“Feedback” arose out the uncertainty that existed for performers and presenters about the state of artistic programming and educational activities during the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. In order to address this in a constructive way that would have an impact beyond the virus, Yarn/Wire decided to produce our own online web series that centered on the process of making new music.

We produced around 50 live video interviews with composers, musicians, and Y/W members covering a wide ranging set of topics: our repertoire built over the past 15 years, and conversations about works in progress. Feedback originally took place on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the fall of 2020, and on Thursdays from January 2021 through mid-June 2021. The series is now archived as a playlist on YouTube.

With “feedback”, we hoped to offer some unique answers to the question: “What is creative music?”. For Yarn/Wire, it is a relationship between musicians, composers, artists, coupled with a dedication to making work that is meaningful, challenging, impactful, varied, and relevant. The future is always full of change, and for now Yarn/Wire is thrilled to have this forum in which to celebrate an ever-changing body of work created to date while discovering ever varied paths to follow in the future. 

We look forward to expanding this resource for audiences, composers, and scholars in the future as our repertoire continues to expand.

“Feedback” was made possible with the friendly support of the ernst von siemens music foundation and other individual supporters.

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