Coming out this Friday — Ann DuHamel: Prayers for a Feverish Planet: New Music about Climate Change, Vol. 1 Pianist Ann DuHamel releases the first volume of her commissioning project of solo works that are inspired by and draw attention to the climate change crisis

Coming out this Friday — SydeBoob Duo: Au Naturel SydeBoob Duo is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of performance in repertoire for soprano & flute, bringing their virtuosity to ambitious works that highlight their commitment to broad representation and the highest aesthetic standards

Out now — Michael Jones: The Promise of Escape Three solo percussion works by composers Pluto Bell, Nicholas Deyoe, and Scott Wollschleger, performed by Michael Jones newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-pr...

Out now — Eric Chasalow: ...arching, reaching, breathless This collection of Eric Chasalow’s music for strings balances his extensive work in electroacoustic contexts with his chamber music and spotlights his integration of literary sources

Coming out this Friday — Michael Jones: The Promise of Escape Percussionist Michael Jones releases an album featuring three works that resulted from close collaborations he has had with composers Pluto Bell, Nicholas Deyoe, and Scott Wollschleger newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-pr...

Coming out this Friday — Eric Chasalow: ...arching, reaching, breathless Composer Eric Chasalow releases ...arching, reaching, breathless featuring several pieces for strings in chamber and electroacoustic settings newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/archin...

Out now — Lei Liang: Six Seasons — Instrumentation Lab A two disc set of multidisciplinary works by composer Lei Liang, with musicians from Ensemble Dal Niente, Mivos Quartet, loadbang, [nec]shivaree, and pianist Stephen Drury newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/six-se...

From composer Lei Liang's new album Six Seasons: Instrumentation Lab coming out tomorrow, here's Season 6: Bloom performed by [nec]shivaree led by Stephen Drury newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/six-se...

Coming out this Friday — Lei Liang: Six Seasons: Instrumentation Lab Lei Liang crafts multi-disciplinary works that bridge scientific research, electroacoustic composition & contemporary improvisation to create a cohesive message of holistic symbiosis newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/six-se...

Out now — Matthew Shlomowitz: Explorations in Polytonality and other Musical Wonders, Volume 5 An EP of short form pieces exploring genre and tonality by composer Matthew Shlomowitz, written for the K!ART ensemble newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/matthe...

Coming out this Friday — Matthew Shlomowitz: Explorations in Polytonality and other Musical Wonders, Volume 5 Composer Matthew Shlomowitz embraces short form pieces, each of which engage with a historical trope from the compositional toolbox newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/matthe...

Out now — José Martínez: Short Stories Five electroacoustic works by composer José Martínez, integrating tradition, technology, and text, featuring performances by percussionist Jordan Walsh, saxophonist Noa Even, HOCKET, Hot Second and Martínez himself

Coming out this Friday — José Martínez: Short Stories Composer José Martínez releases Short Stories, a collection of his compositions that integrate tradition, technology, and text to tell stories, both direct and surreal newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/short-...

Out now — Peter Kramer: To a Green Thought in a Green Shade Solos, duos & trios for winds, strings, piano & guitar by composer Peter Kramer, featuring Longleash, clarinetist & recordist Zachary Good, bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward, guitarist Daniel Lippel, and Kramer himself on piano

From composer Peter Kramer's new album To a Green Thought in a Green Shade coming out Friday, here's Pietà performed by Longleash newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/to-a-g...

Coming out this Friday — Peter Kramer: To a Green Thought in a Green Shade Peter Kramer cultivates a compositional library of ideas from which he draws on and fashions lyrical, thoughtful music newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/to-a-g...

Out now — Wilfrido Terrazas: Trilogía del Dolor An album length work by composer Wilfrido Terrazas exploring the complexities of pain wilfridoterrazas.bandcamp.com/album/trilog...

Coming out this Friday — Wilfrido Terrazas: Trilogía del Dolor Flutist & composer Wilfrido Terrazas presents Trilogía del Dolor (Trilogy of Pain), a collection of works blending music & poetry to explore the complexities of the human experience of pain wilfridoterrazas.bandcamp.com/album/trilog...

Out now — Portland Percussion Group: Patterns & Form Three new works written for the Portland Percussion Group by Alejandro Viñao, Mendel Lee, and Daniel Webbon newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/patter...

Coming out tomorrow — Karol Rathaus: Piano Sonata No. IV, Op. 58 Pianist Donald Pirone releases Karol Rathaus' expansive Piano Sonata No. IV, a culminating work of a composer/pianist who had fled the political instability in Europe in the 1930s newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/karol-...

Coming out this Friday — Portland Percussion Group: Patterns & Form Portland Percussion Group’s newest release features three works commissioned by the ensemble by Alejandro Viñao, Mendel Lee, and Daniel Webbon Bandcamp: newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/patter...

Out now — Mariel Roberts Musa: Sunder Two works by composer & cellist Mariel Roberts Musa, featuring pianist Conor Hanick, and cellists Felix Fan & Roberts Musa herself marielroberts.bandcamp.com/album/sunder

From composer & cellist Mariel Roberts Musa's new album Sunder coming out tomorrow, here's a track from the title work performed by pianist Conor Hanick marielroberts.bandcamp.com/album/sunder

Coming out this Friday — Mariel Roberts Musa: Sunder Listening is central to composer Mariel Roberts Musa’s music, which engages landscapes shaped by physical presence, human meaning, and the subtle intersections of sound and politics marielroberts.bandcamp.com/album/sunder

Tonight Flotation Device begins its 50-year celebration to Anthony Braxton's Creative Orchestra Music 1976. Plus a salute to the Iranian avant-garde (w/Sote, IFCA & Laibach), and new albums by Kalevi Aho and Marc-André Hamelin. Sun 10pm PST 91.3fm kbcs.fm @kbcs.bsky.social @newfocuslabel.bsky.social

Out now — Richard Carrick: l’Algérie An album length work by composer Richard Carrick inspired by the music of the Maghreb in North Africa, featuring the Either/Or Ensemble newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/richar...

