Week of Events
New Music Gathering
New Music Gathering is an annual three-day conference dedicated to the performance, production, promotion, support and creation of new concert music. With concerts, lecture/recitals, roundtable discussions, talks, and everything from composer-performer “speed dating,” to live action role playing games, NMG aims to be both a conference in the traditional sense but also quite literally a […]
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 […]
Living Music: Pirate Radio
Living Music: Pirate Radio
Living Music: Pirate Radio is a quarantine variety show, hosted by Nadia Sirota, that brings performances, conversation and community directly from socially-distanced artists to viewers at home. Watch on Facebook Live Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9pm Eastern / 6pm Pacific and see more than a dozen archived episodes!
Living Music: Pirate Radio
Living Music: Pirate Radio
Living Music: Pirate Radio is a quarantine variety show, hosted by Nadia Sirota, that brings performances, conversation and community directly from socially-distanced artists to viewers at home. Watch on Facebook Live Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9pm Eastern / 6pm Pacific and see more than a dozen archived episodes!
Juneteenth Roundtable
Juneteenth Roundtable
Join us on Friday, June 19th for an artist discussion on Juneteenth, its legacy and relevance today. What does Juneteenth mean in the era Black Lives Matter and what does Black liberation look like in 2020. The roundtable will feature: composer and activist, Mankwe Ndosi; host of Trilloquy Podcast, Garrett McQueen; composer and member of […]
Virtual Juneteenth Celebration with the Great Black Music Ensemble
Virtual Juneteenth Celebration with the Great Black Music Ensemble
The Virtual Juneteenth Celebration is a collaboration between the Old Town School of Folk Music, The AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians), and Live the Spirit Residency. The performances will commemorate Juneteenth, the celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation and the abolishment of slavery in the United States. The funds raised will be donated […]
Connecting ACO Community: Weekly Premieres
Connecting ACO Community: Weekly Premieres
American Composers Orchestra Announces a new solo commissioning initiative in response to the COVID-19 crisis with online world premieres beginning Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 5pm on Zoom $5 tickets* available through Eventbrite If the $5 entrance fee poses a barrier to participation, interested listeners will be asked to fill out an anonymous form at https://bit.ly/ACOConnectComp or […]
Chamber Music Northwest
Chamber Music Northwest
Concerts will premiere at 7 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from June 22-July 26. Each performance will be available for viewing until 11:59 p.m. the next day on the Chamber Music Northwest YouTube channel.
American Composers Forum and Third Sound to present virtual screening of Heard in Havana
American Composers Forum and Third Sound to present virtual screening of Heard in Havana
On Sunday, June 21, at 8:00 p.m. EDT, ACF and Third Sound will present a virtual screening of Heard in Havana. The event will feature a pre-screening discussion with members of the 2015 delegation to Cuba and previously unreleased archival performance footage, as well as the complete film. The screening will be viewable on Third […]