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 an interactive town hall about the commissioning process, dialogue about applying best practices between composers and collaborators, and a composers/creators-only summit to share, support, and […]
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 free and open to the public - no NFA membership required. Vanessa Rose | American Composers Forum Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024 | 7:00-8:30pm CST Join […]
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 action and spark collaboration, the participation of more than 90 speakers, keynote addresses by luminaries and trailblazers, and much more: you won’t want to miss […]
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? What about when that living composer invites them to contribute to the creation of the work, or when they share a similar background from them […]
Featuring Mychal “MMYYKK” Fisher, deVon Russell Gray, LaAerial, and Troy Rogers (aka Robot Rickshaw) Wed, Jan 31, 7:30–9:30 pm Cedar Cultural Center Tickets: $17 The Great Northern joins forces with American Composers Forum (ACF) to showcase ACF’s most recent cohort of Minnesota-based McKnight Composer Fellows: Mychal “MMYYKK” Fisher, deVon Russell Gray, LaAerial, and Troy Rogers […]
In this project the idea was to tell an abstract musical and visual narrative of a group of Black South Minneapolis residents moving through the racial unrest we experienced in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, while also moving through the global pandemic and shutdowns, as well as the political unrest that soon followed. […]
American Composers Forum presents - "Connecting Our Students to Cutting-Edge Chamber Repertoire: New Solo and Ensemble Music Written by Black Composers" This session will highlight new pedagogical chamber music repertoire available for educators to include in their high school-level solo and ensemble repertoire by composers supported through various American Composers Forum commissions. There will also […]
Featured Speakers: Melissa Ngan and Vanessa Rose Being a part of a consortium is not only artistically beneficial to composers, but financially beneficial as well! In this session, Melissa Ngan will unpack some of the need-to-know information surrounding orchestral commissions and the creation of consortia for composers. This webinar is free, but registration is required.
Vanessa Rose presents ACF's racial equity journey to Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia February 27, 2024 @ 12:30pm ET Vanessa Rose, Executive Director of ACF, joins the Musical Fund Society for a virtual lunchtime presentation on how ACF has navigated the successes – and failures – of achieving greater equity in the organization and for its artist community. After the presentation […]
Session 1: Tuesday, March 5th – 5:30-6:30 PM Central Time Topic: we will review all guidelines and walk through the application process in SlideRoom. ACF staff will offer two 60-minute information sessions for the 2024 ACF | create program online to review the application process. During these sessions, there will be time to ask questions about the […]
Session 2: Thursday, March 7th – 5:30-6:30 PM Central Time Topic: we will examine previous awardees’ applications as case studies. ACF staff will offer two 60-minute information sessions for the 2024 ACF | create program online to review the application process. During these sessions, there will be time to ask questions about the application process and its […]
Monday, March 18, 2024 @ 8:00 PM Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 $25 advance | $30 doors | $20 Student/Senior (w/ ID, Senior 65+) | doors 7p.m. NYC-based composer, bassist, and bandleader Martin Nevin (2017 JFund for New Music) world premieres his song cycle, “Scratch at the Same Table,” which is inspired by […]