Witness the world-premiere performances of Canto Caló, a song cycle by composer Nicolás Lell Benavides, performed by Friction Quartet and mezzo soprano Melinda Martinez Becker. Following the world premiere, Benavides […]
The first orchestral concert of Composing Inclusion -- a collaboration between the New York Philharmonic, ACF, and the Juilliard School’s Preparatory Division, made possible with funding from the Sphinx Venture […]
For Bang on a Can's 2023 LONG PLAY FESTIVAL (May 5 – 7), Quince Ensemble will perform love fail, by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang. Quince Ensemble, an all-female contemporary […]
Stephanie Chou -- a 2016 ACF JFund (now ACF | create) award winner -- is a Chinese-American jazz composer/saxophonist/singer who blends influences from her Chinese heritage with Western jazz and […]
Immigration, Identity and the Arts You are invited to join American Composers Forum (ACF) and East Side Freedom Library (ESFL) on Thursday, June 1 at 6:30 pm CT for the […]
On Saturday, June 24, the Japanese composer Asuka Kakitani presents a concert at Studio Z (St. Paul, Minn.), to support her new solo percussion album Twelve Months in Minnesota (out […]
The world premiere of the song cycle A Path Home/Camino a Casa, with music by Victor Márquez-Barrios and lyrics by Márquez-Barrios and Rodolfo Nieto, will take place on Friday, October 27, […]
ACF | Create awardee Stephanie Chou will be performing her work Comfort Girl. NY Hilton Midtown - 1335 6th Ave (54th St. and 6th Ave) SUTTON Center, 2nd Floor, free […]
Join us in NYC for the CMA Conference and be part of Anatomy of a Commission! ACF constituents use promo code ACF10CMA when registering and receive $10 off Sessions include […]
National Flute Association - IDEA Committee: 2024 Speaker Series Join members of the NFA's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee for enriching conversations with today's arts leaders. These Zoom events are […]
The Sphinx Organization brings you the largest and longest-standing convening dedicated to diversity and inclusion in classical music January 25-27, 2024! With over 30 sessions designed to inspire and ignite […]
What happens when young music students have the opportunity to not only perform side-by-side works with professional musicians but also play new works with "flex scores" written especially for them? […]