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Nathalie Joachim: Stepping Into My Own Identity
April 1 2020 / Conversations
By Frank J. Oteri
Nathalie Joachim’s exuberant, forward-looking attitude about music-making and her inspiring comments about how she came to follow her creative path still represent our collective future once we are able to get past the tragedy currently affecting all of our lives.
New Music Solidarity Fund
The New Music Solidarity Fund is designed to help new/creative/improvised music freelancers whose projects have been canceled during the COVID-19 crisis.
How the New Music Community is Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic
March 18 2020 / Articles
By Frank J. Oteri
In the hopes that this can lead us toward a consensus about what might be best practices for how to deal with this extraordinary and unprecedented situation moving forward, we...

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In Praise of Unremarkable Music, Part 2
Many of us have feelings about what is true, beautiful, or good in music which match the fervor most people hold only for politics or religion. I know I have...
In Praise of Unremarkable Music: Part 1
Why did you start writing music? Now, what do you hope to accomplish? This year? This decade? By the end of your life? In response to these questions, you might...
Glass Half-Full, Mug Half-Empty
Are our venues and arts institutions (whether for profit or non-profit) free to do as they please, or do they bear some level of obligation/duty to the communities in which...
Molly Joyce: Strength in Vulnerabilty
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2020 Chamber Music Conference Continues Focus on Equity and Inclusivity
In recent years, the annual Chamber Music America conference has placed a specific emphasis on equity, diversity, and inclusion in the music sector and has aimed to be a catalyst...
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We present strategies on how to begin disrupting the normalization of whiteness in the music theory classroom, starting with making it visible. We should think of this disruption as a...
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TODAY'S COMPOSER BIRTHDAY
Harry Carney

Born: Friday, April 1, 1910 Boston, Massachusetts

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