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Contemporary music


Contemporary music is whatever music is produced at the current time. Specifically, it could refer to:

Genres or audiences

  • Adult contemporary music
  • British contemporary R&B
  • Christian adult contemporary
  • Christian contemporary hit radio
  • Contemporary a cappella
  • Contemporary blues
  • Contemporary Catholic liturgical music
  • Contemporary Christian music
  • Contemporary classical music
  • Contemporary commercial music
  • Contemporary folk music
  • Contemporary hit radio
  • Contemporary improvisation
  • Contemporary Jewish religious music
  • Contemporary laïkó
  • Contemporary R&B
  • Contemporary soul
  • Contemporary worship music
  • New adult contemporary
  • Rhythmic adult contemporary
  • Rhythmic contemporary
  • Urban adult contemporary
  • Urban contemporary gospel
  • Urban contemporary music

Regions

  • Contemporary music of France
  • Contemporary music of Indonesia
  • Contemporary music of Madagascar
  • Malaysian contemporary music
  • Contemporary underground music in Syria

Institutions

  • Academy of Contemporary Music
  • Advanced School of Contemporary Music
  • ARChive of Contemporary Music
  • Association for Contemporary Music
  • Center for Contemporary Music
  • Center for Contemporary Opera
  • Contemporary Music Project
  • Cornel School of Contemporary Music
  • Edition of Contemporary Music
  • INSAM Institute for Contemporary Artistic Music
  • International Society for Contemporary Music
  • Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
  • London Centre of Contemporary Music
  • Quebec Contemporary Music Society
  • Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
  • School of Jazz and Contemporary Music

Ensembles

  • Accessible Contemporary Music
  • Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
  • Concorde Contemporary Music Ensemble
  • The Contemporary Singers of Australia
  • Contemporary Youth Orchestra
  • The Group for Contemporary Music
  • NOTUS, the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
  • San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

Festivals

  • Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
  • Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts
  • Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
  • London Festival of Contemporary Church Music
  • Royan Festival for Contemporary Music
  • Tehran Contemporary Music Festival
  • Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival
  • University of Plymouth Contemporary Music Festival

Albums

  • Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil
  • Contemporary Jazz (Branford Marsalis album)
  • Contemporary Jeep Music
  • Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music
  • Jazz Contemporary (Kenny Dorham album)
  • The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music

Publications

  • Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music
  • Contemporary Christian Music Magazine
  • Contemporary Country

Awards

  • Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
  • Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
  • Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
  • Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album
  • Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album
  • Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
  • Helpmann Award for Best Contemporary Concert Presentation

Instruments

  • Contemporary harpsichord
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