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Danielle Schwob: The Electrical Eclectic

Written by Tim Hansen Fresh-faced young wannabe composers arriving at college are told in Composing...
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broadway shows, concert music, Danielle Schwob, David Botrill, electronica, film score, pop/rock, The Pogues
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David Hertzberg: Saxophones and Eroticism

By Tim Hansen 2013 JFund awardee David Hertzberg is writing a work for saxophones. Four of them. The...
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PRISM, saxophone
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Eric Nathan: Conversations in Solitude

By Tim Hansen One afternoon in the summer of 2012, JFund awardee Eric Nathan arrived in Aldeburgh in...
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Aldeburgh, Momenta String Quartet, Multitude, Solitude
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Olga Bell: Krai

ACF is pleased to co-present the premiere of Krai by Olga Bell as part of the SPCO Liquid Music seri...
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folk, Kamchatka, Krai, Krais of Russia, russian, throat singing
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The aurally omnivorous Olga Bell

Written by Tim Hansen Rejection is the pits. All artists experience it at some point, and there’s no...
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Das Racist, Dawn Upshaw, Diamonite, Krai, New England Conservatory, Olga Bell, Philip Glass, The Dirty Projectors
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A new work seven years in the making: JFund awardee Christopher Trapani

Written by Tim Hansen Composer Christopher Trapani had a typically active upbringing for an aspiring...
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Al-Kindi, Christopher Trapani, Daisy Press, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, Talea Ensemble, Waterlines
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A small party for those with big amibitions

Written by Tim Hansen American Composers Forum held a friendly soiree in New York this November for...
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Alex Freeman, Asako Hirabayashi, Chris Cresswell, Christopher Danforth, Danielle Schwob, David Hertzberg, Eric Nathan, Heath Matthews, Jeremy Beck, Masatora Goya
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Mariel Roberts launches new album nonextraneous sounds

Written by Tim Hansen It’s a warm September night and I’m in seated in the pews of Our Lady of Leban...
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Alex Mincek, Andy Akiho, Daniel Wohl, innova, Manhattan School of Music, Mariel Roberts, nonextraneous sounds, Sean Friar, Tristan Perich, Van Lier Fellowship
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Armenian-American composer and JFund awardee Mary Kouyoumdjian keeps an ancient aesthetic alive

Written by Tim Hansen Composer and JFund awardee Mary Kouyoumdjian is drawn to colliding worlds. As...
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Armenia, Armenian Genocide, Dzov Yerku Kooynov, Hotel Elefant, Komitas Vardapet, Leaha Maria Villareal, Lebanon, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Ottoman Empire, The Place Beyond the Pines, World War I
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Getting to know David Conte: A Q&A with the ACF board member and composer

Stephen Schwartz (SS): The American Composers Forum is quite lucky to have you as part of the board...
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A Copland Portrait, Aaron Copland, ACF board of directors, Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Chanticleer, Cornell University, David Conte, Dayton Philharmonic, Elegy for Matthew, John Stirling Walker, Jr., La Trinité, Libby Larsen, Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Matthew Shepard, Nadia Boulanger, New York City Gay Men's Chorus, Pergolesi, Robert Kyr, Rudolf Steiner, September Sun, St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Stephen Paulus, Steven Sametz, Stonewall, stravinsky, The Choral Journal, The Homecoming, University of Northern Colorado
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A Matrimonial Collaboration: JFund Awardee Ruben Naeff

Written by Tim Hansen The Jerome Foundation’s Jerome Fund for New Music – the JFund – has been instr...
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Bash, Bill Solomon, Cadillac Moon Ensemble, Headspring, Kell Kathman, NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble, Ruben Naeff, Vigil, Wander & Wonder
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Jocelyn Hagen’s Hands upon the Plow

On Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 6pm CDT / 4pm PDT, Peninsula Women’s Chorus Presents an online...
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Conductor’s Roundtable – Mei-Ann Chen & David Alan Miller

Recorded live on April 7, 2021.  The following Professional Development Webinars are...
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Conductor’s Roundtable – Marin Alsop & George Manahan

Recorded live on May 5, 2021. The following Professional Development Webinars are co-presented by th...
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ACF Welcomes New Music Gathering to Saint Paul

New Music Gathering 2021, co-presented by American Composers Forum, New Music USA will be in Downtow...
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ChoralQuest New Release and Upcoming World Premiere: Somos los dueños by Judd Greenstein

We are thrilled to announce our newest addition to ChoralQuest®, our music series for middle-level c...
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AACM st 21st Annual Englewood Jazz Festival

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