Taiwanese folksongs have long served as emotional anchors for generations past, offering comfort during times of hardship and disaster,...

Hiroyuki Sawano is a composer, lyricist, arranger, and music producer from Tokyo, Japan. He is renowned for his evocative scores in...

Emma Lou Diemer (1927-2024) From: Kansas City, Missouri  Education: Yale School of Music (B.M. and M.M. in Composition), Eastman School...

As I reflect on my time as a 2024 summer intern for A Seat at the Piano, I can’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of joy and...

The Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson (1925–2007) is well known as a virtuosic performer, winning 8 Grammys during his lifetime and...

Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820) was born in Vienna and lived there her whole life, studying with Georg Friedrich Richter, Leopold...

Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943) is perhaps best remembered today for his stylistic approach, blending African American spirituals...

The 20thC was a time of experimentation, where composers pushed the traditional boundaries of the concerto, exploring new forms,...

Throughout her professional career, the English composer Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) faced a critical dilemma that many women composers...

There are few genres of music more exciting than the concerto. A soloist, pitted against the strength of an orchestra, performing a...

Perhaps best known for his string and orchestral compositions, Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940) was a violinist,...

Born in Winnipeg, MB, the Canadian composer Ann Southam (1937-2010) is known for both her early tape music and her large-scale cycles for...

When I was selected as ASAP’s 2022 summer intern, I thought that maybe the directors had emailed the wrong person. Sure, the interview...

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912) was an English composer and conductor, best known today for his cantata Hiawatha's Wedding Feast,...

I am so excited to be launching a project to create universally designed scores. I will be focusing my initial efforts on piano and vocal...

Marianne von Martinez (1744-1812) was a vocalist, keyboardist, and composer, once known across Europe both as a performer and for her...

Growing up in Indonesia, I was exposed to various kinds of people, music, food, cultures, religions, and traditions. There are over 300...

George Walker (1922-2018) was an American composer and pianist, who first came to national fame upon winning the Pulitzer Prize for his...

For a piano teacher, there is nothing more exciting than a young student possessing that magical mixture of natural ability, work ethic,...

Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She was a prolific composer, with hundreds of both...