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Our newest ChoralQuest piece Song in My Head by composer Abbie Betinis received its first two rollin…
The American Composers Forum, in partnership with MakeMusic®, is proud to acknowledge the influentia…
Download PDF Press Release Here The American Composers Forum (ACF) is thrilled to announce the winne…
ACF to Award Three Commissions for Composers to Have World Premieres Performed by Great Black Music…
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet to Perform Works by Winners of the 2019 American Composers Forum Showcase
ST. PAUL, MN – Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, hailed by Classical Guitar Magazine as “Flawless, musical…
This coming summer, one San Francisco Bay Area composer will be selected to receive $10,000 for the…
Download PDF of Press Release American Composers Forum (ACF) has selected Abbie Betinis as the 2019…
Written by Michael Cyrs. On their 2015 album Dysnomia, Dawn of Midi created something for jazz, clas…
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BIG Talk, Dawn of Midi, Dysnomia, Jerome Fund for New Music, JFund, saxophone, Shelley Washington, Silk
ST. PAUL, MN – The AmericanComposers Forum is pleased to announce the results of the Minnesota Emerg…
Written by Michael J. Cyrs “Certain things for me are very hard to express with words,” explains JFu…
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Anna Akhmatova, Jonathan Creasy, Marfa, Martin Nevin, Shakespeare, Tenderness is Silent
In keeping with our mission to nurture the creative spirit of composers and communities, ACF is plea…
SAINT PAUL, MN – The American Composers Forum is pleased to announce the results of the ACF | Create…
We are thrilled to announce our newest addition to ChoralQuest®, our music series for middle-level c…
For Immediate Release: October 30, 2018 Press Contacts: Bonnie Marshall, Vice President of Developme…
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Vanessa Rose
Written by Michael J. Cyrs On Björk’s audiovisual LP Biophilia, the Icelandic singer wore numerous m…
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Balinese music, Biophilia, Bjork, Flora Sensoria, gamelan, JMSL, Joel Mellin, Sudden Industries
We are proud to share national recognition for Love Never Forgets, new choral music by Louisa Castne…
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Alzheimer’s, Bill and Susan Sands, CBS, Giving Voice Chorus, HealthPartners Center for Memory and Aging, Louisa Castner, Love Never Forgets, Victor Zupanc
We are thrilled to announce our newest addition to BandQuest®, our music series for middle-level ban…
by Michael J. Cyrs Will Healy has been playing piano for most of his life. The evidence is all over…
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CityScapes, ShoutHouse, Will Healy
by Michael J. Cyrs The setting: A concrete WWII-era bunker. The studio: Abandoned corridors of metal…
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Lea Bertucci, Metal Aether
Dr. Christos J. Granias remarks early in the conversation, “I’m a glass half full kind of person.” C…
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
