Contemporary classical music

genre of popular music

post-1945 period in classical music

minimalist music genre

artistic form bridging literary and musical composition, in which the phonetic aspects of human speech are foregrounded instead of more conventional semantic and syntactic values

Postminimalism is an art term coined (as post-minimalism) by Robert Pincus-Witten in 1971 and used in various artistic fields for work which is influenced by, or attempts to develop and go beyond, the aesthetic of minimalism. The expression is used specifically in relation to music and the visual arts, but can refer to any field using minimalism as a critical reference point. In music, postminimalism refers to music following minimal music.

music of the postmodern era, or that follows aesthetical and philosophical trends of postmodernism

annual forum for the promotion of contemporary classical music

music genre

art music, in the contemporary classical tradition, that has been produced since the year 2000

unorthodox methods of singing or of playing musical instruments

Biomusic is a form of experimental music which deals with sounds created or performed by non-humans. The definition is also sometimes extended to include sounds made by humans in a directly biological way. For instance, music that is created by the brain waves of the composer can also be called biomusic as can music created by the human body without the use of tools or instruments that are not part of the body (singing or vocalizing is usually excluded from this definition).

term used to describe the musical works of a number of late-twentieth-century composers of Western classical music

instrument destruction type

American composition award given annually by the University of Louisville (1985-)