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Video Premiere: Muspelheim by Jasmine Morris

Apr 21, 2022

A cluster of discordant droning reeds usher in a slinking ornamented melody in composer Jasmine Morr...

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ListN Up: Lisa Bielawa (April 15, 2022)

Apr 15, 2022

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Asking for a Friend: Selfie Videos & Elusive Second Performances

Apr 13, 2022

Welcome to the first installment of “Asking for a Friend,” a new music advice column where arts admi...

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Announcement

ACF Partners with Look + Listen for 20th Anniversary Season

Apr 11, 2022

Look + Listen’s free annual spring festival marks its 20th anniversary with a trio of boldly i...

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ListN Up: Layale Chaker (April 8, 2022)

Apr 8, 2022

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Departure Duo performs Sarah Gibson's The Boys Are There

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Video Premiere: Departure Duo Performs The Boys Are There by Sarah Gibson

Apr 5, 2022

The spirit of the 1920s reverberates through words, architecture, and costuming in Departure DuoR...

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ListN Up: Lidiya Yankovskaya (April 1, 2022)

Apr 1, 2022

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innova Recordings Announces Eight New Artists to Join the Label following National Call

Mar 30, 2022

Today American Composers Forum (ACF) announces the first collection of recording projects selected t...

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Aeryn Jade Santillan with Massa Nera--Photo by Riley Taylor

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ListN Up: Aeryn Jade Santillan (March 25, 2022)

Mar 25, 2022

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Julián de la Chica and Yana Mann's Su Voz

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Video Premiere: Yana Mann Performs “Su Voz” by Julián De La Chica

Mar 22, 2022

Until recently, Julián De La Chica’s 11 Poemas de Bar had been sitting in a pile of unpublishe...

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ListN Up: Renee Baker (March 18, 2022)

Mar 18, 2022

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Donna Weng Friedman performs Quiet Poems

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Video Premiere: Donna Weng Friedman Performs Sherman’s Quiet Poems

Mar 16, 2022

For composer Kim D. Sherman’s newest collection of solo piano works, necessity was the mother...

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ListN Up: Adeliia Faizullina (March 11, 2022)

Mar 11, 2022

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Video Premiere: GM Sidestick by Lady Circon

Mar 10, 2022

As a band, Lady Circon’s influences are wide-ranging and complex, drawing inspiration from ele...

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Kennedy Taylor Dixon--Photo by Quinn Kirby Photography

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ListN Up: Kennedy Taylor Dixon (March 4, 2022)

Mar 4, 2022

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Introducing “Asking for a Friend” — A New Music Advice Column

Mar 1, 2022

Hi! This is Rachel and Carol Ann, and welcome to our advice column, “Asking for a Friend”— a forum f...

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Julian Terrell Otis--Photo by Elias Rios

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ListN Up: Julian Terrell Otis (February 18, 2022)

Feb 18, 2022

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ListN Up: Shruthi Rajasekar (February 11, 2022)

Feb 11, 2022

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PaviElle French--Photo by Sharolyn B. Hagen Photography

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Artist PaviElle French Launches Residency in St. Paul

Feb 10, 2022

American Composers Forum (ACF) is excited to announce “Liberation! Lifting up our Youth:”...

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Video Premiere: The Whale Song by Michelle Ross

Feb 8, 2022

The sea has been a source of enigmatic inspiration for many composers, representing a place of immen...

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ListN Up: Andrew Stock (February 4, 2022)

Feb 4, 2022

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ListN Up: Leilehua Lanzilotti (January 28, 2022)

Jan 28, 2022

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ListN Up: Jonathan Hulting-Cohen (January 21, 2022)

Jan 21, 2022

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Daniel Schlosberg and Toyin Spellman-Diaz perform Jeff Scott's Of Good and Evil

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Video Premiere: Toyin Spellman-Diaz performs Jeff Scott’s “Of Good and Evil”

Jan 18, 2022

The opulent Upper East Side townhouse of the Frederick R. Koch Foundation acts as the backdrop for t...

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