Contemporary music explained

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
• The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance
• 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
• 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 Jeep Music
• Jazz Contemporary
• The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music

Publications

• 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

See also

• List of 21st-century classical composers
• 21st-century music
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart
• List of contemporary classical violinists
• List of Billboard Top Contemporary Christian Albums number ones of the 1990s
  • Contemporary art