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Versatile saxophonist, composer and improviser Nick Zoulek specializes in an innovative technique that allows him to play multiple notes at the same time or use multiple techniques at the same… Read More »Relevant Tones: Nick Zoulek

Dal Niente’s new release features works performed during their 2020-2021 season, in the midst of a global pandemic.  The pieces on this album reflect their mantra that art must always… Read More »Relevant Tones: New Release by Ensemble Dal Niente

She’s the youngest person to win the Pulitzer Prize for music, she toured with Kanye, and the Met Museum’s Limor Tomer called her the “future of music.” Caroline Shaw is… Read More »Relevant Tones: Caroline Shaw

Sarah Cahill’s The Future is Female is a three volume series, which celebrates and highlights women composers from the 17th century to the present day. These recordings feature more than… Read More »Relevant Tones: Sarah Cahill’s The Future is Female

Relevant Tones is ACM’s podcast about the most fascinating time in classical history: right now. We celebrate Twosday (2/22/22) with antiphonal pieces selected by host Austin Williams.

In 2015 we corresponded with several composers from Ukraine, at that time openly at war, about the challenges they faced. With Ukraine in the news again and the future again… Read More »Relevant Tones: Sounds From Ukraine

Eschewing the collection of traditional titles that describe single elements of her body of work, The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker refers to herself as a “New Renaissance Artist” that embraces… Read More »Relevant Tones: Elizabeth A. Baker

Award-winning composer Jimmy López Bellido has been performed by leading orchestras and his music has been heard in some of the world’s most prestigious venues. His opera based on the… Read More »Relevant Tones: Jimmy López Bellido

Angel Island – Oratorio for Voices and Strings by Huang Ruo is inspired by the poems carved into the walls at the detention center at Angel Island Immigration Station during the… Read More »Relevant Tones: Angel Island Oratorio

Based on the rap song of the same title by Nas, Undying Love is a tragic love story set in 1960’s Queens, New York. Stephen Anthony Rawson talks with composer/librettist… Read More »Relevant Tones: Undying Love