
Essay
Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA. By 2012, Eighth Blackbird had been together for 16 years. We had two Grammys, ongoing residencies…

Playlist
Sharon Udoh is a Nigerian-American pianist, composer, arranger, curator, and vocalist based in Chicago. Her collaborators have included clipping., Tune-Yards, Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus, Mabel…

Album
The nuance within composer Trevor Weston’s musical language floats through a range of influences, including Impressionism, Modernism, and African American traditions and genres such as jazz, blues, an…

Interview
Once described as “multilingual” for their captivating performances of music from around the world, the Carpe Diem String Quartet (CDSQ) is committed to redefining what it means to be a modern string…

Concert
Union Pool was filtered with a buzzing moodiness on the evening of May 11. There was an unshakeable feeling of “in media res” – that we had walked into things that had long been set in motion. The bac…
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