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Essay authors Amanda Cook, Forrest Howell, Jenn Jolley, Julia Kuhlman, Tim Igel, and Yaz Lancaster

Should Artists Have a Website? Thoughts from Around the Artistic Community

In the ever-evolving music industry, artists frequently find themselves at the crossroads of traditi…
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ACF | create 2024 Applications Now Open

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2024 ACF |…
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Anatomy of a Commission: Understanding the Institutional Perspective

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res…
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Anatomy of a Commission: Performers as Commissioners

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res…
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Anatomy of a Commission, Cenk Ergun, Chamber Music America, Claire Chase, Eastman School of Music, Elliot Reed, Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Helmut Lachenmann, JACK Quartet, JACK Studio, Jay Campbell, Julia Bumke, Kronos Quartet, Lucerne Festival, MoMa PS1, Natacha Diels, New Focus Recordings, The New School, TIME:SPANS
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To Podcast or Not to Podcast? Reflections from the Hosts of “Classically Black”

Classical musicians in the 21st century are expected to continually adapt to the latest cultural and…
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Anyway?, Black Music Seen, Classically Black Podcast, Jasmine Daquin, Joseph Conyers, Opera Offstage, Philadelphia Orchestra, Tacet No More, TRILLOQUY, What is Opera, Yumi Kendall
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ACF FALL APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

American Composers Forum (ACF) has announced the opening of applications for the 2024 McKnight Visit…
Yaz Lancaster -- Photo by Connie Li

Anatomy of a Commission: Building an Accessible and Community-Focused Practice

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res…
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A Far Cry, Anatomy of a Commission, Castle of our Skins, National Sawdust
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2023 ACF | create Awards Announced

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF | create awa…
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2023 ACF McKnight Composer Fellows and McKnight Visiting Composers Announced

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF McKnight Com…
Gemma Peacocke

Anatomy of a Commission: Transcending a Capitalist Valuation of Commissioning Fees

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res…
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Announcing 15 New Projects from innova Recordings Spring National Call

Today innova Recordings, the in-house recordings label of American Composers Forum, announced the se…
Stephanie Ann Boyd -- Photo by Adam Solsburg

Anatomy of a Commission: A Composer’s Guide to Orchestra Commissions

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res…
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Announcing “Anatomy of a Commission”: a 360-view Digital Resource

Today, American Composers Forum (ACF) announces the launch of a new digital resource titled “Anatomy…
Trevor Weston

First Orchestral Concert of Composing Inclusion Features World Premieres of Three New York City-Inspired Works

Students from Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program (MAP) will perform side by side with musicians f…
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Composing Inclusion, James Díaz, Jordyn Davis, Juilliard Music Advancement Program, New York Philharmonic, Trevor Weston
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Applications Now Open for innova Recordings’ 2023 Spring National Call

innova Recordings, the in-house recording label of American Composers Forum, invites artists to subm…
Jordyn Davis -- Photo by Liberty Fets

ListN Up: Jordyn Davis (March 9, 2023)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Annie Clark, Boom Bishop, Candice Hoyes, Composetheway, Gerald Clayton, Joel Ross, Jordyn Davis, ListN Up, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Mary Lou Williams, Samora Pinderhughes, Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science
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ACF Partners with GLFCAM on First Satellite Program

American Composers Forum (ACF) and the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music (GLFCAM) today…
Trevor Weston

ListN Up: James Díaz (February 9, 2023)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Alban Gerhardt, Alex G, Ania Vu, Catherine Lamb, Elizabeth Wesche, Erin Busch, Flannery Cunningham, James Díaz, James Primosch, Jon Heilbron, José G. Martinez, King Britt, ListN Up, Myung-Whun Chung, Rebecca Lane, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, The Crossing, Third Coast Percussion, Tyshawn Sorey, Unsuk Chin
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Applications Now Open for 2023 American Composers Forum Funding Programs

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2023 McKni…
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ACF, create, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Composer Fellowships, McKnight Foundation, McKnight Visiting Composer Residency
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Trevor Weston Facilitates a New Way Forward with Composing Inclusion

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Trevor Weston grew up as a choirboy at Sa…
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American Composers Forum, Composing Inclusion, Juilliard Preparatory Division, New York Philharmonic, Trevor Weston
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Nine Projects Selected for innova Recordings’ Second National Call

July 27, 2022, St. Paul, MN. Today American Composers Forum (ACF) announces the second collection of…
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innova Recordings Announces Eight New Artists to Join the Label following National Call

Today American Composers Forum (ACF) announces the first collection of recording projects…
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Artist PaviElle French Launches Residency in St. Paul

American Composers Forum (ACF) is excited to announce “Liberation! Lifting up our Youth:” …
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Innova Recordings Reimagines the “Record Label” with National Call for Recording Artists

Marking a paradigm shift in the way the business operates, innova Recordings, the in-house record la…
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