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When Lynn O’Brien won a Minnesota Emerging Composer Award (MECA) in 2016, she knew exactly wha…
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Bobby McFerrin, circle singing, improvisation, Jerome Foundation, Lynn O’Brien, MECA, Minnesota Emerging Composer Award, Rhiannon, vocal
People like Michael Betz don’t settle for one of two sides of the coin. Just because you choose to f…
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ChucK, Commodore 64, cyberpunk, Emergence, Enclosure, Michael Betz, St. Olaf University, Tombeaux
The American Composers Forum (ACF) is thrilled to announce that Kashimana Ahua has been selected as…
written by Michael J. Cyrs. Many sounds we hear in everyday life are no longer created the way they…
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Barbara Kingsolver, Jerome Foundation, Samuel Wells, Splice, The Lacuna
The American Composers Forum (ACF) today announced the recipients of this year’s McKnight Fellowship…
The American Composers Forum, in partnership with MakeMusic®, is proud to acknowledge the influentia…
While the school year kicks into overdrive with end-of-year activities, students in Susan Oakley’s b…
A jubilant celebration of the power of singing together, “Love Never Forgets” illustrates that life…
Three composers have been selected as participants for the second annual ACF CONNECT program offered…
Last year, ACF-Philadelphia partnered with The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia (COP) for a three-y…
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ACF-Philadelphia, Adam Vidiksis, Annenberg Center, Clef Club, Joybells, Kimmel Center, Morgan Library, Murmurations, Open Spaces, Primavera Fund, Steven R. Gerber Residency Program, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
Written by Michael Cyrs. There are perks to playing music as a group. On top of taking cues and perf…
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Adara Meyers, Happy Days, Hotel Elefant, Leaha Maria Villareal, Samuel Beckett, The Bell for Waking_The Bell for Sleep, Vanessa Langer
The American Composers Forum (ACF) is thrilled to announce the winners of the fourth annual NextNote…
Jelloslave (aka Purple Orange), hailed by Rebecca Lang of the Star Tribune as “…an infectious, myste…
John Nuechterlein has announced that he will retire as President/CEO of the American Composers Forum…
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John Nuechterlein, Mary Ellen Childs, retirement
This winter, BandQuest series editor and composer Thomas C. Duffy met with the 7-8th grade band and…
Written by Michael J. Cyrs. “America is a great place. But it’s also not so great. You can have thos…
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Changing Same, Jerome Foundation, Joseph C. Phillips, Numinous, The Grey Land
ACF is thrilled to announce that composer Tawnie Olson has been selected as the 2018 BandQuest® comp…
written by Michael J. Cyrs In 1845, when expressionism was decades away from being an identifiable m…
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24 Hours, Brian Petuch, Herman Melville, JMW Turner, Moby Dick, The Pequod
In 1960, Smell-o-Vision came to the big screen. Accompanying a movie called The Scent of Mystery, mo…
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ACF board of directors, Ear + Nose, Institute for Art and Olfaction, Mary Ellen Childs, master nose, Museum of Arts and Design, Northern Spark, perfume, scent, Zeitgeist
written by Michael J. Cyrs At many classical music performances, concertgoers place themselves at th…
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JP Merz, Liquid Music, SEAMUS
BandQuest composer Jodie Blackshaw recently wrote about composing with music concepts during rehears…
