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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 releases on 2022 Grammy Ballot: Jennifer Grim (Best Classical Instrumental Solo, Best Contemporary Composition [David Sanford Offertory], Best Engineered … 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 …

Composer Zosha Di Castri celebrates the release of her debut recording Tachitipo with a release event at Tenri Cultural Institute on Sunday November 17th at 6pm. The event will feature performances by pianist Julia Den … Read More …

Here are our titles on the first-round ballot for Grammy voting for 2019. First round voting ends on October 10th, so if you're a voting member (or even if not!) we deeply appreciate your consideration of all these … 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 …

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 …

Innovative ensemble loadbang celebrates the release of their newest album, "old fires catch old buildings", with a release event at Areté in Brooklyn on May 30 at 7:30 pm. The recording features works written for the … Read More …

Several New Focus titles were included in Best of 2017 lists in various publications -- here's a roundup: The New Yorker: Scott Wollschleger: Soft … Read More …

Composer Scott Wollschleger celebrates the release of his recording Soft Aberration with an event at the Metropolis Ensemble space at 1 Rivington Street 2nd Floor in New York on October 20th at 7:15pm. The Mivos Quartet … Read More …

From the first releases on the label, a core element of New Focus' mission has been to feature composers, particularly American composers who were deeply invested in building on a lineage of contemporary composition in … Read More …