Resonance is ACF’s artist feature series created to provide people who love music a chance to discover more about the music and the person/people behind the music.


  • Resonance: October 2020Resonance: October 2020
    Accomplished music educator Portia Dunkley is the next artists in the ACF | connect program, which provides sustained support for music creators to build relationships with ensembles based in the United States. Through the development of new work, the program intentionally supports a spectrum of voices and music to advance creative musical expression, which ACF ...
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  • Resonance: September 2020Resonance: September 2020
    The Healing Culture Work of Composer and Vocalist Mankwe Ndosi by Sun Yung Shin “The aim of each thing which we do is to make our lives and the lives of our children richer and more possible.” – Audre Lorde 1 “I don’t try to please when I play. I try to cure.” – Ornette Coleman 2 “Creative practices ...
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  • Announcing 신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin as editor of the ACF Resonance Series.Announcing 신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin as editor of the ACF Resonance Series.
    We are thrilled to announce that Sun Yung Shin will become the new editor of ACF’s Resonance Storytelling series.
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  • Resonance: July 2020Resonance: July 2020
    Learning through the Ears: Reflections on Heard in Havana In 2014, President Barack Obama announced that his administration would begin the process of normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba, restoring full diplomatic relations with the island nation after 50 years of tense, frozen relations. In 2015, Third Sound presented the first concert entirely comprising ...
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  • Resonance: June 2020Resonance: June 2020
    Visualizing the Visceral: a conversation between multimedia visual artist Yuliya Lanina and composer/vocalist Bora Yoon. This dialogue was curated by SXSW to be presented as a panel on Experiential Storytelling. Unfortunately, SXSW was cancelled due to the Covid-19 Global Pandemic. However, we are able to offer it as part of our Resonance Series.
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  • Resonance: May 2020Resonance: May 2020
    This month Jen Shyu, dynamic performer, bandleader, and current ACF ChoralQuest® Composer-in-Residence shares her story of growing up in rural Illinois, her 50 state multi-tiered tour, and her project with William Alexander Middle School MS 51 in Brooklyn, New York.
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