We live in a charged political environment and though music is often  seen as an escape, many composers have chosen to use their work to make a  statement.

From Ted Hearne’s The Source, based on the story of Chelsea  Manning, the US Army Private who infamously leaked classified military  documents to WikiLeaks in 2010 to David T. Little’s operas about modern  warfare to Bright Sheng’s music about the Cultural Revolution, we  feature several composers who are speaking out.

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