NewMusicBox

NewMusicBox is a multimedia publication from @NewMusicUSA dedicated to the music of American composers, improvisers, and their champions.

[New Music USA @NewMusicUSA]

We’re delighted to welcome @jennjolley to the New Music USA Board of Directors! Congratulations, Jenn!🌟

Jennifer Jolley is a composer, conductor, and professor. Her work is founded on the belief that the pleasures and excesses of music have the unique potential to engage political and provocative subjects. She is now an Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition in the Department of Music, Multimedia, Theatre, and Dance at Lehman College in the Bronx and was a Fulbright Scholar to Egypt in 2023.

Learn more about Jenn: https://t.co/iPJwpLaKOD

#WeAreNewMusic

📸: Liz Glenn

[Elliot Goldenthal @EGoldenthal]

Elliot Goldenthal interviewed by Frank Oteri in January 2003: https://t.co/u089nTXBMI

[NewMusicBox @newmusicbox]

In this clip, @ReneeFleming, @kelliohara and @JoyceDiDonato, as Clarissa Vaughan, Laura Brown, and Virginia Woolf, sing an excerpt from Act II in the final dress rehearsal of @kevin_puts' and librettist Greg Pierce's “The Hours.”

Our latest NewMusicBox #tbt archive post shines a light on the SoundLives interview with composer @kevin_puts, where he shares about his compositional process.

SoundLives is available on all major podcast platforms, or you can visit the episode page here: https://t.co/arfA6VZmXM

🎥The Hours: Final Trio via @MetOpera https://t.co/OsuEu3gxJd

[NewMusicBox @newmusicbox]

Exciting #NewMusicBox news: we have licensed to @Yale University Library more than 250 video interviews with U.S. composers created by @newmusicbox between 1999 and 2020!

Yale Library will digitize and digitally preserve the interviews in its Oral History of American Music collection and make the interviews freely available online for researchers and the public.

The interviews feature many of America’s most significant creators of the 20th and 21st centuries, such as @bangonacan founders Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe (who were the first composers to be interviewed in 1999), Tania León (1999), Elliott Carter (2000), Pauline Oliveros (2000), Carla Bley (2003), David Del Tredici (2003), Gabriela Lena Frank (2008), Tyshawn Sorey @tdrumr41 (2019), and many more.

108 interviews are already available to view, and we are thrilled that this remarkable collection of interviews will be accessible to all!

Read the full story and learn how to access the interviews: https://t.co/MkwmMkfZQA

📸: Former editor Frank J. Oteri (left) interviews @bangonacan founders and composers David Lang, Julia Wolfe, and Michael Gordon (middle, from left) for the first-ever #NewMusicBox interview in 1999.

[NewMusicBox @newmusicbox]

In this special article for @NewMusicBox, Eve Beglarian (@evbvd) pays tribute to Fran Richard, Honorary Board member at New Music USA, Founding Director, Vice President of Meet the Composer, and former Vice President and head of @ASCAP's Concert Music department, who passed away on February 8 at the age of 87.

Beglarian shares, "[Fran Richard's] support was for music where the stakes are high, where the risks are meaningful, where the possibilities are wide open...she stood up for us, testifying to the importance of what we do."

Fran is sorely missed by Board and staff, past and present, at New Music USA, and by the music community she championed and cherished. We hope you enjoy learning about Fran's extraordinary life and work through Eve's words. — The @NewMusicUSA Team

Read Beglarian's tribute here: https://t.co/Aj7JRbi8jz

📷: Used with permission by @ASCAP

[New Music USA @NewMusicUSA]

Check out what past grantee & @newmusicbox contributor @caroshawmusic is up to with @NonesuchRecords! ⬇️

[NewMusicBox @newmusicbox]

The myth of the "ideal" western classical conductor by Ryan McAdams:

➡️ Glorified destructive lifestyle
➡️ Excessive behavior(s)
➡️ Constant striving for perfection

Agree? Disagree? 🤨

Dive into the latest NewMusicBox #tbt featuring @JuliaAdolphe's #LooseLeafNoteBook podcast episode, “How Myths of Artistic Leadership Fuel Destructive Behaviors” with Ryan McAdams.

Read now: https://t.co/aKzIuG9Bbe

[New Music USA @NewMusicUSA]

UPDATE ‼️ We are extending the @RaviniaFestival Call For Scores deadline by one week!

✅ New application deadline: March 28, 2024

🔗 Learn more & apply: https://t.co/fc8BEqBitm

[NewMusicBox @newmusicbox]

Next up for this week's #tbt from the archive: Carrie Leigh Page's article, “#ToTheGirls, from The Most Powerful People in New Music.”

In it, she emphasizes the significant impact teachers have on effecting change for women in music in the classroom. Page shares an insightful 8-point guide to empower educators in uplifting women in music! 🤝

Check it out: https://t.co/JKVPKXOMDv

[New Music USA @NewMusicUSA]

Applications for our 2024 Organization Fund are officially open! 📥

The New Music Organization Fund offers grants to non-profit organizations, performance groups, dance organizations, festivals, presenters, and venues that need support to sustain their programming of new music, nurturing of music creators, and other services.

This program is for outstanding organizations that work regularly with and support the development of music creators and artists and offer crucial resources to their community.

