ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

When a composer dies, a world falls silent; two of the composers honored below are no longer with us, but their music lives on.  One album stretches back even further to highlight a 9th century princess; another recalls the woman

Ellen Reid ~ Big Majestic

What does it mean for music to be of a physical place? The question is explored by Ellen Reid on her latest album, Big Majestic.  Reid is an American composer who won the Pulitzer in 2019 for her opera p