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ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Award Honorable Mention for

"Over!"

March 28th, 2025

The American Mavericks Project Presents 'The Next Generation: Celebrating Young Women Composers'

Musical America

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Announcing the 2024 Second Stage Composers and Mentors

Composers Now

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Juilliard Students and Faculty Premiere New Works at the Sounds of US: Immersive Music Festival

The Juilliard School

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IU 48 Hours Composer Symposium

Indiana University

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Jacobs School of Music students have 48 hours to compose a work that will be premiered by Hub New Music.

Modern Notebook for February 11, 2024

Classical WSMR

Press and Recording

This week's Modern Notebook highlights the works of Black composers, featuring KiMani Bridges's chamber work Warmth.

CCI Composer Highlight

Unheard-of Ensemble

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Unheard-Of Ensemble announces the participants of their 2023 Collaborative Composers Initiative.

KiMani Bridges -- ASCAP Honorable Mention 2022

The ASCAP Foundation

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KiMani Bridges, a ASCAP Morton Gould Honorable Mention, briefly talks about the awarded piece and other musical adventures.

WUOL - Composer KiMani Bridges on her process, STATiC, and what's next

WUOL

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In this interview, KiMani Bridges discusses her work and the upcoming premiere of her first orchestra piece entitled "STATiC".

The Next Generation: Celebrating Young Women Composers

New Music USA

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Great Falls Symphony announces results for the Second Performance Project

Great Falls Symphony

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World Premieres from the Sounds of US Festival Part 2

WQXR

Feature and Recording

Host Alexa Smith sits down with David Ludwig and KiMani Bridges to discuss the Sounds of US "To Become" program and the festival experience.

Sounds of US: Immersive Music Festival -- Created and Curated by Jennifer Koh

The Kennedy Center

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For Luna Lab Alum KiMani Bridges, Composition is a Vehicle for Storytelling and Self-Discovery

i care if you listen

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São Paulo Contemporary Composers Festival 2022-- Testimonial

São Paulo Contemporary Composers Festival

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KiMani Bridges, a SPCCP participant, briefly talks about her experience working and collaborating with the Fonema Consort ensemble.

The ASCAP Foundation Names Recipients of the 2022 Morton Gould Young Composer Awards

The ASCAP Foundation

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2022 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Awards Announced

New Music USA

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Marginale: Ascolto Immersivo

Electropresence

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Program for the performance of Dilemma as part of Napoli Totale Elettronica's Marginale: Transmedia Arts and Electronic Music Festival in Naples, Italy

The ASCAP Foundation Announces 2025 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Recipients

The ASCAP Foundation

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Lincoln Foundation Spring Newsletter

Lincoln Foundation

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Two Whiney M. YOUNG Scholars Make Their Mark in The Arts and Entertainment.

KiMani Bridges presents:

KiMani Bridges - Music

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KiMani Bridges presents her senior recital "FM", a theatrical work and showcase, on April 20th, 2024.

Wildfires, Fiddler Crabs: Fest Draws Music From Unheard-of Resources

Classical Voice America

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A review of the Unheard-Of Ensemble's 2023 Collaborative Composers Initiative.

Future of Music (Louisville Orchestra)

Arts_Louisville

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A review of the Louisville Orchestra's final performance of their 2021-22 LO Classics Series and the premiere of KiMani Bridges's orchestral work STATiC.

International Contemporary Ensemble & The New School's College of Performing Arts to Present Ensemble Evolution

Broadway World

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Ellen Reid and Pekka Kuusisto

Curate "Transfixing" Program for the LA Phil

i care if you listen

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Ensemble Evolution Virtual Festival 2022

International Contemporary

Ensemble

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TOPS Magazine - KiMani Bridges: The Storyteller-

February 2022

TOPS Magazine

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In this unique interview for TOPS Magazine, KiMani Bridges is interviewed by close friend and fellow student artist, Maurine Mosby.

Julius Eastman’s Florid Minimalism

The New Yorker

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LACO SUMMERFEST 2021:
KIMANI BRIDGES + CLAUDE DEBUSSY
VIRTUAL EVENT

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Recording

Video recording from July 1st, 2021 performance of "The Flower"

Audience Magazine - Louisville Arts & Entertainment - September 2021

Audience Magazine

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Taking Center Stage: Louisville Orchestra Highlights the Works of Female Composers — Interview with Angélica Negrón and KiMani Bridges.

#33 — "MidNight"

Musaics of the Bay

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Abstract expressionist painter Susana Aldanodo goes into more detail on the meaning behind her piece "Special".

Festival Auditors -- 2021

Connecticut Summerfest

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Connecticut Summerfest announces their 2021 festival auditors.

The "Special" Clarinet: KiMani Bridges, Michelle Hromin, Susana Aldanondo

Musaics of the Bay

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Abstract expressionist painter Susana Aldanondo discusses her painting "Special".

LACO and Luna Lab to present eight world premieres by female-identifying young composers, Feb. 11

The Hub

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Lift Up Our Voices Scholarship Inaugural 2020 Recipient

Lift Up Our Voices

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KiMani Bridges is named first recipient of the Lift Our Voices Scholarship

ACF Announces Winners of the NextNotes® High School Music Creator Awards

American Composers Forum

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5 Questions to the 2019 -20 Luna Composition Lab Fellows

i care if you listen

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Premiere Works of 2019-20 Fellows in the KMC’s Luna Composition Lab program

American Composer's Forum

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Announcing the 2020 G. Schirmer Prize for Luna Composition Lab

Wise Music Classical

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KiMani Bridges: Exploring the Inner Workings

American Composers Forum

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Interview as part of NextNotes.

Issue #1: SIREN SONG

Gold Graffiti Quarantine

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KiMani Bridges answers the question: "How are you furthering your thinking, expanding your horizons, and pushing your creativity within the current pandemic?"

Kaufman Music Center Announces 2019-20 Luna Composition Lab Fellows

Kaufman Music Center

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LUNA LAB MEETS LACO - virtual event

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Recording

Recording of February 11, 2021 premiere

of "The Flower".

KIMANI BRIDGES WINS THE 2020 G. SCHIRMER PRIZE FOR LUNA COMPOSITION LAB

New Musicbox (New Music USA)

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Bluegrass Music News Summer 2020

KMEA

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Congratulations to NextNotes High School Music Creator Awards Winner KiMani Bridges

Spotlight On: 2020 American Composers Forum NextNotes Creators

i care if you listen

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