2024 ACF | create Info Session 1

Via Zoom

Session 1: Tuesday, March 5th – 5:30-6:30 PM Central Time Topic: we will review all guidelines and walk through the application process in SlideRoom. ACF staff will offer two 60-minute information sessions for the 2024 ACF | create program online to review the application process. During these sessions, there will be time to ask questions about the […]

2024 ACF | create Info Session 2

Via Zoom

Session 2: Thursday, March 7th – 5:30-6:30 PM Central Time Topic: we will examine previous awardees’ applications as case studies. ACF staff will offer two 60-minute information sessions for the 2024 ACF | create program online to review the application process. During these sessions, there will be time to ask questions about the application process and its […]

ACF 2017 JFund Awardee Martin Nevin presents ‘Scratch at the Same Table’

Roulette 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Monday, March 18, 2024 @ 8:00 PM Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 $25 advance | $30 doors | $20 Student/Senior (w/ ID, Senior 65+) | doors 7p.m. NYC-based composer, bassist, and bandleader Martin Nevin (2017 JFund for New Music) world premieres his song cycle, “Scratch at the Same Table,” which is inspired by […]

ACF Co-Commission featuring Joel Thompson with the NY Phil

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, United States

ACF is proud to commission a new orchestral work by Joel Thompson with partners New York Philharmonic (Jaap van Zweden, Music Director), Atlanta Symphony (Nathalie Stutzmann, Music Director), the Aspen Music Festival and School (Robert Spano, Music Director), and the Bravo! Vail Music Festival (Ann-Marie McDermott, Artistic Director). American Composers Forum support is made possible […]

ACF | create awardee Sugar Vendil presents “Isogram: scenes from childhood”

National Sawdust 80 NORTH 6TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY, United States

SUGAR VENDIL / ISOGRAM: SCENES FROM CHILDHOOD LIVE AT NATIONAL SAWDUST // DOORS AT 6:30PM March 23, 2024 7:30 pm Get tickets here: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36490/production/1185929 For more information about the event: https://www.nationalsawdust.org/event/sugar-vendil-isogram-scenes-from-childhood In an evening of kaleidoscopic sound and movement, Sugar Vendil demonstrates her range as an interdisciplinary artist. Vendil will share a set of new […]

ACF Co-Commission featuring Joel Thompson with the NY Phil

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, United States

ACF is proud to commission a new orchestral work by Joel Thompson with partners New York Philharmonic (Jaap van Zweden, Music Director), Atlanta Symphony (Nathalie Stutzmann, Music Director), the Aspen Music Festival and School (Robert Spano, Music Director), and the Bravo! Vail Music Festival (Ann-Marie McDermott, Artistic Director). American Composers Forum support is made possible […]

ACF Co-Commission featuring Joel Thompson with the NY Phil

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, United States

ACF is proud to commission a new orchestral work by Joel Thompson with partners New York Philharmonic (Jaap van Zweden, Music Director), Atlanta Symphony (Nathalie Stutzmann, Music Director), the Aspen Music Festival and School (Robert Spano, Music Director), and the Bravo! Vail Music Festival (Ann-Marie McDermott, Artistic Director). American Composers Forum support is made possible […]

Innova Artist Leilehua Lanzilotti w/Longleash present ‘for Toshiko: new works by Leilehua Lanzilotti’

The Noguchi Museum 9-01 33rd Rd, Queens, NY, United States

for Toshiko: new works by Leilehua Lanzilotti Sunday, March 24, 2024, 6:30–8 pm EST Free with RSVP In conjunction with Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within, The Noguchi Museum presents for Toshiko: new works by Leilehua Lanzilotti, including the world premiere of Lanzilotti’s piano trio for Toshiko—an exploration of the shifting resonance of Takaezu’s bronze bells—as well […]

Free with RSVP

innova Release: Jess Rowland’s ‘Plastiglomerates’

*Out Friday March 29th, Jess Rowland's 'Plastiglomerates'* Get album here: https://lnkfi.re/nURTSc7U Plastiglomerates is a collection of music exploring the theme of plastic in life. "Plastiglomerate" is a recently coined term used to describe a new geological phenomenon – Plastics which have been cemented into organic rock through geological processes. The new forms of plastic/rock combinations […]

ACF “Composing Inclusion” premieres with NY Philharmonic and The Juilliard School Preparatory Division

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, United States

American Composers Forum (ACF), in partnership with The Juilliard School’s Preparatory Division and the New York Philharmonic, is returning for another “Composing Inclusion” concert, a co-commission that brings together multiple generations, musical levels, perspectives, and community members in the creation and performance of new music. Featuring students from the Juilliard Preparatory Division, this concert will […]

ACF Co-Commission featuring Joel Thompson with the Atlanta Symphony

Atlanta Symphony Hall & Box Office 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

ACF is proud to commission a new orchestral work by Joel Thompson with partners New York Philharmonic (Jaap van Zweden, Music Director), Atlanta Symphony (Nathalie Stutzmann, Music Director), the Aspen Music Festival and School (Robert Spano, Music Director), and the Bravo! Vail Music Festival (Ann-Marie McDermott, Artistic Director). American Composers Forum support is made possible […]

ACF Co-Commission featuring Joel Thompson with the Atlanta Symphony

Atlanta Symphony Hall & Box Office 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

ACF is proud to commission a new orchestral work by Joel Thompson with partners New York Philharmonic (Jaap van Zweden, Music Director), Atlanta Symphony (Nathalie Stutzmann, Music Director), the Aspen Music Festival and School (Robert Spano, Music Director), and the Bravo! Vail Music Festival (Ann-Marie McDermott, Artistic Director). American Composers Forum support is made possible […]