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Friday, December 18, 2020
Hey! What are you doing Friday Night on December 18th? If you miss nightlife as much as us, you’ll be happy to know San Francisco has its own late show now, with famous djs, bands and local performers of all varieties! Tonight “Club Closed,” (filmed at The Great…
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Join Elliott McKinley and their two colleagues, Dr. Peter Smucker (Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Stetson University) and Dr. Erich Stem (Associate Professor of Music Composition at Indiana University Southeast) for a second panel discussion envisioning new and different ways of teaching music theory. They invite discussion and questions…
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Friday, January 1, 2021

Field to Media

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Field to Media is about amplifying musical communities’ responses to environmental challenges. Field researchers worked with communities in Canada, Bangladesh, China, Haiti, India, Tanzania, and the United States to create musical videos and cinematic messaging about climate change, water pollution, deforestation, and the impact of motor noise on marine life.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021
The following Professional Development Webinar are co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF), and feature panel discussions by esteemed professionals in the industry about topics including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Entrepreneurship and Creating an Ensemble; Film Composition; Fundraising via Supportive Individuals; Programming…
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Thursday, January 7, 2021
Helpful hints on choosing and presenting your best work. Hosted by composer Jeremy Gill. Composer and BMI Student Composer Awards preliminary judge Jeremy Gill offers an insiderʼs view on how judges assess your work, and what you can do to make your best work stand out. This workshop is aimed…
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Saturday, January 9, 2021

TIMES3 (Times x Times x Times)

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Created by Geoff Sobelle & Pamela Z Such strange times call for a new time signature. Is there still time to sit in the center of a city and hear the tide of traffic? To listen for a heartbeat? Composer Pamela Z and theatre artist Geoff Sobelle collaborate on a site specific-sonic…
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Saturday, January 9, 2021

OCEAN BODY

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Composed and performed by Helga Davis & Shara Nova Directed and filmed by Mark DeChiazza Ocean Body immerses its audience in a landscape of sculpture, multiple video diptychs, and sound utilizing parallel imagery and music to examine the efficacy of interracial coalitions and the sometimes tenuous connection of friendship. A layered invitation…
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Sunday, January 10, 2021
Composed by Ben Frost & Petter Ekmann Direction by Ben Frost Libretto by Daniela Danz Musical Direction by Florian Groß The digital U.S. premiere of the film THE MURDER OF HALIT YOZGAT launches Sunday, January 10 at 11am CT / 12pm ET…
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Sunday, January 10, 2021

THE PLANET – A LAMENT

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Directed by by Garin Nugroho Composed and performed by Septina Rosalina Layan Featuring Mazmur Chorale Garin Nugroho’s brand new staged Song Cycle, The Planet – A Lament, merges film with live dance and a 14-voice choir accompanied by Papuan Soloist to impart a moving story of creation set against the backdrop of environmental disaster.
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Sunday, January 10, 2021

WIDE SLUMBER FOR LEPIDOPTERISTS

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Composed by Valgeir Sigurðsson Text by a rawlings Direction by Sara Martí Inspired by the award-winning book of the same name by poet a.rawlings, Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists pairs sleep and dream studies with lepidoptery, the study of butterflies and moths. Tracking the stages of sleep and pairing them with the life cycle of butterflies and…
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
The following Professional Development Webinars are co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF), and feature panel discussions by esteemed professionals in the industry about topics including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Entrepreneurship and Creating an Ensemble; Film Composition; Fundraising via Supportive Individuals; Programming…
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
ACF’s Study Group opens our staff and board conversations and anti-racism training to our colleagues and friends. For our January study group, we will be discussing Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me. Praised by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” the book is a personal literary exploration of…
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