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Since their formation in 2009, The Bowers Fader Duo (Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano, and Oren Fader, guitar) has commissioned over 20 new works from American composers representing a wide range of...

Chicago based Ensemble Dal Niente releases "confined. Speak.", a collection of works the group programmed in streaming performances during this past year. Despite the formidable hurdles associated...

On June 23, 2023, Annika Socolofsky, a composer and avant-folk vocalist who explores colorful corners of the human voice - tones and timbres and techniques often dismissed as "untrained" or...

Loadbang releases their fourth album on New Focus, this time featuring centerpieces by Heather Stebbins and Chaya Czernowin as well as music by ensemble members Jeffrey Gavett and Andy Kozar. New...

LeStrange Viols presents the modern premier recording of nearly all of William Cranford's surviving works for consort, including the complete fantasias for 4, 5, and 6 viols, the substantial and...

Experimental saxophone and percussion duo scapegoat (Noam Bierstone, percussion; Joshua Hyde, saxophone) releases "Threshing/Plastic," a recording featuring two path breaking works written for them...

The City of Tomorrow releases Blow, a collection of three works for wind quintet, anchored by the premiere of a multi-movement work written for them by Hannah Lash. Guided by their virtuosity and...

Saxophonist Ryan Muncy releases a recording highlighting the increasingly important and vibrant role of his instrument in today's avant-garde repertoire. Featuring performances of works by Donatoni,...

Composer and artistic director of Chicago based experimental ensemble a. pe. Ri. od. #ic, Nomi Epstein releases "sounds," a compilation of her own works for ensemble and solo piano. Epstein's...

Boston based composer Marti Epstein releases this collection of her chamber music including clarinet, featuring Rane Moore and the Winsor Music ensemble. Epstein's music is shaped in equal measure by...

Chicago based a?pe?ri?od?ic performs music grounded in post-Cagean experimental traditions. "for a?pe?ri?od?ic" features music written for the ensemble by ensemble members Nomi Epstein (artistic...

Bergamot Quartet releases it's first full length recording with premieres by Suzanne Farrin, Tania Le?n, Paul Wiancko, and Ledah Finck, who is also a violinist in the group. The critically acclaimed...