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Emotion, Through Music, As Weather

Emotion, Through Music, As Weather

While I do not claim to hold technical qualifications to discuss the weather or emotional psychology, I do intend to write from my own experience, with sincerity and imagination. In the following sections, I will attempt to bring emotions to life, expressed in music, and retold as weather.

The Long-Term Effects of Gender Discriminatory Programming

The Long-Term Effects of Gender Discriminatory Programming

The longer I trace my own career and observe the careers of students, friends, and colleagues, the more I see the complicated lineage that leads to and from each piece,...

Daria Semegen—So Many Awareness Pixels Going On at the Same Time

Daria Semegen—So Many Awareness Pixels Going On at the Same Time

Daria Semegen's compositional output consists of fixed media and performed works as well as pieces that combine both, often including improvisation. Her electronic music studio at Stony Brook University, where...

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Playing Like a Girl: The Problems with Reception of Women in Music

Playing Like a Girl: The Problems with Reception of Women in Music

Any new music or new message has problems with reception, but women, in particular, have problems with reception in music.

An Introduction to the Chinese Bamboo Flute Orchestra

An Introduction to the Chinese Bamboo Flute Orchestra

In its five years of existence, the Chinese Bamboo Flute Orchestra (中国竹笛乐团) founded by Zhang Weiliang (张维良), has done substantial work. It has commissioned and promoted the music of living...

American Composers Orchestra Announces Winners of Two Commissions Chosen From the 2018 Underwood New Music Readings

American Composers Orchestra Announces Winners of Two Commissions Chosen From the 2018 Underwood New Music Readings

Carlos Bandera has been awarded the ACO's 2018 Underwood Commission and Tomàs Peire Serrate received the 2018 Audience Choice Commission. Both will receive $15000 to write new works that will...

#ToTheGirls from The Most Powerful People in New Music

#ToTheGirls from The Most Powerful People in New Music

The sea change that is needed in the music world to balance gender inequities must begin from and be reinforced through our music educators.

Knowing the Characters in Your Opera, Literally

Knowing the Characters in Your Opera, Literally

There are such a variety of types of stories that could conceivably be transformed by composers and librettists when creating an opera; many recent operas have been based on well-known...

For Summer Rain

For Summer Rain

In March 2015, I arrived in Beijing to study Chinese musical instruments for what started as a six-month stint and then sprawled into a year. It was an immersive experience,...

Widening Inclusion & Visibility

Widening Inclusion & Visibility

How can we broaden our scope to increase the visibility of the vast amount of music composed by women? At least THREE THOUSAND OF THEM.

The Blackbird Creative Lab: A Photo Journal

The Blackbird Creative Lab: A Photo Journal

Saxophonist Nick Zoulek, one of this year’s Blackbird Creative Lab fellows, also took his camera along to document his experiences and was kind enough to open his photo journal up...

This Is What Democracy Looks Like: Music Advocacy on Capitol Hill

This Is What Democracy Looks Like: Music Advocacy on Capitol Hill

We know that the life-changing capacity of music is worth fighting for, but can its voice be heard on Capitol Hill?

Live Streaming 104: Post Stream, Graphics, Licensing, and Live Streaming Through Collaboration

Live Streaming 104: Post Stream, Graphics, Licensing, and Live Streaming Through Collaboration

Adam Schumaker wraps up his four-part live streaming primer with a discussion covering post-stream content benefits, licensing agreements, and some encouragement to think beyond the scope of what you are...

A Lot of Energy—Remembering Cecil Taylor (1929-2018)

A Lot of Energy—Remembering Cecil Taylor (1929-2018)

Having worked with Cecil, I felt like I could make music with anybody on the planet and I do.

TODAY'S COMPOSER BIRTHDAY

Jerome Rosen

Born: Saturday, July 23, 1921 Boston, Massachusetts

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