First : Listen (The Journal of Critical Listening through Music)
# First : Listen (The Journal of Critical Listening through Music)

First : Listen (The Journal of Critical Listening through Music) is an open-access online journal focused on current and emer­ging discourse on music, sonic art, and creative practices involving sound. Close listening is considered as the foundation of these activities, to promote ex­plo­ring the theoretical, aesthetic, and so­ci­al sta­kes wi­t­hin the­se discussions and as critically engaging the dynamic music-creative activity of the 20th-21st Centuries. The journal's first issue is devoted to the music of composer Roger Reynolds.

musicology, music listening, music education, composition, theory, journalism

