Feel free to actively engage in wherever the conversation happens to go, or turn your camera off and just listen to the music. This is an opportunity to hear new music, support artists and also meet and connect with the performers as well as others in the "audience." Bassist and composer Liz Draper is a […]

Based on the classic children’s book and Academy Award-nominated film, Paddle to the Sea explores our relationship to the bodies of water that connect our lives. Third Coast Percussion will perform their original soundtrack along with the film, as well as water-inspired works by composers Philip Glass and Jacob Druckman and the traditional music of the Shona […]

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, composer Dorian Wallace wrote "It Is One-Hundred Seconds to Midnight" to raise awareness, inspire action, and raise mutual aid. Collaborating with 16 pianists and 32 dancers from around the globe, the video will premiere on Facebook and YouTube on Earth Day, April 22, 8pm ET. In […]

The Oakland Interfaith Family of Choirs, under the direction of Terrance Kelly, hosts their Annual Free Spring Concert at the First Congregational Church of Oakland. The program features music by living composers: Everybody Dancin - Judith McAllister Open Your Mouth - Brent Jones  Please note the change in time so that our choir friends and […]

Scott Keever is a composer/guitarist who specializes in fingerpicking and open tunings, with influences from Balkan and Celtic to blues, jazz and classical. He will be hosting online YouTube solo guitar concert. "April 27th is my 50th Birthday! And I was hoping for a large gathering celebration type thing. But that's not going to happen. So instead, […]

Violinist Jennifer Koh’s Alone Together is an online commissioning project that brings composers together in support of the many freelancers among them. Twenty-one composers have each agreed to donate a new, 30-second micro-work for solo violin while also recommending a fellow composer to write their own 30-second solo violin work on paid commission from the […]

Gather as a community online and experience the creation of new work! In response to the impacts of COVID-19 on composers and performers, American Composers Orchestra announces Connecting ACO Community, a new initiative to commission short works for solo instrument or voice. Each composer will receive $500 to write the work, and each performer will […]