ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

Elegance is the key word to describe our Modern Composition slate, whose orchestral timbres speak simultaneously to mind and soul.  Whether scoring the weather, remembering atrocities or challenging existing regimes, this music calls its listeners to a higher state of mind.

Kronos Quartet & Mary Kouyoumdjian ~ WITNESS

We last encountered Mary Kouyoumdjian with 2 Suitcases, which told the story of a couple fleeing the Lebanese Civil War.  The subject is greatly expanded on WITNESS, which pairs the composer with Kronos Quartet.  We consider this a major work: startlingly relevant, meticulously researched