SongFest Composer mentorship Program

Program Description: The SongFest 2022 Composer Mentorship program will be a focused week of study for five emerging female or female identifying composers on full scholarship nestled into our second week of programming for all students, focused on American song. Composers will be chosen through an application process to work with 6 celebrated senior composition […]

Artist Equity Summit 2022: Lifting Up our Youth

Walker West Music Academy 760 Selby Avenue, St. Paul, MN, United States

  ACF’s annual Artist Equity Summit centers music creators and examines themes related to equity that impact the field and beyond. This September 17, we invite you to join us for music, dialogue, and community as we focus on “Lifting Up our Youth.”  REGISTER HERE. Highlights: * Learn about the residency Liberation! Lifting up our […]

NEA Big Read Study Group no. 1

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier St, St Paul, MN, United States

Immigration, Identity and the Arts The Library’s Executive Director, Saengmany Ratsabout, hosts this discussion group on the oral tradition themes in Thi Bui’s book, The Best We Could Do, and the different forms of art seen as “oral” tradition and history-making. Joining him will be ACF composer and Thai-American, Mary Prescott, Hta Thi, and members […]

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 we share stories from our 40 year history, enjoy some performances from innova artists, and hand out several special awards to artists and albums from […]

NEA Big Read Study Group no. 2

Auditorium at the Landmark Center 75 W 5th St, St. Paul, MN

Immigration, 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 to discuss her book, The Song Poet, and her collaboration with Jocelyn Hagen about their opera presented by Minnesota Opera this Spring. For more information about this series, click here. […]

Artist talk: Ben Frost at The Great Northern

Minneapolis Club 729 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, United States

On 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 […]

free

ACF’s McKnight Composer Fellows at The Great Northern Festival

Icehouse 2528 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

In 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 States

On 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 States

On 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 States

Immigration, 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 States

Love, 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 States

Immigration, 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 […]