ACF has previously partnered with MakeMusic! After years of spontaneous musical merriment on June 21, the spirit of Make Music Day has come to visit on Monday, December 21, 2020 the winter solstice. For Make Music Winter, music can pop up anywhere. Rounding the corner, you may see a herd of electric guitarists, a choir of […]
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 from the audience, especially those […]
This event is a combination of two holiday programs from 2018 and 2019. Music for Advent, Hanukkah, and Christmas are all represented including a few world premieres. Tune in on Wednesday, December 23 at 7pm CST | 8pm EST How to Listen Program: Cleveland Chamber Choir Scott MacPherson, conductor Part 1 Stephen Paulus (ACF co-founder, […]
Question: What do Seinfeld, Christmas, The Tin Woodman, Queen, Sting, Charlie Brown, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, and award-winning American poetry, have in common? Answer: Streaming Festivus and Other Twisted Holidays! Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 7pm. On Facebook Live and YouTube Live Sponsored by Larry McDonough Jazz and Black Dog Café Larry McDonough Quartet Larry […]
How Can We Not Sing is part of Artists Respond: Combating Social Isolation, a project of Springboard for the Arts. The Artist Respond commissions empowers artists to find ways to address the isolation and sense of disconnection that has come with the pandemic. For this event, three experienced artists on two continents will take the […]
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. You will find a full […]
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 and Digital Curation; Publishing, Self-Publishing, and Management; Recording Law and Practice; Project Production and Recording; and […]
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 at student composers applying to early […]
Composed by Jojo Abot, Sahba Aminikia, Juhi Bansal, Raven Chacon, Carmina Escobar, Yvette Jackson, Molly Joyce, Jimmy López, Angelica Negrón, Paul Pinto, Daniel Bernard, Joel Thompson, and Bora Yoon. As our society continues in a form of suspended animation, we look to art to open new avenues of thought, imagination, wonder, and reckoning. MODULATION is a digital, self-guided […]
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 journey through Times Square – […]
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 to commune even as we […]
The Albany Symphony unveiled its reimagined 2020-2021 season, which will include world premieres and concertos with brilliant soloists, as well as iconic masterworks. Curated by conductor David Alan Miller, the season brings to life an array of new and recent works by a panoply of living composers forging new ways to create art reflecting our […]
