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Quick Cuts for Big Ears
March 14 2019 / Articles
By Molly Sheridan
With only a week to go until the kickoff of the 2019 edition of the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN (March 21-24), we’ve been digging through the NewMusicBox archives and revisiting the amazing conversations we’ve had with some of this year’s featured artists to get ready for what’s ahead.
Q&A: Autistic Accessibility in Music
March 19 2019 / Articles
By Chrysanthe Tan
This week, Chrysanthe Tan opens up her "Autistic Accessibility in Music" series of columns to address reader-submitted questions, covering topics like sensory-friendly rooms, classroom techniques, wheelchair accessibility, stimming, and more!
Bright Sheng: My Father’s Letter and Bernstein’s Question
March 1 2019 / Conversations
By Frank J. Oteri
Bright Sheng is concerned about directly moving audiences in whatever format or style he is working in and is passionate about sharing what led him to his aesthetic positions.

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TODAY'S COMPOSER BIRTHDAY
Ruth Anderson

Born: Wednesday, March 21, 1928 Kalispell, Montana

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