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Best Opera John Aylward: Oblivion Kate Soper: The Hunt Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Jeffrey Gavett & Ekmeles We Live The Opposite Daring Beth Willer & Lorelai Ensemble Meyer: I Long And … Read More …

New Focus joins with the whole contemporary music community in mourning the passing of virtuoso saxophonist, wonderful colleague, and friend to many Ryan Muncy. Ryan was saxophonist and member of the International … Read More …

Several New Focus releases are on the first round ballot for the 2021 Grammy awards. The relevant albums/tracks are all currently streamable on their New Focus album pages, please take a listen and if you are a voting … Read More …

New Focus has been featured recently in some great contexts: Vanessa Ague wrote a label profile for Bandcamp … Read More …

The Crossing: Rising w/ The CrossingNew York Times: 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020 Spektral Quartet: Experiments in LivingThe New Yorker: Notable Performances and Recordings of 2020A Closer Listen: The Year’s … Read More …

Several New Focus releases are on the first round ballot for the 2020 Grammy awards. The relevant albums/tracks are all currently streamable on their New Focus album pages, please take a listen and if you are a voting … Read More …

Many of the artists with recordings in the New Focus catalog are hard hit by the current crisis. As a small way to try and help, New Focus waived our label share of all sales coming through our Bandcamp page, from March … Read More …

Contemporary vocal ensemble Ekmeles ("brilliant young ensemble... defining a fresh and virtuosic American sound" [The New Yorker]) celebrates the release of their debut album, "A Howl, That Was Also a Prayer" at The … Read More …

Join violin/viola duo andPlay on October 4th for an evening of music, drinks, and treats to celebrate the release of its debut CD, playlist. Violinist Maya Bennardo and violist Hannah Levinson’s collection of world … Read More …

We're always honored to see our albums make it onto year-end best of lists, and we'll compile all of them on this page as they come in. Sequenza21 - Best Instrumental and Recital CDs of 2018: Jacob Greenberg's "Hanging … Read More …

Congratulations to Du Yun and Missy Mazzoli on both being nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Contemporary Classical Composition! Du Yun is nominated for Air Glow, performed by International Contemporary … Read More …

Several New Focus releases are listed under various categories on the 2018 Grammy's ballot. Voting for the first round is open now, and goes until October 31st. If you are a voting member, thank you for considering … Read More …

Miller Theatre at Columbia University is honoring Du Yun with one of their prestigious Portrait Concerts, happening on November 15th at 8pm. The concert will be featuring two works from her recent album, "Dinosaur … Read More …

Ogni Suono, the duo of Noa Even and Phil Pierick on saxophones, is going on tour this September and October to promote their second album, and first on New Focus, SaxoVoce, coming out on September 7th. The album … Read More …

The New York Times included mentions of three recent releases in a summer music round up, Jacob Greenberg's "Hanging Gardens" featuring music by Debussy, Webern, Berg, and Schoenberg's rarely heard "The Book of Hanging … Read More …

A music video for a track from violinist Olivia De Prato's "Streya", Missy Mazzoli's Vespers for Violin was featured on on Deceptive Cadence, a program on NPR Classical, with a review from Tom Huizenga. "The music is … Read More …

OLIVIA DE PRATO: STREYA ALBUM RELEASE CONCERTOlivia De Prato (co-founder and first violinist of the Mivos Quartet) performs works from her debut solo album, "Streya" This concert celebrates the March 2, 2018 release of … Read More …

Time Out Chicago, Rhapsody, the New Yorker, and NPR all mentioned New Focus releases in their Best of 2013 lists. Three New Focus releases were included in Time Out's listing citing Tony Arnold and Jacob Greenberg's … Read More …