Professional Development Panel: Recording Law & Licensing for Composers

The following Professional Development Webinar is co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF). Chris Campbell, Director of Recordings at Innova Recordings, leads a panel covering the basics of recording law and licensing. The panel will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience. Panelists: Meerenai Shim, flutist, artist, record producer, music educator, movement coach Ari Solotoff, Esq., […]

Dark Music Days: Works by Anthony Braxton & Bergrun Snæbjörnsdóttir

The International Contemporary Ensemble has been working with Tri-Centric Foundation and Nokia Bell Labs Experiments in Art and Technology on structuring multi-site collaborations. This research will be put into action with a livestream performance of work by Anthony Braxton, under the direction of James Fei, and a world premiere of Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir’s Ecognosis. Ensemble members […]

ACF | create Application Information Session

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 Minnesota of five boroughs of […]

Kaufman Music Center – Performance as Process with Conrad Tao

Performance as Process events will be streamed on Kaufman Music Center’s Facebook page on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 6pm CDT | 7pm EDT Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence Conrad Tao is a pianist, composer, Avery Fisher, Career Grant winner and alumnus of Special Music School. A series of eight FREE monthly digital Performance As Process […]

2021 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert

The National Endowment for the Arts, in collaboration with SFJAZZ, will host a special free online-only concert in honor of the 2021 NEA Jazz Masters—Terri Lyne Carrington, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Henry Threadgill and Phil Schaap. 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater and actor Delroy Lindo will co-host this event, featuring recorded performances and tributes by acclaimed jazz musicians from all over the world […]

2021 Los Angeles Master Chorale’s annual High School Choir Festival

The Los Angeles Master Chorale has proudly presented its annual High School Choir Festival since 1989, offering students a chance to deepen their exposure and understanding of the choral art through a year-long experience leading up to the celebratory Festival Day. They'll release this year's festival video on their website and on social media. Thanks […]

Neave Trio Gives Virtual Concert of Music by Women Composers, Presented by Asheville Chamber Music Series

Neave has performed at many esteemed concert series and at festivals worldwide, including Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 92nd Street Y, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk and Norwich Chamber Music Series (United Kingdom), and the Samoylov and Rimsky Korsakow Museums' Chamber Music Series in St. Petersburg […]

Paul Klee : Painted Songs – Spring 2021 – Digital Revue

A presentation of new premieres, features, live commentary and Q&A with Jonathan Posthuma, composer and creator of "Paul Klee : Painted Songs." Date & Time: Friday, April 23, 2021 at 7pm CT Join live on Youtube here. *Premieres* "Fugue in Red" (No. 4b) Kurt Hattenberger, saxophone "Sealed Woman" (No. 65) and "The Billy Goat" (No. […]

Event Series UNA Opera: The Silver Fox

UNA Opera: The Silver Fox

UNA Opera presents American composer Libby Larsen's (ACF's co-founder, and a CQ and BQ composer) The Silver Fox. This mystical opera is based on the bayou legend of a young girl who transforms into a silver fox to use her magical powers. The one-act performance will take place in the Norton Courtyard on Friday, April […]

The Winston-Salem Symphony will present “The World Beloved” on demand for 30 days beginning Thursday, April 24, 2021 at 6:30pm CT | 7:30 p.m. ET Bluegrass stars Hank, Pattie & The Current join the Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus to lend energetic bluegrass rhythms to the sacred liturgy in Carol Barnett’s (a charter member of ACF) The World […]

Great Falls Symphony’s 62nd Live Concert Series – 2020-2021 Season

Great Falls Symphony announces their 100% FREE concert season this year until May 2021. "All of us at the Great Falls Symphony are fully committed to fulfilling our mission to infuse cultural vibrancy into the Great Falls community through transformative music events and education programs." All live performances will be FREE of charge, but need […]

Music of The Unsung America: One Night Two Premieres

Music of the Unsung America, a new concert and conversation series featuring Black artists of history and today that explores the deep roots and extraordinary range of music created and performed by Black musicians, reveals a beautiful truth about our history. “Music of The Unsung America: One Night Two Premieres" will occur at the Historic […]