unaccompanied: music for the voice alone
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Relevant Tones
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...
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Listen to Relevant Tones, a Music podcast by Access Contemporary Music. Stream 428 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival
The Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival is an ambitious summer program that brings together young string players to work intensively with...
Cristina Spinei - Moved by An Interior Impulse
Best known for her acclaimed work with ballet companies across the country, Cristina Spinei has developed a distinctive musical language bui...
Third Place Music Festival
On this episode of Relevant Tones we highlight Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Third Place [MusicFest] as they celebrate their 7th year. Third Place c...
Peter Askim and the NEXT Festival of Emerging Artists Part II
In the second half of our conversation with conductor, composer and producer Peter Askim , we take a deeper look at his efforts to champion...
Peter Askim and the NEXT Festival of Emerging Artists Part I
Composer, conductor, and producer Peter Askim joins Seth Boustead to discuss building vibrant communities around contemporary classical musi...
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...
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...
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!...
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...
Neil Quigley
Host Austin Williams and composer guest Neil Quigley chat about Neil’s music and its relationship to speculative history. Neil explains how...
Coalescent Quartet
Join host Austin Williams as he speaks to members of the Coalescent Saxophone Quartet. The quartet consists of members Nathan Bogert, Michae...
Hot Second
Join host Austin Williams and new music ensemble Hot Second ( Rebecca McDaniel Percussion and Dylan Feldpausch Violin/Viola) as we discuss t...
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...
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...
Chiayu Hsu
Chiayu Hsu is an active composer of contemporary concert music and associate professor of composition at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Cla...
Feedback
Host Austin Williams curates a listening experience with themes of feedback. Feedback is often associated with harsh sounds that are created...
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...
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...
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...