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New Music USA appoints Vanessa Reed as President and CEO
An experienced, passionate, and transformational music professional, Ms. Reed comes to New Music USA after serving the United Kingdom’s PRS Foundation as chief executive for the past 11 years.
April 29 2019 / Headlines
Contrarian Spirit—Remembering Randy Nordschow (1969-2019)
From the moment composer and bon vivant Randy Nordschow started talking to NewMusicBox’s then associate editor Amanda MacBlane and I, more a cantankerous conversation we would have with someone in...
Ellen Reid Wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize
p r i s m, an opera by Ellen Reid, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music. The annually awarded $15,000 prize is for a distinguished musical composition by...
A Newly Endowed Residency Program for Underrepresented Composers
Why are the seventy northeastern Ohio high-schoolers in this room so psyched to be playing music nobody’s ever played before? The short answer: because of Arlene and Larry Dunn, whose...
2019 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Awards Announced
ASCAP Foundation President Paul Williams today announced the recipients of the 2019 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards.
18 Composers Receive 2019 ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards
The ASCAP Foundation has announced the 18 recipients and 4 honorable mentions of the 2019 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards. The recipients, who receive cash awards, range in age...
The Grammys You Care About Will Not All Be Televised
The Recording Academy handed out many other awards yesterday aside from the ones featured in the televised presentations during last night’s 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony. Here are some of...
Devotion to a Personal Vision—Remembering George Walker (1922-2018)
In our day and age of dazzling musical talent that's available at the push of a button or the click of a link, the music and legacy of George Walker may...
Always In The Moment—Remembering Roy Hargrove (1969-2018)
Roy Hargrove (1969-2018) was always only in the moment, hard and sincerely. In that moment, he meant everything he did; he meant every word he said; he felt everything he...