after another, seemingly without a...

Pandemic Journal - How We Cope

Pandemic Journal – How We Cope
How We Cope is an exploration of the number of ways in which our community is coping with uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Untangling Anxious Signals and Creative Impulses
There are stark differences between imaginative impulses and anxious physiological signals.
Underscoring How Human and Relatable Immigrants Actually Are
While people who looked and sounded like us were being taken from their homes, we presented a song cycle underscoring how human and relatable immigrants actually were.

Isolation Inspiration - from the NMBx Archives

Isolation Inspiration
We have been incredibly lucky to hear artists in their own words throughout NewMusicBox's 20 years of existence. Whether in interview or essay form, their words have motivated us, challenged...
Diversity, Inclusion, and Funding New Music in the ’90s
This three-decade-old episode of an attempt to diversify the world of contemporary composition––amidst a landscape of increasing arts austerity, loud Congressional battles over avant-garde art, and public backlash from prominent...
New Music USA Submissions for the 2021 ISCM World New Music Days
New Music USA has submitted six works for consideration in the call for scores for the 2021 International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) World New Music Days which, pandemic willing, is...

Going Digital in the Time of COVID-19

Going Digital – A Toolbox
We have created this collection of resources to help music creators and performers navigate the transition to digital and virtual performances. We've scoured our archive, curated links from trusted sources,...
Looking Out For Each Other with The Real Music Wages Database
Inspired by similar crowd-sourced spreadsheets for dancers, baristas, museum workers, and adjunct professors, we created the Real Music Wages Database to help freelance music workers navigate what can be a...
Livestream Community Survey: What We Learned from the Field
[Switch~ Ensemble] led a Community Survey about the habits, preferences, and interests of concert-goers for livestreams. We are pleased to provide a summary of the responses, as well as recommendations...

THE LATEST FROM NEWMUSICBOX AND AROUND THE WEB

The Art of Being True: To Speak in Memory & The Sun Itself
To celebrate today's publication of The Art of Being True, an anthology of writings by the members of M³, and in anticipation of their upcoming concerts on June 12 and...
April 30 2021 / NewMusicBox
Untangling Anxious Signals and Creative Impulses
There are stark differences between imaginative impulses and anxious physiological signals.
Underscoring How Human and Relatable Immigrants Actually Are
While people who looked and sounded like us were being taken from their homes, we presented a song cycle underscoring how human and relatable immigrants actually were.
Daniela Candillari: Creative Blessings in Disguise
Conductor and composer Daniela Candillari reflects on her personal experience with performance anxiety, how emotion shapes our perception of time, and why her memories of living through the wars in...
Diversity, Inclusion, and Funding New Music in the ’90s
This three-decade-old episode of an attempt to diversify the world of contemporary composition––amidst a landscape of increasing arts austerity, loud Congressional battles over avant-garde art, and public backlash from prominent...
New Music USA Announces Creator Development Fund Grant Recipients
New Music USA is pleased to announce the selection of 53 awardees for the first round of the New Music USA Creator Development Fund.
April 5 2021 / Headlines
Pamela Z: Expanding Our Imaginations
The only thing that is almost as exciting as watching and listening to a multimedia performance by Pamela Z is to hear her talk about it.
New Music USA Submissions for the 2021 ISCM World New Music Days
New Music USA has submitted six works for consideration in the call for scores for the 2021 International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) World New Music Days which, pandemic willing, is...
Announcing New Music USA’s New Music Organizational Development Fund
The New Music Organizational Development Fund offers grants to non-profit organizations, performance groups, dance organizations, festivals, presenters, and venues with a proven track record and impact who need support to...
March 25 2021 / NewMusicBox
Cindy Lam: Voicing Trauma and Connecting with Your Inner Child
Pianist and Music Educator Cindy Lam shares her experience of PTSD, the stigma surrounding mental health challenges within Asian-American circles, and reflects on the escalating hate crimes against the AAPI...
New Music USA Impact Report
New Music USA’s Impact Report for 2019-2020 is now available. Your support and creativity enabled us to provide more grants to more music creators, performers, and organizations than ever before....
March 23 2021 / NewMusicBox
Road From Heiligenstadt: A Composer’s Perspective on Surviving COVID
On April 4, 2020, I was diagnosed with COVID-19. I began exhibiting symptoms on March 26, and started my self-isolation at home before moving elsewhere, to maintain the health of...
TODAY'S COMPOSER BIRTHDAY
Kamran Ince

Born: Friday, May 6, 1960 Glendive, Montana

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