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Event Series Professional Development Webinars co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF),

Professional Development Webinars co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF),

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 and Digital Curation; Publishing, Self-Publishing, and Management; Recording Law and Practice; Project Production and Recording; and more. […]

**RESCHEDULED TBD** ACF & ACO’s Next Professional Development Panel: Entrepreneurship & Ensembles for Composers

**RESCHEDULED EVENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE WORK TO FIND A NEW DATE & TIME** 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 […]

Composers At Home, Maybe Drinking Coffee: S3, E2: Timothy Mahr

Join a live discussion with composer and conductor Dr. Timothy Mahr, Professor of music and director of bands at St. Olaf College. We'll talk about his musical journey, share some music, the world of band music, and more. Questions and comments are welcome during the show from our viewers. The stream will be hosted on […]

Dance, Rhythm, & Blues

From Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat to the ragtime riffs of Joplin’s The Entertainer, this wide-ranging program features dance music from French and American Impressionism to jazz, blues and swing. Iowa composer Michael Daugherty’s (a BQ composer) Sinatra Shag kicks off the program with swirling chromatic grooves; D’Indy’s spirited Chanson et Danses evokes the French countryside. […]

Event Series Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Front Row: The PSO Virtual Experience.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Front Row: The PSO Virtual Experience.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's free event: Front Row: The PSO Virtual Experience. Episode 2: Originators and Disrupters (Part 2) Friday, November 27, 2020 at 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm ET Part 2 brings together the musicians with modern American composers (Libby Larsen, Gary Schocker and Charles Rochester Young) and a Beethoven orchestration by Music Director Manfred Honeck […]

The University of Georgia Wind Bands will host JanFest: the 71st Annual UGA January High School Band Festival on Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 5:15pm CST | 6:15pm EST. At any rate, this is a virtual event that begins the evening with a chat with Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser (more info available at musicforall.org/who-we-are/bios/dr-tim-lautzenheiser). Then, there […]

Virtual Opera Screening: The Golden Ass & Libretto

Virtual Opera Screening The Golden Ass by Tiffany M. Skidmore (a past Jfund and McKnight winner) Libretto by Patrick Gallagher, Apuleius, and C'hu Yuan Featuring Quince Vocal Ensemble, Carrie Henneman Shaw, Psyche, Elizabeth Pearse, Venus, Anna Elder, Chorus, Kayleigh Butcher, Chorus Adam Zahller, Cupid/Chorus, Justin Anthony Spenner, Father/Cupid, Anthony R Green, Cello, Joey Crane, Cello […]

Event Series Glorious Mendelssohn & Strauss

Glorious Mendelssohn & Strauss

On Saturday & Sunday, January 23 & 24, 2021 at 7:30pm CST, conductor Delta David Gier and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (Sioux Falls, SD) will perform the World Premiere of New York City-based composer Frank J. Oteri’s (former ACF Board member, Delta David Geier) Already Yesterday or Still Tomorrow, written in the last months of 2020. The […]

Jupiter Quartet presented by the Austin Chamber Music Center

The Jupiter String Quartet is presented by Austin Chamber Music Center (ACMC) in a program entitled Inspiration. This online performance was recorded exclusively for this event at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where the ensemble has been artists-in-residence since 2012. The program includes Michi Wiancko’s To Unpathed Waters, Uncharted Shores, a recent commission for […]

Event Series Glorious Mendelssohn & Strauss

Glorious Mendelssohn & Strauss

On Saturday & Sunday, January 23 & 24, 2021 at 7:30pm CST, conductor Delta David Gier and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (Sioux Falls, SD) will perform the World Premiere of New York City-based composer Frank J. Oteri’s (former ACF Board member, Delta David Geier) Already Yesterday or Still Tomorrow, written in the last months of 2020. The […]