ACF's Study Group opens our staff and board conversations and anti-racism training to our colleagues and friends. Please use this link to register as we will be meeting remotely due to Covid-19. Our next study group is Monday, November 2 at 4pm CST. For this month’s group we’ll be discussing the music of acclaimed composer Joseph […]
Voters’ Broadcast is a transformative and broadly participatory musical performance for flexible ensembles of musicians. The work is directed, conceived and composed by Rome Prize and American Academy of Arts & Letters Award-winner, composer and 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence Lisa Bielawa, with text taken from celebrated artist Sheryl Oring’s I Wish to Say. Lisa Bielawa’s mission with Voters’ Broadcast is to […]
The New Works Commission Composer Sessions is hosted by composer and National Sawdust Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Paola Prestini. Designed for composers and free for all to enjoy, these Sessions provide insights and tools for developing evolving entrepreneurial skills and new ways of thinking. As a part of their New Works Commission, these Sessions are […]
The Los Angeles Inception Orchestra invites you to participate virtually in a day of composition master classes and presentations from some of the music industry's top professionals. The evening will culminate with a virtual concert featuring original from our young composers and some of their mentors. There will be an opportunity to send in questions […]
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 […]
Valdosta Symphony Orchestra is ready for its second concert, Vibrant, since the start of the pandemic – again, a mix of a live performance and a recorded show. Line up includes: Libby Larsen, ACF’s Co-Founder and a BandQuest composer, Northern Star Fanfare Dukas La Peri Fanfare Gounod Petite symphonie Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 The concert is […]
"The Rondo Community Music Series wrapped up last winter with outstanding performances by Ashley DuBose, the Kevin Washington Quintet; Robert Robinson, Debbie Duncan and William Duncan, and DeSean Jones. Though we’re unable to hold in-person dates, this year we remain dedicated to bringing you hope, healing and joy through the power of music. We have […]
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 […]
AURA: One on One is a video series featuring performances of exciting solo works by members of AURA Contemporary Ensemble. The music to be performed has been written by some of today’s most innovative composers, who will be interviewed by the performers at the end of each video. Beginning on October 5th, new episodes are presented […]
Special guest artists include Anthony McGill, principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic and the 2020 Avery Fisher Prize winner, and Thapelo Masita, a South-African-born cellist and graduate of the Eastman School of Music. Mr. McGill will perform works by Jesse Montgomery (Peace), James Lee III (Ad Anah?), Georg Philipp Telemann (Fantasia No. 2 in A minor, […]
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. […]
The multi-talented young pianist presents an electrifying recital with Beethoven’s Tempest Sonata at its center, surrounded by compositions of Ruth Crawford Seeger, Tania Leon (a BandQuest composer), Felipe Lara, David Lang and Tao himself. Performed on a top notch piano with superior sound at Tanglewood in New England. Conrad Tao has appeared worldwide as a pianist and […]