SoundLives May 2021

Ricky Ian Gordon: My Way of Enveloping a Story

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...

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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.

The Art of Being True: Sonic Ritual & Favorite Quarantine Recipes

In our final pair of excerpts from the M³ anthology, The Art of Being True, Val Jeanty explains how Vodou Culture has informed her own artistic practice and Tomeka Reid...

Native Experimentalists

It’s crucial that the perspective of Native America be witnessed through the work of artistic practices.

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...

The Art of Being True: Remembering Philly Joe & Your Backstory Is the Real Story

In our latest installment of excerpts from the M³ anthology, Sumi Tonooka remember Philly Joe Jones -- "the last band leader that any parent would want to see their teenage...

2021 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Awards Announced

The ASCAP Foundation has announced the 21 recipients and 17 honorable mentions of the 2021 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, which encourage talented young creators of concert music...

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

Tania León Orchestral Work Stride Awarded 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Music

Tania León has been awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Music.

The Art of Being True: Sonic Ritual & Favorite Quarantine Recipes

In our final pair of excerpts from the M³ anthology, The Art of Being True, Val Jeanty explains how Vodou Culture has informed her own artistic practice and Tomeka Reid...

The Art of Being True: Liberalism in Music & Stream of Consciousness

In our 5th installment of excerpts from the M³ anthology, Lesley Mok explains how conservatories co-opt the politics of “anti-racism” and Romarna Campbell describes the multiple identities contained for her...

New Music Capacity Building Program Grant Recipients

Ten extraordinary arts organizations selected for this game-changing new fund. The New Music Capacity Building Program was funded and made possible by The New York Community Trust and New Music...

The Attraction of the Tortured Artist Myth

Julia Adolphe shares her thoughts on why the myth of the tortured artist has been attractive to society as well as to herself personally as she was struggling to come...

The Art of Being True: Remembering Philly Joe & Your Backstory Is the Real Story

In our latest installment of excerpts from the M³ anthology, Sumi Tonooka remember Philly Joe Jones -- "the last band leader that any parent would want to see their teenage...

Native Experimentalists

It’s crucial that the perspective of Native America be witnessed through the work of artistic practices.

2021 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Awards Announced

The ASCAP Foundation has announced the 21 recipients and 17 honorable mentions of the 2021 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, which encourage talented young creators of concert music...

The Art of Being True: Aretes of the New Cyrene & Reminder to Self

[Ed. Note: Beginning on April 30 and continuing on consecutive Fridays until the next round of concerts of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians) taking place on June 12 and 13,...

Elena Urioste & Melissa White: Your Unique Body, Voice & Healing Process

Violinists and yoga instructors Melissa White & Elena Urioste discuss the impact of abusive or unsupportive teachers and methodologies in conservatory life that strip power from students instead of inspiring...

Inaugural Grant Recipients of Reel Change Film Fund Announced

Reel Change: The Fund for Diversity in Film Scoring, powered by SESAC and Christophe Beck and administered by New Music USA, announces the first recipients of the grant program. The...

The Art of Being True: Sonic Creation & Motherhood in Music

In our 2nd installment from the anthology of writings by the members of M³, Erica Lindsay states that the goal of sonic creation is to "express what is beyond your...

TODAY'S COMPOSER BIRTHDAY

Frank Strozier

Born: Sunday, June 13, 1937 Memphis, TN

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