This Professional Development Webinar is co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF).
Chris Campbell, Director of Recordings at innova Recordings, leads a panel covering the basics of recording law and licensing. The panel is followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
Panelists:
Meerenai Shim, flutist, artist, record producer, music educator, movement coach
Ari Solotoff, Esq., entertainment lawyer / Founder & Managing Attorney, Solotoff Law Group, PLLC
To Our Artists, Supporters, and Partners: For the past 40 years, American Composers Forum has been p...
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innova Recordings
Applications for our 2026 McKnight Composer Fellowships are now open. These awards are presented in...
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McKnight Composer Fellowships
Today, we’re excited to announce Recomposing America, a multi-year initiative that considers the rol...
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Recomposing America
Loki Karuna Joins ACF as Executive Director, Vanessa Rose becomes CEO American Composers Forum (ACF)...
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American Composers Forum, Loki Karuna, Vanessa Rose
As an artist, your digital presence is both a practical marketing tool and an opportunity for storyt...
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Amanda Cook, Hannah Edgar, I Care if You Listen, John Schaefer, Loki Karuna
I’ve spent years on both sides of the camera. As a musician, I know what it feels like to stand in f...
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John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, photography, Titilayo Ayangade
Three-Year Opportunity for Mid-Career Women Composers Includes the Workshopping and Premiere of a Ne...
American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF McKnight Com...
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McKnight Artist and Culture Bearer Fellowship Program, McKnight Composer Fellowships, McKnight Foundation, McKnight Visiting Composer Residency
I was asked recently to share stories about my experiences commissioning new music in the hope that...
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Anatomy of a Commission
How artists approach digital content is a sprawling, deeply complicated question. While some key top...
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Alexi Kenney, Ashley Jackson, Ayane Kozasa, Caleb Teicher, Conrad Tao, Daniel Temkin, Death of Classical, Emi Ferguson, Francisco Fullana, Lawrence Brownlee, Min Kwon
Some words from Carolina Heredia, ACF Director of Programs: The abrupt announcement by MakeMusic to...
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Dorico, Evan Williams, Finale, Jennifer Jolley, MakeMusic, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Yaz Lancaster
For many musicians, it can be intimidating to figure out how to use digital platforms in ways that b...
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branding, digital platforms, music entrepreneurship
American Composers Forum (ACF) has announced the opening of applications for the 2025 McKnight Visit...
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American Composers Forum, McKnight Artist and Culture Bearer Fellowship Program, McKnight Composer Fellowships, McKnight Visiting Composer Residency, The McKnight Foundation
American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF | create awa...
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Jhoely Garay, Muyassar Yousef Kurdi, Rob Cosgrove, Shara Lunon, Zack Baltich
The music world is changing. AI is here, and it’s powerful. With the rapid evolution of AI mus...
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3LAU, AI, Amper Music, Audioshake, BandLab, Digi Muse 2024 Music + Technology Festival, ELVIS Act, Fairly Trained, Human Artistry Campaign, ICEBERG New Music Collective, Kits.AI, LalaLai, Landr, Lisa Pegher, Lucas Cantor, Masterchannel, MIDI, RoEx, RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Song Sleuth, Soundful, Stable Audio, Suno, Taryn Southern, Tod Machover, Udio, UGSeeker, Voice Swap
ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora...
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Adrian Piper, Bob Merrill, Carl T. Fischer, Cleveland Symphonic Winds, Donald Byrd, Earth, Elijah J. Thomas, Fonce Mizell, Frankie Laine, Fred Hopkins, Frederick Fennell, Gustav Holst, Haki Madhubuti, Henry Threadgill, Hermeto Pascoal, Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo, Jason Mizell, Jason Moran, Jule Styne, Maurice White, Nicole Mitchell, Odetta, Phillip Bailey, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Steve McCall, The Blackbyrds, Wind & Fire
American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF McKnight Com...
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Alex Bissen (IOSIS), Danielle Jagelski, John Peitso, Leyna Marika Papach, Luke Martin, McKnight Artist and Culture Bearer Fellowship Program, McKnight Foundation, McKnight Visting Composer Residencies, Ruby Fulton, Sivan Cohen Elias, Steve Tibbetts, Tidtaya Sinutoke, Timothy Roy
ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora...
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Awadagin Pratt, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Caitlin Edwards, Caleb van der Swaagh, Carnegie Hall, Chabrelle Williams, Jasmine Barnes, Jessica Meyer, Jessie Montgomery, Johnna Wu, Kobi Malkin, Margaret Bonds, Monica Ohuchi, Nancy Ives
ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora...
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Aizuri Quartet, Antonio Vivaldi, Catherine Schubilske, Dmitri Shostakovich, Eleanor Alberga, Elliot Cole, Ezra Collective, Gabriella Smith, Gareth Zehngut, Gautier Capuçon, JohnPaul Beattie, Lauren McCall, Leonidas Kavakos, Matt Gold, Natsuki Kumagai, Silver Ainomäeb, Sō Percussion, Ted Moore, The Goede Hoop Marimba Band, Yuja Wang
For better or worse, video content has become the number one way to satisfy algorithms and encourage...
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Cambodia Living Arts, Ensemble for These Times, Haruka Fujii, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Matt Carr, Metropolis Ensemble, Sandbox Percussion, Sugar Vendil, Victor Caccese
Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res...
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Anatomy of a Commission, Ben Seretan, Dominik Shodekeh Telifero, Jennifer Koh, Missy Mazzoli, Sō Percussion
innova Recordings is pleased to announce the fourth collection of recording projects selected throug...
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Aaron Edgcomb, Alex Ellsworth, American Composers Forum, Anaïs Maviel, Antenna Fuzz, Chicago Folklore Ensemble, Cole Blouin, Hassan Estakhrian, innova, innova Recordings, Jessica Ackerley, Lauren Siess, Shinjoo Cho, Sivan Cohen Elias, The Sorel Organization