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Valerie Coleman: Writing Music for People
November 23 2020 / Conversations
By Frank J. Oteri
Valerie Coleman is committed to storytelling through her music, no matter the idiom. “I recognize that there are stories that are yet untold that if they were told, they would...

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.
I Can’t Breathe:  A Virtual Dialogue
George Friedrich Haas’s composition I Can't Breathe, written just after the birth of the Black Lives Matter organization and well before the concept came to international prominence, raises a number...
Remember the Uncomplicated Joy
Our record announcement fell on the same day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Two months later, the record was released just days before George Floyd’s murder....

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,...
Online Score Sales for Self-Published Composer
How can you get your music in front of the right musicians in a format that makes it easy for them to purchase, download, and start practicing your pieces right...
Innovations and Experimentations in Distanced Choral Singing
While the entire music sector has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the choral community has been hit especially hard. There might not be a safe way for choirs to...

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...
19 More Reasons to Celebrate
We're celebrate the certification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by sharing conversations we’ve had with 19 extraordinary women.
A Lot to Take Pride In
Knowing that most people will probably be staying at home in front of their computers instead of going out and celebrating Pride this year, we thought we’d share some of...
NewMusicBox LIVE: New Music Gathering
The concept for New Music Gathering was born in an online forum and now, in our time of physical distancing, it has been reimagined for virtual space.
Third Coast Percussion: The Collaborative Process
David Skidmore, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, and Sean Connors of Third Coast Percussion explain how they introduce audiences to percussion instruments, how they each came to devote their lives to...
Nathalie Joachim: Stepping Into My Own Identity
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...

THE LATEST FROM NEWMUSICBOX AND AROUND THE WEB

Announcing New Music USA’s New Music Creator Development Fund
The New Music Creator Development Fund offers grants to individual music creators who need support to get to the next stage of their creative practice in the context of the...
November 24 2020 / Headlines
Remember the Uncomplicated Joy
Our record announcement fell on the same day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Two months later, the record was released just days before George Floyd’s murder....
I Can’t Breathe:  A Virtual Dialogue
George Friedrich Haas’s composition I Can't Breathe, written just after the birth of the Black Lives Matter organization and well before the concept came to international prominence, raises a number...
Announcing Reel Change Film Fund
New Music USA announces the launch of Reel Change: The Fund for Diversity in Film Scoring, powered by SESAC and composer and film scorer Christophe Beck, and administered by New...
October 29 2020 / Headlines
We Can Change the Country, Essay (2020)
This is not a composition; it’s a protest. This is not a performance; it’s a demonstration. This is a political work of art. I wrote it to express the hypocrisy...
On Performing Fluxus in 2020
Spring rolls around, the world shelters-in-place, and life as we know it is over. How can Fluxus address this?
New Board Members: Aja Burrell Wood, Sue Wegleitner, Joseph Young
New Music USA announces three new appointments to its Board of Directors: Aja Burrell Wood, Susan Wegleitner, and Joseph Young. This follows the recent appointment of Co-Chairs Reena Esmail and Joe...
October 22 2020 / Articles
The Flauto d’Amore Project: A New Language for New Communication
My goal was to bring new life to an instrument that fell into the cracks of history. When the pandemic hit, we wanted to have this instrument become a communal...
Nebal Maysaud: Rumored “Death” of Classical Music Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
A year after writing “It's Time to Let Classical Music Die,” Nebal Maysaud says, “I still believe ... that classical music as a field does still have a lot of...
Clouds and Clouds: Composing through the Fog of Depression
I’ve been clinically depressed for roughly as long as I’ve been writing music. It has naturally been a constant question as to how it would manifest itself in my music;...
“Calls for Scores” – The Teenage Years of a Composing Career
What is the role of submitting to calls for scores and competitions in the grand scheme of building a career? Are there wholesome and compassionate ways that calls for scores...
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