Week of Events
New Works Commission Composer Sessions
New Works Commission Composer Sessions
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 […]
ACF Town Hall on Racial Equity
ACF Town Hall on Racial Equity
ACF is in the process of crafting our Statement of Commitment to Racial Equity, a process that began over a year ago. As we value transparency and an open, inclusive process, we have invited stakeholders in our ecosystem to review the document from time to time for feedback. As a continuation of this partnership with […]
Madison New Music Festival
Madison New Music Festival
Five Wisconsin-based composers will be featured during a virtual concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, September 25 as part of Madison New Music Festival’s launch of their Wisconsin Composers Project. You can expect to hear lots of sonic diversity and will hear directly from each of the five composers during the pre-recorded concert streaming from […]
Miranda in Concert
Miranda in Concert
Pine Plains, NY: The Stissing Center is proud to present the fourth entry in their series, LIVE! from The Stissing Center!: a streamed, pre-recorded concert on Saturday, September, 26 at 4:30 pm. Violinist Miranda Cuckson will be accompanied on piano by Ryan MacEvoy McCullough. Miranda Cuckson will offer an array of repertoire spanning from 1923 […]
Live from Jones Hall: Great Women Composers: Esmail, Price & Smyth
Live from Jones Hall: Great Women Composers: Esmail, Price & Smyth
In this livestream performance, we’re shining a spotlight on extraordinary women composers, past and present. The program starts with music of Reena Esmail, whose compositions have been hailed as “crystal clear, beautiful, thought-provoking, and unlike anything I’ve ever heard before” (Los Angeles Times). Then, hear Florence Price’s exuberant String Quartet in A minor and Ethel […]
“How Many Breaths? – In Memory of George Floyd and Countless Others”
“How Many Breaths? – In Memory of George Floyd and Countless Others”
In the wake of the loss of George Floyd and much unrest in our beloved Twin Cities, CMSM Co-Artistic Director and violinist Ariana Kim together with distinguished writer-narrators Lou Bellamy and Sarah Bellamy, and renowned composer-activist Steve Heitzeg, created a multimedia piece for solo violin + spoken word entitled, "How Many Breaths? – In Memory of George […]