Issue No. 25: Spring Listening!

We are in spring - a season of renewal, energy, and exploration. To assist you on that seasonal path, here is a collection of nine performances to invigorate your imaginations!


Shades by Daijana Wallace.

Performed by Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello.

A Boy and A Makeshift Toy by Mary Kouyoumdjian.

Performed by Michael Hall, viola and Christopher Janwong McKiggan, piano.

Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, featuring Bela Fleck.

NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert.


Downtown Gait by Buck McDaniel.

Performed by The Genkin Philharmonic.

I Stood by Pamela Stein Lynde.

Performed by Pamela Stein Lynde, soprano; Sarah Hawkey, soprano; Megan Ihnen, mezzo-soprano; Sugar Vendil, piano; Kaya Katarzyna Bryla-Weiss, violin; and Jillian Bloom, cello.

“The Eagle Flies” by Derrick Michaels Quartet.

Previously unreleased improvised recording.


White Ash by Mara Gibson.

Performed by Megan Ihnen, mezzo-soprano and Darrel Hale, bassoon.

Gougalōn by Unsuk Chin.

Performed by Ensemble intercontemporain.

Bounce by Quinn Mason.

Performed by Alan Theisen, alto saxophone and Marianne Parker, piano.