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Relevant Tones

Access Contemporary Music

A podcast about the most fascinating time in classical music history: right now. Relevant Tones features interviews with and music by some of the most creative figures in contemporary classi...

Relevant Tones Podcast Guide

Listen to Relevant Tones, a Music podcast by Access Contemporary Music. Stream 422 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Episodes

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Brent Michael Davids - American Requiem

Composer Brent Michael Davids discusses his powerful new work Requiem for America: Singing for the Invisible People—a sweeping musical recko...

01:01:17Apr 20, 2026

In Memorium: Bernard Rands

Esteemed composer Bernard Rands has passed away, a huge loss to our musical community. We honor his memory by re-airing this interview with...

00:58:20Mar 6, 2026

Notable Albums of 2025

Relevant Tones returns after our hiatus to bring you some of our favorite albums (and concerts) of the year. It was a great year for music!...

01:03:31Dec 29, 2025

At the World's Edge Festival

At the World’s Edge is a chamber music festival inspired by its roots in the Southern Alps of New Zealand and forging ties to Chicago and be...

00:58:19Jul 30, 2025

Neil Quigley

Host Austin Williams and composer guest Neil Quigley chat about Neil’s music and its relationship to speculative history. Neil explains how...

01:08:02Jun 9, 2025

Coalescent Quartet

Join host Austin Williams as he speaks to members of the Coalescent Saxophone Quartet. The quartet consists of members Nathan Bogert, Michae...

01:06:03May 19, 2025

Hot Second

Join host Austin Williams and new music ensemble Hot Second ( Rebecca McDaniel Percussion and Dylan Feldpausch Violin/Viola) as we discuss t...

01:04:51May 12, 2025

Laura Strickling 40@40

2023 and the first anthology has just been published by New Music Shelf. This extraordinary album features world-premiere recordings of art...

00:53:17May 5, 2025

On the Radar, April 2025

Cohosts Austin Williams and Stephen Rawson share what they have been listening to recently. Austin shares about an anthology of Irish Electr...

01:02:32Apr 28, 2025

Chiayu Hsu

Chiayu Hsu is an active composer of contemporary concert music and associate professor of composition at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Cla...

01:13:45Apr 14, 2025

Feedback

Host Austin Williams curates a listening experience with themes of feedback. Feedback is often associated with harsh sounds that are created...

01:01:04Apr 7, 2025

Sound of Silent Film 20th Anniversary

Access Contemporary Music's popular Sound of Silent Film Festival celebrates twenty years of presenting modern silent films with newly commi...

00:57:08Mar 31, 2025

Kinetics

Host Austin Williams has guest Liam Marchant on the show to discuss the relationship to kinetics and music, relating to a variety of aspects...

01:00:57Mar 24, 2025

Copland House Part 2

Copland House is a major force in contemporary American music dedicated to fostering greater public awareness and appreciation of our nation...

00:55:45Mar 17, 2025

Copland House Part 1

Copland House is a major force in contemporary American music dedicated to fostering greater public awareness and appreciation of our nation...

00:57:39Mar 10, 2025

Michael Ned Holte: Good Listener

Michael Ned Holte is a writer, independent curator, and educator based in Los Angeles, as well as the Associate Dean for the School of Arts...

01:06:25Mar 3, 2025

Sean Hickey - Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari’s breathtakingly expansive book Sapien s is a monumental achievement that comprehensively summarizes human history, behavi...

01:02:16Feb 24, 2025

Shara Nova

Shara Nova is a composer, vocalist, and producer currently creating from Detroit, Michigan. Shara has released six albums under the moniker...

00:57:59Feb 11, 2025

Speaking Instrumentalist

Host Seth Boustead features a variety of pieces by composers who ask the performers to vocalize in some way while also playing their instrum...

00:59:32Feb 3, 2025

Songs About Buildings and Moods Season Two

Access Contemporary Music has just released the second season of their PBS series Songs About Buildings and Moods in which they commission m...

00:57:26Jan 27, 2025

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