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2018
How Quitting Music Made Me An Artist

Tanya Kalmanovitch · July 2018

I had been told, “If you can see yourself doing anything other than music, do it.” I dismissed this advice as irrelevant. But six months after my graduation from Juilliard, I had quit music.

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State of the Art Form

2018
How DIY Opera Composers Reinvented a Genre

Ricky O’Bannon · May 2018

Among the announcements of yet more “Tosca” and “Carmen” performances, you can find an inventive, scrappy class of young artists working to revitalize the American opera scene.

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State of the Art Form

2018
How Indie Record Labels Reinvented Colombian Music

Ana Luisa González · June 2018

Nowadays, the musical soundscape of Bogotá revels in rural Colombian beats, thanks, in large part, to the work of independent record labels. ES

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Awakening Your Inner Composer, Part Three

December 2018

Every musician should be able to draw on their inner composer, whether to write full pieces, improvise, or simply feel more comfortable. In Part Three of this series, Jessica Meyer delivers some final tips.

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2018 POP FINALISTS

December 2018

Each month, 21CM asks a leader in music to select the People, Organizations and Projects that have inspired them most. Now, we hand the voting over to you to select your favorites.

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