On March 11, 2026, Pulitzer Prize and GRAMMY Award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon attended the world premiere of her NLM-commissioned work Art Measures for Violin and Piano, performed by Rabia Brooke and Nathanael Canfield at Guarneri Hall in Chicago.
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Nova Linea Musica announces the three winners of the NLM Score Call 2025. Freight by Graham Meyer, This Moment by Joel Y. Hoo, and God is in the Details by Jason Zhang will receive their world premieres on May 27, 2026 at The CheckOut in Chicago, performed by the NLM Piano Trio under the mentorship of Grammy-nominated composer Clarice Assad.
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Chicago composer Stacy Garrop left a tenured university position to compose full time. From the Kronos Quartet to the Pittsburgh Symphony, her music has been heard on stages around the world. Now as Nova Linea Musica's first Composer-in-Residence, she is helping shape the future of contemporary classical music in Chicago.
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"On the morning of the sold-out world premiere, composer JaRon Brown sat down with WVON Radio to talk about memory, family, and the new work he composed for Third Coast Percussion, commissioned by Nova Linea Musica."
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