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Multidisciplinary collaboration is essential to bring opera to life, fusing singing, acting, choreog…
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Carmina Escobar, Guillermo E. Brown, Matana Roberts, REDCAT, The Industry, The Industry LAB
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, artist Marlo De Lara received a PhD in the School of Fine Art, History…
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Ingrid Plum, Judith Hamann, Marlo De Lara, NikNak, Semay Wu, Susie Ibarra, Vincent Moon
The multitudes of Black womanhood are center stage in Black Being, a new four-part song cycle by Flu…
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Allison Loggins-Hull, Chicago Sinfonietta, Flutronix, Jaki Shelton Green, Mei-Ann Chen, Nathalie Joachim
Opera Philadelphia’s Complications in Sue is a fun, fantastically stylish, genre-defying work that r…
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Alistair Coleman, Andy Akiho, Anthony Roth Constanzo, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dan Schlosberg, Errollyn Wallen, Imara Miles, Justin Vivian Bond, Kamala Sankaram, Kiera Duffy, Michael R. Jackson, Missy Mazzoli, Nathalie Joachim, Nicholas Newton, Nicky Spence, Nico Muhly, Opera Philadelphia, Rehanna Thelwell, Rene Orth
Ishmael Ali carries many titles and is in no danger of running out of projects. He is a cellist, imp…
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Amalgam Arts, Bill Harris, Brianna Tong, Corey Wilkes, Ed Wilkerson Jr., Ishmael Ali, Jim Baker
When I got on the plane to attend Reykjavík’s Dark Music Days festival, I expected to have plenty of…
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Apparat, Arngerður María Árnadóttir, Bára Gísladóttir, Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, Björg Brjánsdóttir, Charles Ross, Dark Music Days, Dúplum dúó, Haukur Þór Harðarson, Huldur Chamber Choir, Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir, James MacMillan, Jón Arnar Einarsson, Luke Deane, M Alberto, Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson, Negla Piano Quartet, Pétur Eggertsson, Ragnar Árni Ólafsson, S. Gerup, Siggi String Quartet, Veronique Vaka, Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir
Last summer, Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio invited ten artists to compose multichannel works f…
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Angel Bat Dawid, Anna Friz, Audible Gallery, Brendan Principato, David Bird, Experimental Sound Studio, Eyeisha Sistrunk, Glenn Kotche, Jeff Kolar, Myles Emmons, Paige Alice Naylor, Saapato, Sonic Pavilion Redux, Zouning Liao
Freezing cold conditions demand collective care. Outside National Sawdust on Jan. 29th, old snow was…
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Fay Victor, Kaoru Watanabe, Kweku Sumbry, Mafer Bandola, National Sawdust, Seamus Egan, Shahzad Ismaily, Sunny Jain, yuniya edi kwon
To Our Artists, Supporters, and Partners: For the past 40 years, American Composers Forum has been p…
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innova Recordings
Applications for our 2026 McKnight Composer Fellowships are now open. These awards are presented in…
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McKnight Composer Fellowships
Today, we’re excited to announce Recomposing America, a multi-year initiative that considers the rol…
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Recomposing America
Loki Karuna Joins ACF as Executive Director, Vanessa Rose becomes CEO American Composers Forum (ACF)…
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American Composers Forum, Loki Karuna, Vanessa Rose
As an artist, your digital presence is both a practical marketing tool and an opportunity for storyt…
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Amanda Cook, Hannah Edgar, I Care if You Listen, John Schaefer, Loki Karuna
I’ve spent years on both sides of the camera. As a musician, I know what it feels like to stand in f…
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John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, photography, Titilayo Ayangade
Three-Year Opportunity for Mid-Career Women Composers Includes the Workshopping and Premiere of a Ne…
American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF McKnight Com…
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McKnight Artist and Culture Bearer Fellowship Program, McKnight Composer Fellowships, McKnight Foundation, McKnight Visiting Composer Residency
I was asked recently to share stories about my experiences commissioning new music in the hope that…
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Anatomy of a Commission
How artists approach digital content is a sprawling, deeply complicated question. While some key top…
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Alexi Kenney, Ashley Jackson, Ayane Kozasa, Caleb Teicher, Conrad Tao, Daniel Temkin, Death of Classical, Emi Ferguson, Francisco Fullana, Lawrence Brownlee, Min Kwon
Some words from Carolina Heredia, ACF Director of Programs: The abrupt announcement by MakeMusic to…
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Dorico, Evan Williams, Finale, Jennifer Jolley, MakeMusic, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Yaz Lancaster
For many musicians, it can be intimidating to figure out how to use digital platforms in ways that b…
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branding, digital platforms, music entrepreneurship
American Composers Forum (ACF) has announced the opening of applications for the 2025 McKnight Visit…
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American Composers Forum, McKnight Artist and Culture Bearer Fellowship Program, McKnight Composer Fellowships, McKnight Visiting Composer Residency, The McKnight Foundation
American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF | create awa…
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Jhoely Garay, Muyassar Yousef Kurdi, Rob Cosgrove, Shara Lunon, Zack Baltich
The music world is changing. AI is here, and it’s powerful. With the rapid evolution of AI mus…
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3LAU, AI, Amper Music, Audioshake, BandLab, Digi Muse 2024 Music + Technology Festival, ELVIS Act, Fairly Trained, Human Artistry Campaign, ICEBERG New Music Collective, Kits.AI, LalaLai, Landr, Lisa Pegher, Lucas Cantor, Masterchannel, MIDI, RoEx, RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Song Sleuth, Soundful, Stable Audio, Suno, Taryn Southern, Tod Machover, Udio, UGSeeker, Voice Swap