Innova’s 40th Anniversary Party
Save the date for November 10, 6-7:30pm CST and our virtual celebration of 40 years of innova Recordings at American Composers Forum. Join artists from innova’s past and present as […]
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NEA Big Read Study Group no. 2
Auditorium at the Landmark Center 75 W 5th St, St. Paul, MNImmigration, Identity and the Arts Presented with the Ramsey County Historical Society, Historic Saint Paul and the Minnesota Opera, this event will feature Minnesota author and Hmong-American Kao Kalia Yang […]
Artist talk: Ben Frost at The Great Northern
Minneapolis Club 729 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesOn Feb. 1, American Composers Forum and the Twin Cities-based festival The Great Northern co-present a talk by Ben Frost. The acclaimed Australian-born/Iceland-based artist will discuss his process of translating J.A. Baker's classic novel The Peregrine into the opera Cold Air Rises, the first part of which will be premiered by the Minneapolis choral ensemble MPLS (imPulse) on […]
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ACF’s McKnight Composer Fellows at The Great Northern Festival
Icehouse 2528 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesIn partnership with The Great Northern, the 2022 ACF McKnight Composer Fellows will present their latest work on Friday, February 3, 2023 at Icehouse in Minneapolis. Mitchell Bercier is a composer and illustrator who produces electronic and algorithmic dance music under the artist name Ghostchamb3r; composer Mary Ellen Childs creates distinctive sound worlds and often […]
$5
Ben Frost’s “Cold Air Rises” at The Great Northern
Luminary Arts Center 700 N 1st St, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesOn Feb. 4, experience the world premiere of the first part of Ben Frost's upcoming opera Cold Air Rises, co-presented by American Composers Forum and the Twin Cities-based festival The Great Northern. Drawing upon J.A. Baker’s prophetic 1967 book The Peregrine, Frost presents a choral performance and installation in his new piece. A work in development, […]
$15
Ben Frost’s “Cold Air Rises” at The Great Northern
Luminary Arts Center 700 N 1st St, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesOn Feb. 4, experience the world premiere of the first part of Ben Frost's upcoming opera Cold Air Rises, co-presented by American Composers Forum and the Twin Cities-based festival The Great Northern. Drawing upon J.A. Baker’s prophetic 1967 book The Peregrine, Frost presents a choral performance and installation in his new piece. A work in development, […]
$15
NEA Big Read Study Group no. 3
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier St, St Paul, MN, United StatesImmigration, Identity and the Arts Hosted by ACF Director of Artist Support, Carolina Heredia, this event will feature Latin American and ACF composer awardees in conversation about documenting the shift in experiences through generations. This event will feature ACF McKnight Visiting Composers J.E. Hernández and Victor Márquez-Barrios. This event will be both live-streamed and in […]
Premiere of Nathan Hall’s “Love, Death, What Else?”
The O’Shaughnessy, at St. Catherine University 2004 Randolph Ave, St Paul, MN, United StatesLove, Death, What Else?, for full chorus and orchestra, is the culmination of Nathan Hall's 2020 McKnight Visiting Composer Fellowship. The piece will be performed by the Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra and One Voice Mixed Chorus. Click here for more details and to order your tickets.
$5 – $40
NEA Big Read Study Group no. 4
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier St, St Paul, MN, United StatesImmigration, Identity and the Arts Join us for a thought-provoking conversation on the experiences of African immigrants in the U.S. through the lenses of music, literature, and Thi Bui's NEA Big Read book, The Best We Could Do. Minnesota author and educator Shannon Gibney will host a dialogue with Nigerian composer-performer Kashimana Ahua — an ACF awardee — and Somali […]
“A Song for Tomorrow,” by Kevin Day
Ferguson Hall 2106 South 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesCome and observe an open rehearsal of Kevin Day's A Song for Tomorrow, with the Medalist Concert Band, under the direction of Jerry Luckhardt. Following the rehearsal, stay for a Meet the Composer Q&A Session hosted by American Composers Forum. Day wrote A Song for Tomorrow in 2019 as a tribute for a lost high […]
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Innova Recordings Spring National Call Info Session
This info session for Innova Recordings National Call 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. Click the link to register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApceigqDstHNOwDMLM1DbQnru_L7X5zgJs The Innova’s National Call program seeks to foster […]
“Tida,” by Mary Prescott (ACF | create)
Public Functionary 1500 Jackson St NE Studio 144, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesTida weaves music, storytelling, movement and film into an evening-length performance exploring maternal lineage and intergenerational cultural identity. Mary Prescott -- the winner of a 2019 ACF | create award, which sparked this project -- investigates her mother’s undocumented Thai ancestry, her experience as a Southeast Asian immigrant raising biracial children in the American Midwest, […]
$20 – $25