Week of Events
Northern Lights presents Spring Howl
Log on in the month of April for a virtual poem born out of our complex times. This poly vocal, kaleidoscopic animation and sound project is a collaboration between digital artist and musician Kathy McTavish and poet Hawona Sullivan Janzen, originally commissioned to do separate projects for Northern Light.mn’s Spring Howl fundraiser. Tickets to the online […]
FULL EPISODE: Villa Diodati
Past and present collide in "Villa Diodati," the off-Broadway musical theater show that imagines the fateful vacation that Mary Shelley, Lord Byron and their friends enjoyed in the summer of 1816. The stormy weather kept the friends inside telling ghost stories, and it provided the inspiration for "Frankenstein." In the play, a modern couple finds […]
Moreechika: Season of Mirage
This full-length video of our 2012 production, Moreechika: Season of Mirage, is available for viewing on Vimeo until 8pm CDT, April 24, 2020: https://vimeo.com/406989561. Running time: 01:26:52. Conception and Choreography: Ananya Chatterjea In collaboration with: Laurie Carlos Composer: Greg Schutte Musicians/Vocalists: Laurie Carlos, Mankwe Ndosi, Pooja Goswami, Michelle Kinney, Renee Copeland, and Lela Pierce. Scenic, Costume, […]
ListN Up
ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing and connected during times of isolation, ListN Up offers an intimate sonic portrait of contemporary artists by showcasing the diverse and stylistically varied music that influences their creative practice. This series is sponsored by American Composers Forum/innova Recordings with new releases every Friday […]
ACF Creative Community Wellness Check-In
ACF Creative Community Wellness Check-In
In response to the unique emotional challenges of this global pandemic, ACF is hosting a weekly, virtual space for creative musicians to check in, listen and be heard, and feel more connected to the national composer community. These sessions will be facilitated by Jen Rives, MA, LMFT (she/hers) of Relationship Insights Therapy & Coaching. Feel free […]
Music: The Gathering Adam Kiesling, Scott Keever and Liz Draper
Music: The Gathering Adam Kiesling, Scott Keever and Liz Draper
Feel free to actively engage in wherever the conversation happens to go, or turn your camera off and just listen to the music. This is an opportunity to hear new music, support artists and also meet and connect with the performers as well as others in the "audience." Bassist and composer Liz Draper is a […]
Composer Zoom Roundtable & Happy Hour Series
Composer Zoom Roundtable & Happy Hour Series
ACF member and Rhode Island composer Elliott Miles McKinley is hosting a weekly series for music creators across the country to connect virtually on Zoom. Follow the link below to sign up, and then Elliott will reply with the secure Zoom link. Elliott shares, "I am a composer, improviser, and teacher and, like most of […]
PADDLE TO THE SEA | THIRD COAST PERCUSSION
PADDLE TO THE SEA | THIRD COAST PERCUSSION
Based on the classic children’s book and Academy Award-nominated film, Paddle to the Sea explores our relationship to the bodies of water that connect our lives. Third Coast Percussion will perform their original soundtrack along with the film, as well as water-inspired works by composers Philip Glass and Jacob Druckman and the traditional music of the Shona […]
Earth Day premiere: It Is One-Hundred Seconds to Midnight
Earth Day premiere: It Is One-Hundred Seconds to Midnight
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, composer Dorian Wallace wrote "It Is One-Hundred Seconds to Midnight" to raise awareness, inspire action, and raise mutual aid. Collaborating with 16 pianists and 32 dancers from around the globe, the video will premiere on Facebook and YouTube on Earth Day, April 22, 8pm ET. In […]
Setting Up an Affordable Home Composition Studio
Setting Up an Affordable Home Composition Studio
James Patrick from Slam Academy leads this free webinar with advice for how to set up an affordable home composition studio. He'll cover the topics of: Hardware and software; recommended configurations for a musician or music producer/engineer to operate a functional home studio on a budget; interfaces; microphones; mixers; sound treatment, and basic recording techniques. […]
Tech Support Happy Hour
Tech Support Happy Hour
Slam Academy’s Free Tech Support Happy Hour! Are you an artist that has been forced into the world of working online? Are you a music or art educator that is struggling with your online teaching options? Or are you just curious how all of this stuff is supposed to work? Join us for a free […]
OIGC VIRTUAL: ANNUAL FREE SPRING CONCERT
OIGC VIRTUAL: ANNUAL FREE SPRING CONCERT
The Oakland Interfaith Family of Choirs, under the direction of Terrance Kelly, hosts their Annual Free Spring Concert at the First Congregational Church of Oakland. The program features music by living composers: Everybody Dancin - Judith McAllister Open Your Mouth - Brent Jones Please note the change in time so that our choir friends and […]
Scott Keever – Online Concert 50th Birthday Party
Scott Keever – Online Concert 50th Birthday Party
Scott Keever is a composer/guitarist who specializes in fingerpicking and open tunings, with influences from Balkan and Celtic to blues, jazz and classical. He will be hosting online YouTube solo guitar concert. "April 27th is my 50th Birthday! And I was hoping for a large gathering celebration type thing. But that's not going to happen. So instead, […]
ALONE TOGETHER | JENNIFER KOH
ALONE TOGETHER | JENNIFER KOH
Violinist Jennifer Koh’s Alone Together is an online commissioning project that brings composers together in support of the many freelancers among them. Twenty-one composers have each agreed to donate a new, 30-second micro-work for solo violin while also recommending a fellow composer to write their own 30-second solo violin work on paid commission from the […]
Connecting ACO Community – Shara Nova & Ahya Simone
Connecting ACO Community – Shara Nova & Ahya Simone
Gather as a community online and experience the creation of new work! In response to the impacts of COVID-19 on composers and performers, American Composers Orchestra announces Connecting ACO Community, a new initiative to commission short works for solo instrument or voice. Each composer will receive $500 to write the work, and each performer will […]