On Tuesday, April 16 at 8 pm, Q2 Music presents an exclusive stream of the Juilliard School's annual composers' competition concert, featuring four world premieres from current student composers.

This week on the New Canon, we hear from Nick Brooke's "Border Towns," pairing field recordings from the U.S. border with musical quotations of early American popular music. We also sample the Del Sol Quartet's new album of folk-based American music and the Attacca Quartet's recording of John Adams's complete string quartets.

Last January, the Brothers Balliett presented the Grown-Person's Guide, examining the orchestra one section at a time. By popular request, this week, they add more recent and usual instruments to their rundown. Featuring the ondes martenot, barrel organ and a music box ensemble. Listen today at 3 pm.

A fixture in New York's new-music scene, pianist Vicky Chow has worked with a formidable and varied roster of composers and performers. Her mixtape includes favorites from Florent Ghys, Donnacha Dennehy, Nik Bartsch and more. 

On Mar. 21, pianist Simone Dinnerstein and singer-songwriter Tift Merritt brought together their distinct musical backgrounds for an evening of collaboration that bridged the worlds of classical, folk and rock.

Tonight at 8 pm, Q2 Music streams the next installment of the New York Philharmonic's CONTACT! series, with premieres of works by Unsuk Chin, Poul Ruders, Yann Robin and Anders Hillborg.

On this week's The New Canon, sample the new solo album by Brooklyn Rider violist Nicholas Cords and enjoy solos for cello, bass and harp by Samuel Adler. Also, hear selections from our current Album of the Week, "Corollaries," by virtuoso pianist/composer Lubomyr Melnyk.

On April 4, Q2 Music offered a live audio webcast of the New York City performance debut of English composer Clint Mansell—best known for his scores to the films of Darren Aronofsky—from the Church of St. Paul the Apostle. Hear the entire show on demand.

On Mar. 26, the Attacca String Quartet presented the quartets of John Adams at (Le) Poisson Rouge, with the composer in attendance. Listen to the full concert on demand.

What does the word "madrigal" bring to mind for you? Close harmony on charming texts? Italian chromaticism? This week, the Brothers Balliett listen to a handful of living composers offering their own unique stamp on this ancient form.

With commissions from the Kronos Quartet and the Minnesota Orchestra and an upcoming Carnegie Hall premiere, composer Dan Visconti is impressively busy. Hear his Mixtape Wednesday at 3 pm.

On April 3, faculty and graduate students of the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University offered an evening of new music at (Le) Poisson Rouge, including selections from alumni Jennifer Higdon and Sebastian Currier. Hear the whole show on demand.

This week we hear from a new compilation of contemporary Irish electroacoustic music, a recent recording of Penderecki and Lutoslawski and Ensemble Signal's new take on Shelter.

As a follow-up to our five-day pianist profile series last fall, aptly titled Solid Gould, Hammered! presents a week's worth of hour-long musical portraits of some of the great pianists of the contemporary music world, including performances from the late Charles Rosen.