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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

AURA: ONE ON ONE

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AURA: One on One is a video series featuring performances of exciting solo works by members of AURA Contemporary Ensemble. The music to be performed has been written by some of today’s most innovative composers, who will be interviewed by the performers at the end of each video. Beginning on…
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Monday, October 12, 2020
The Mizzou New Music Initiative is excited to announce the 12th Annual Mizzou International Composers Festival, July 26 – 31, 2021 on the campus of the University of Missouri. Activities for resident composers begin in the evening on Friday, July 23. Four composers from around the world will be selected through a portfolio…
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Monday, October 12, 2020
San Francisco’s Search for Scores and Education Program Call for Scores Deadline Nov 15, 2020 Calling all aspiring composers! San Francisco Contemporary Music Players is thrilled to announce their 2021 SF Search for Scores, an open call to any composers based in the…
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Sunday, October 11, 2020
Sharing music to build bridges between communities. A conversation with the musicians of Maithree and members of the American Composers Forum. ACF Board members Nirmala Rajasekar and V Srinivasan as well as ACF staff Vanessa Rose and Amanda Cook will be featured. Add this Zoom event on Sunday,…
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Saturday, October 10, 2020

ACF-LA Celebrates 20 Years!

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Celebrate ACF-LA’s 20 years with friends and colleagues from our new-music communities. Gather with composers and new music creators in this Zoom celebration where we will spotlight moments from the past, sharing thoughts and thanks. Bring a beverage of your choice to this cocktail hour event to toast ACF-LA and…
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Saturday, October 10, 2020
Lot of Strings Music Festival features four of the most exciting and critically acclaimed string quartets over the course of four Thursday evenings atop the Morris Museum’s elevated parking lot. Enjoy the thrill of live music, and stunning sunsets from the comfort of your own socially distant 8’x8’ block. Bring…
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Friday, October 9, 2020
The Music in Bloom 2020 Virtual Festival will present 10 world premiere performances by world-class classical musicians in 4 virtual concerts. The Music in Bloom Festival is taking the concert stage online this October by presenting 4 virtual world premiere performances of works by living composers. The five Music in…
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Friday, October 9, 2020
Great Falls Symphony announces their 100% FREE concert season this year until May 2021. “All of us at the Great Falls Symphony are fully committed to fulfilling our mission to infuse cultural vibrancy into the Great Falls community through transformative music events and education programs.” All live performances will…
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Friday, October 9, 2020
Join acclaimed performer, composer, and producer, Ralph Farris, for a series of timely conversations about the current state of creative collaboration. On Friday October 9th, starting at 9 AM PT / 11 AM CDT, Ralph will lead a series of four Zoom sessions designed to explore how artists of all…
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Thursday, October 8, 2020
The New Works Commission Composer Sessions is hosted by composer and National Sawdust Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Paola Prestini. Designed for composers and free for all to enjoy, these Sessions provide insights and tools for developing evolving entrepreneurial skills and new ways of thinking. As a part of their New…
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Thursday, October 8, 2020
The centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment provides an opportunity for the American Composers Forum (ACF) and I CARE IF YOU LISTEN (ICIYL) to celebrate this historic moment while highlighting the complexity of women’s suffrage and exclusion to participation, even in 2020. From August 18 (the ratification…
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Visit Icehouse this Tuesday, October 6 at 7pm CDT for a live improvised music in a socially-distanced, mask up, and outdoor event! Schedule: 7:00 – Krissy Bergmark and Paul Metzger 8:00 – Krissy Bergmark and Anthony Cox, Lara Hanson, Nathan Hanson, Tom Nordlund There is a $20 cover…
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Sunday, October 4, 2020
On Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 6pm CDT / 4pm PDT, Peninsula Women’s Chorus Presents an online livestream concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and the accomplishments of women’s suffrage champion Alice Paul. On the agenda is other works from the 3-year Trailblazers Project honoring pioneering women,…
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
Virtual Watch Party | LYRIC Thursday, October 1, 2020 | 8:00PM CDT / 6:00PM PT Attend the Virtual Watch Party with the musicians of San Fransisco’s conductor-less chamber orchestra, One Found Sound! Filmed and performed in-person (and at a social distance!), their season kickoff will feature a special music…
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
A special “virtual concert” is planned to raise funds to benefit those affected by the August derecho storm that devastated areas of East Central Iowa. The Iowa Concert of Hope will air on KCRG-TV 9.2 and stream at www.iowahope.com on Thursday, October 1st at 7pm, featuring performances and appearances by…
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
Wu Man joins Kronos Quartet to perform in the Philharmonic Society of Orange County’s virtual celebration of the Mid-Autumn “Moon” Festival, a thousand-year-old Chinese tradition marked by family gatherings, paper lanterns, and moon cakes. The program includes pieces for pipa, as well as other Chinese instruments, and a world premiere…
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
The New Works Commission Composer Sessions is hosted by composer and National Sawdust Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Paola Prestini. Designed for composers and free for all to enjoy, these Sessions provide insights and tools for developing evolving entrepreneurial skills and new ways of thinking. As a part of their New…
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Tulsa Opera’s Staying Alive series continues with soprano Sarah Coburn. Tulsa Opera keeps the music alive amidst the shutdowns with its Staying Alive video series-bringing to viewers at-home performances from the company’s featured artists every week. On Wednesday, September 30, soprano and Tulsa native Sarah Coburn, accompanied…
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
International Contemporary Ensemble’s cellist Katinka Kleijn is joined by cellist, composer, and improviser Aliya Ultan in a performance-discussion on pushing the boundaries of cello performance, using other sonic materials to vibrate and interact with the cello. New sound worlds emerge, interrogating how people interact with their environment and found objects.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and dancer Jen Shyu performs and discusses new works influenced by quarantine and the Black Lives Matter movement in her upcoming livestream “Mentorship, Creativity, and an Artist’s Pivot in Times of COVID-19,” presented by the University of Michigan’s Center for World Music Studies as part of…
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
ACF’s Study Group opens our staff and board conversations and anti-racism training to our colleagues and friends. Please use this Zoom link as we will be meeting remotely due to Covid-19. Our next study group will be Tuesday, September 29th at 4 pm CST.
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Monday, September 28, 2020

Shai Wosner’s Daily Diabelli

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Shai Wosner continues his month-long journey through Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations. He started with the theme-a waltz by Anton Diabelli-on Tuesday, September 8, and he continues to perform and provide insight into one variation per day until he has completed all 33. This is a daily event starting on Monday,…
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Sunday, September 27, 2020
In the wake of the loss of George Floyd and much unrest in our beloved Twin Cities, CMSM Co-Artistic Director and violinist Ariana Kim together with distinguished writer-narrators Lou Bellamy and Sarah Bellamy, and renowned composer-activist Steve Heitzeg, created a multimedia piece for solo violin + spoken word entitled, “How…
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Saturday, September 26, 2020
In this livestream performance, we’re shining a spotlight on extraordinary women composers, past and present. The program starts with music of Reena Esmail, whose compositions have been hailed as “crystal clear, beautiful, thought-provoking, and unlike anything I’ve ever heard before” (Los Angeles Times). Then, hear Florence Price’s exuberant String Quartet…
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