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We are thrilled to announce our newest addition to BandQuest®, our music series for middle-level ban…
By Michael Cyrs Close your eyes, turn out the lights, and listen to Trevor Babb’s “Septet.” Each gui…
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guitar, innova, innova Recordings, Pat Metheny, Trevor Babb, Warmth
When I Sing by Rosephanye Powell for 3-part treble and piano with optional hand percussion We are th…
JFund Profile by Michael Cyrs “Genre-defying” and “experimental” are words that critics enjoy tossin…
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Funeral Doom Spiritual, Hunter Hunt Hendrix, M. Lamar, The Lynching Suite
I am humbled and excited to announce that as of September 1st, I begin my term as the next President…
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ACF Chapter, ACF-LA, ACF-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Steven Homestead
by Michael Cyrs Reality is rarely compartmentalized into the rigid structure of a three-minute pop s…
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Asuka Kakitani, JFund
by Michael Cyrs In May of 1995, Taiwan lost a cultural trailblazer. Teresa Teng, then 42 and already…
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Asymptote, C for G, China, Prime Knot, Steph Chou, Susan Jaffe, Taiwan, Teresa Teng
by J. Anthony Allen I spent the month of June on a residency aboard a ship in the Arctic. This was a…
Submitted by Louisa Castner and Victor Zupanc The Healing and Hope through Song community residency…
Written by Michael Cyrs Even if it’s with someone unquestionably genuine, verbal communicatio…
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Aleksandr Brusentsev, Jerome Foundation, Jerome Fund
Photo by Mark Melnyk. ACF President John Nuechterlein and ACF Board member Vivian Fung presented the…
The American Composers Forum (ACF) today announced the recipients of this year’s McKnight Fellowship…
A profile of a 2016 NextNotes finalist by Michael Cyrs A Google search of Ángel Jochi Hernandez-Came…
Facebook Event Page Join us for a night of new music by the winners of the NextNotes High School Co…
The American Composers Forum is pleased to announce a new community residency program with Giving Vo…
Three composers have been selected as participants for the first annual ACF CONNECT program offered…
National Composer Contest Awardee Profile There’s a high degree of bias that comes to mind when peop…
ACF is thrilled to announce the 4th Annual NextNotes® High School Composition Awards! NextNotes is a…
ACF is excited to be a new national partner in Make Music Day, and we want you, the ACF community, t…
Composers will travel to Minneapolis for Orchestra’s acclaimed professional training program, direct…
While the school year kicks into overdrive with end-of-year activities, students in Teresa Rhyne’s s…
written by Michael Cyrs The results of a teacher and student coming together have no constant. There…
