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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
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Release Dates: Friday, February 5, 2021 Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Friday, February 12, 2021 Tuesday, February. 16, 2021 Tiny operas, big ideas. This program features newly commissioned 8-10-minute operas from Minnesota artists with a variety of creative backgrounds. The MN Opera new works team will…
Thursday, February 18, 2021
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ACF’s Study Group opens our staff and board conversations and anti-racism training to our colleagues and friends. Please use this Zoom link as we will be meeting remotely due to Covid-19. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Join us on…
Monday, February 22, 2021
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AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY MUSIC in collaboration with MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC invites you to share virtually with the FIFTH HOUSE ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE Deep Listening: 5 consecutive 15-minute sessions; guided meditations, daily rituals, improvised text scores, and movement exercises; Deep Listening provides multiple tools for mindfulness, creativity, and communal music…
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
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American Composers Orchestra’s Composer to Composer series features major American composers in conversation with each other about their work and leading a creative life. The intergenerational discussions will begin by exploring a single work with one composer interviewing the other. Attendees will gain insight to each work’s genesis, sound, influence…
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
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A Meeting at the Crossroads of visual art, sound art, music and poetry presented by Stanislaw Welbel
Fire Station Artists‘ Studios is delighted to invite you to an online Meeting at the Crossroads of visual art, sound art, music and poetry presented by Warsaw-based curator and art historian Stanislaw Welbel, with Matthew Evan Taylor (past NextNotes panelist), Dannielle Tegeder, Suzanne Walsh on…
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
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The following Professional Development Webinar is co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF). What skills should a composer have in order to produce their own work? Topics include audio and video recording, project management, and producing recordings. John Glover moderates a panel of creators and producers. Q&A with audience will follow the panel discussion. Panelists: Habib Azar, Film…
Friday, March 5, 2021
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Inspired by her own mixed-race heritage and career-long engagement with diverse musical traditions, pianist Lara Downes creates and curates a new digital recording venture, Rising Sun Music, that sheds a bright light on the music and stories of Black composers over the past 200 years. Featuring a wide range of…
Saturday, March 6, 2021
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Join us for the world premiere of NEW MUSIC written by our elementary singers of Sister Cities Girlchoir and The Music & Motion Choir. The compositions were created during a short-term residency with composer, Erin Busch (in ACF’s Philly chapter) sponsored by the American Composers Forum. Alysia Lee (a ChoralQuest…
Monday, March 8, 2021
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AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY MUSIC in collaboration with MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC invites you to share virtually with the FIFTH HOUSE ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE Deep Listening: 5 consecutive 15-minute sessions; guided meditations, daily rituals, improvised text scores, and movement exercises; Deep Listening provides multiple tools for mindfulness, creativity, and communal music…
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
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The following Professional Development Webinar is co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF). How can composers help guide their own careers? What part does creating an ensemble play in that? Frank J. Oteri moderates a panel of innovative ensemble creators to explore topics of entrepreneurship and career advancement as a composer. Q&A with audience will follow.
Friday, March 12, 2021
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Twenty-six artists collaborate to bring you a live, online song cycle called Swell, weaving together ten original, new music compositions by ten composers drawing from their personal histories as immigrants and children of immigrants. Hailing from Mexico, India, Israel, Japan, Trinidad, the Philippines, Russia, and Taiwan, the composers’ unique,…
Monday, March 22, 2021
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AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY MUSIC in collaboration with MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC invites you to share virtually with the FIFTH HOUSE ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE Deep Listening: 5 consecutive 15-minute sessions; guided meditations, daily rituals, improvised text scores, and movement exercises; Deep Listening provides multiple tools for mindfulness, creativity, and communal music…
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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A discussion on the identity and future of contemporary music A diverse panel of scholars, curators, and artists respond to the Ensemble Modern’s concert, “Afro-Modernism in Contemporary Music,” with reference to recent cultural issues around classical and contemporary music’s understanding of its identity and future. The protracted silence within avantgarde…
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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Why is diversity, equity, and inclusion crucial to the future of orchestral music? How can organizations and artists integrate it into their work? ACO’s Director of Emerging Composers and Diversity, Aiden Feltkamp, leads a panel of experts in this professional development webinar. A Q&A with the audience will follow. Date & Time:…
Thursday, March 25, 2021
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In this webinar, Elliott Miles McKinley will share his experience and the things he has learned in the world of academia. Topics will include the job search, interview process, contract negotiation, how to read a job description, what to ask for, different levels of jobs, workload, expectations,…
Thursday, March 25, 2021
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TRILLOQUY co-host and ACF board member facilitates a discussion about Beyoncé’s groundbreaking performance piece Homecoming and her unique compositional style with insight from special guest and soloing member of Beyoncé K Lady Jess. Register here in advance for this meeting.
Thursday, April 1, 2021
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This info session for Innova's Bay Area Pilot program is for anyone who may be curious about this program and its mission, applying to the program, Innova's curatorial process, and even the process of recording and releasing music in general.
Friday, April 2, 2021
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Inspired by her own mixed-race heritage and career-long engagement with diverse musical traditions, pianist Lara Downes creates and curates a new digital recording venture, Rising Sun Music, that sheds a bright light on the music and stories of Black composers over the past 200 years. Featuring a wide range of…
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
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Information session regarding 2021 McKnight Visiting Composer Residency Application Process with Billy Lackey, ACF VP of Artist Services Are you a music creator who would like to develop a music residency exploring Minnesota communities? Applications are now open for the McKnight Visiting Composer Residency program. The application deadline is 11:59…
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
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Information session regarding 2021 ACF | create Application Process with Billy Lackey, ACF VP of Artist Services. Are you a music creator living in Minnesota of five boroughs ofNew York City seeking funding for a commission? Or are you an ensemble seeking funding to commission a composer who lives in…
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
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Information session regarding 2021 McKnight Composer Fellowship Application Process with Billy Lackey, ACF VP of Artist Services. The application deadline for the McKnight Composer Fellowships for mid-career music creators is 11:59 PM Central on Monday, April 19, 2021. The intent of this program is to recognize and support mid-career artists…
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
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The following Professional Development Webinar is co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF). Orchestral conductors Mei-Ann Chen and Alan Gilbert provide insight into the conductor-composer relationship, programming new works, and other topics relevant to composers. Date & Time: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at…
Thursday, April 8, 2021
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ACF Invites you to engage in a discussion of Alex’s Temple‘s 2020 I CARE IF YOU LISTEN article, Where Are the Operas About People Like Me? Imagining a Trans-Inclusive New Music World (icareifyoulisten.com). Date & Time: Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 4pm CDT Closed captioning and ASL…
Friday, April 9, 2021
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Information session regarding 2021 McKnight Visiting Composer ResidencyApplication Process with Billy Lackey, ACF VP of Artist Services Are you a music creator who would like to develop a music residency exploring Minnesota communities? Applications are now open for the McKnight Visiting Composer Residency program. The application deadline is 11:59 PM…