From composer & pianist Richard Carrick's new album length work coming out tomorrow, here's a movement from l’Algérie performed by Either/Or Ensemble newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/richar...

Coming out this Friday — Richard Carrick: l’Algérie Composer & pianist Richard Carrick's recent work fuses his penchant for long form composition, fluency in extended techniques, versatile performance practice and interest in structured improvisation newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/richar...

Tonight's Geography of Sound will focus on new recordings with chamber works by Daniel Pesca, Mark Abel and Christopher Stark. Click here at 22h (GMT) to listen: www.rtp.pt/antena2/ or listen to it later here: www.rtp.pt/programa/rad... #antena2 @newfocuslabel.bsky.social

Out now — Jonathan Bagg: Viola Revival — Mid-Century Works by Marion Bauer, Ulysses Kay & Margaret Bonds Three viola and piano sonatas from mid-century American composers Marion Bauer, Ulysses Kay, and Margaret Bonds, performed by violist Jonathan Bagg with pianists Emely Phelps and Mimi Solomon

From violist Jonathan Bagg's new album Viola Revival coming out tomorrow, here's a movement from Ulysses Kay's Sonata for Viola and Piano performed with pianist Emely Phelps newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/viola-...

Coming out this Friday — Jonathan Bagg: Viola Revival Violist Jonathan Bagg, with pianists Emely Phelps and Mimi Solomon, unearth three overlooked gems of the mid-20th century chamber repertoire by Marion Bauer, Ulysses Kay, and Margaret Bonds newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/viola-...

Out now — Eric Moe: WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 5 YEARS Five new works featuring the piano by composer & pianist Eric Moe, with pianists Solungga Liu & Moe, and New York New Music Ensemble newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/where-...

From composer & pianist Eric Moe's new album coming out tomorrow, here's the title work WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 5 YEARS newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/where-...

Coming out this Friday — Eric Moe: WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 5 YEARS Composer & pianist Eric Moe's newest release is a collection of five works for solo keyboard and one quintet that centers the instrument in his compositional output newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/where-...

Out now — @djmoderne.bsky.social: Wavelengths Four new works by composer Ken Ueno, featuring percussionist Karen Yu, The Up:Strike Project, ADRUNNOGNT, and Ueno himself newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wavele...

From composer @djmoderne.bsky.social's new album Wavelengths coming out tomorrow, here's Phase Patterns of Likeness Slightly Off performed by The Up:Strike Project newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wavele...

Coming out this Friday — @djmoderne.bsky.social: Wavelengths Ken Ueno's creative approach to composition shares an affinity with the percussion world; there is an underlying spirit of experimentation, problem solving, and deconstruction newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wavele...

Modern jazz via @willmasonmusic.com / @newfocuslabel.bsky.social now newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/hemloc...

not too late to give an enemy a holiday gift newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/hemloc...

Heartfelt thanks to Lee Rice Epstein for including my quartet album on his year-end wrap up. leericeepstein.substack.com/p/this-year-...

New reviews of contemporary music from New Focus Recordings: cimbalom, string quintets, music in 1,024 parts, and far beyond! blogcritics.org/tag/new-focu... @scottwollschleger.bsky.social @stevenricks.bsky.social #musicreview #music @newfocuslabel.bsky.social

Out now — Ensemble Dal Niente: portrait RE / Flux / Pacific Time Three new works written for Ensemble Dal Niente by Igor Santos, George Lewis, and Carola Bauckholt

From Ensemble Dal Niente's new album coming out tomorrow, here's composer Igor Santos' portrait RE dalniente.bandcamp.com/album/portra...

Coming out this Friday — Ensemble Dal Niente: portrait RE / Flux / Pacific Time Ensemble Dal Niente's newest release chronicles their immersive collaborations with composers George Lewis, @carola-bauckholt.bsky.social, and Igor Santos dalniente.bandcamp.com/album/portra...

Out now — Michael Hersch: Medea An operatic adaptation of the tragedy of Medea from Ovid's Metamorphoses by composer Michael Hersch & librettist Stephanie Fleischmann, featuring soprano Sarah Maria Sun, vocal ensemble Schola Heidelberg, @musikfabrik.bsky.social, and conductor Bas Wiegers

From composer Michael Hersch's new opera Medea coming out tomorrow, here's the opening movement performed by soprano Sarah Maria Sun, the vocal ensemble Schola Heidelberg and @musikfabrik.bsky.social, with the libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/medea

Coming out this Friday — Michael Hersch: Medea Michael Hersch adapts the tragedy of Medea from Ovid's Metamorphoses in a new opera for soprano Sarah Maria Sun, Schola Heidelberg and @musikfabrik.bsky.social with librettist Stephanie Fleischmann newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/medea

Out now — The 21st-Century Orchestra: Music from Brown University Five new orchestral works by faculty composers from Brown University, Wang Lu, Anthony Cheung, Joseph Butch Rovan, and Eric Nathan, performed by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) & led by Gil Rose

From an album of new orchestral works by Brown University faculty composers coming out this Friday, here's Wang Lu's Surge performed by Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) led by Gil Rose newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-21...