• Informational webinar: March 13, 2-3pm ET
• Deadline to apply: April 4 at 11:59pm ET
• Learn more: https://t.co/IXm9TAIq0R

📸: @JazzPowerOn; Photo Credit: Enid Farber Fotography

[I CARE IF YOU LISTEN @icareifulisten]

Be true to yourself and find your unique voice. Pay attention to what is important to you, and find others who share those similar passions. Be open to new ideas and make connections. https://t.co/ZOSMGXQvFw

[New Music USA @NewMusicUSA]

For our friends in Maryland - check out this upcoming summer conference with Maryland Arts Summit (@ArtsAdvocate_MD)! ☀️ Learn more: https://t.co/LRw1YnSJrg

"The Maryland Arts Summit, hosted at @UMBC, is a statewide conference presented by and for the Maryland arts sector, which includes, but is not limited to: Arts Advocates, Arts Educators & Teaching Artists, Independent Artists, Arts Organizations, Youth, Community Stakeholders, Arts, and Entertainment Districts, County Arts Agencies of Maryland, Public Artists, Boards of Directors, and Folklife Artists.

The Maryland Arts Summit is a place for productive conversations to move the Maryland arts sector forward and ensure its long-term success."

[NewMusicBox @newmusicbox]

Explore our latest #tbt from the NewMusicBox archive as Dave Molk challenges the status quo and delves into how biases shape our understanding of music.

Read "Teaching Inequality: Consequences of Traditional Music Theory Pedagogy" now: https://t.co/S0euovQ4iE

[NewMusicBox @newmusicbox]

Huge congratulations to Valerie Coleman & @ComposerNina on being appointed to the Composition Department at @JuilliardSchool!✨ May this new chapter bring you both boundless opportunities for growth, collaboration, and artistic exploration. 🎼

Coleman was the inaugural guest on our SoundLives podcast back in 2020.🎧ICYMI, you can listen to her conversation with Frank J. Oteri here: https://t.co/WvfLKlgX8D

P.S. Nina C. Young was @NewMusicUSA Project Grant awardee in the past. We love to see worlds collide like this!

[The Juilliard School @JuilliardSchool]

Juilliard is excited to announce the appointment of Valerie Coleman and Nina C. Young to the Composition department beginning fall 2024. https://t.co/tPeLjnp84G

[I CARE IF YOU LISTEN @icareifulisten]

So I guess the real question is, “Am I killing any potential of a career?” https://t.co/uu2CFElrYc

[NewMusicBox @newmusicbox]

@IntContemporary is now accepting submissions for their commissioning program! 👇

• Deadline: April 19, 2024

[International Contemporary Ensemble @IntContemporary]

Announcing the next cycle of our commissioning program, Call for ____ !
We will commission 2 artists to create a new work for the Ensemble. $4,000 commission fee for their work. Deadline is April 19, 2024. More info & submission form at https://t.co/GmeSycaUOB

[NewMusicBox @newmusicbox]

You may have had several gigs last year for which taxes weren't deducted from your pay. Settling up your income taxes with the IRS next month can seem scary. However, filing your taxes doesn't have to be horrible. With some planning and good record keeping, tax filing can go very smoothly. And you can manage to keep a lot of the money you earned.

This week's #tb post on NewMusicBox is here to help you stay organized and keep your sanity intact this tax season. Dive into Madison Goodwin's article, "Five Timely Tax Tips for Musicians," and get ahead of the game! 📝🧾

Bookmark now: https://t.co/uKrUGYgzOV

#taxtips #musicians #musicindustry #financialplanning #taxdeductions

[New Music USA @NewMusicUSA]

In Memoriam: Frances Richard, Honorary Board member at New Music USA and Founding Director, Vice President of Meet the Composer.

We are sad to acknowledge the passing of Frances Richard, who served as Honorary Board member at New Music USA, Founding Director and Vice President of Meet the Composer, and former Vice President and head of @ASCAP's Concert Music department. She passed away on February 8 at the age of 87. She will be sorely missed by Board and staff, past and present, at New Music USA.

Fran was known for her passionate support of composers and the impact she had on them at pivotal moments in their careers. At a virtual tribute to Fran organized by New Music USA last March, several of the composers who attended credited her for changing their lives. Fran’s extraordinary contributions to new music will live on through them.

We will be paying tribute to Fran more fully on @newmusicbox in the coming weeks. Until then, our thoughts and condolences are with Fran’s family, her loved ones, and with the many composers and music professionals who will be sad to hear this news.

Fran’s biography, along with information about her services, is included in @ASCAP's tribute here: https://t.co/ZOdeuLSIbq

[NewMusicBox @newmusicbox]

This week's #tbt archive article features a touching piece by Shi-An Costello (世 安) delving into the intertwining realms of parenthood and music. "Your Music: An Open Letter to My Child" offers reflections on the transformative impact of a child on a parent's musical journey.

Whether you're a parent, a musician, or just enjoy heartfelt storytelling, click the link below to dive into the full article and prepare to be deeply moved. 📖🎶

Read now: https://t.co/J51diECQuN

[New Music USA @NewMusicUSA]

Composer opportunity alert! 🚨 Impulse New Music Festival's 2024 Summer Festival is an intensive hybrid program for early-career composers, combining online and in-person events from July to August 2024.

Participants have the opportunity to compose a new work to be premiered by one of their festival ensembles or ensemble-in-residence, Brightwork Ensemble, have private lessons with composition faculty, workshops with instrumental faculty, and the opportunity to participate in our Evening Lecture professional development series, masterclasses, conducting workshops and more.

• Priority deadline: March 1, 2024
• Final deadline: March 31, 2024
• Learn more: https://t.co/LXq8UNA6PJ