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PaviElle French--Photo by Sharolyn B. Hagen Photography

Artist PaviElle French Launches Residency in St. Paul

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

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2022 McKni...
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Juilliard Preparatory Division students--Photo by Rachel Papo

ACF, Juilliard, and NY Philharmonic Receive Sphinx Venture Fund for Co-Commissions

Editor’s note: As of February 15, 2022, applications are now open for Composing Inclusion. Com...
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AACM's Great Black Music Ensemble--Photo courtesy of the AACM

ACF Announces Compositions Celebrating the AACM’s 55th Anniversary

American Composers Forum (ACF) is thrilled to announce the premieres of music commissioned through i...
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Michael R. Dudley Jr.--Photo by Alan Hsaio

Music of the Unsung America Selects Michael R. Dudley Jr.’s “Elegy” From Call for Scores

ACF | connect partner Music of the Unsung America has announced the selection of Michael R. Dudley J...
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ACF Artist Equity Summit 2021

ACF Artist Equity Summit Recap and Equity Report Card

Earlier this month, ACF hosted our annual Artist Equity Summit online and in downtown St. Paul in pa...
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ACF Artist Equity Summit September 10-11 2021

Join ACF for our next Artist Equity Summit on “Follow Through”

When I say “composer,” who do you think of? Are they alive? Are they male, white, of European descen...
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Vanessa Rose
2021 ACF | create and Minnesota Music Creator Award recipients

2021 ACF | create and Minnesota Music Creator Awards Announced

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF | create and...
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Valerie Coleman--Photo by Matthew Murphy

Valerie Coleman Selected for ACF BandQuest Residency with Juilliard MAP

American Composers Forum (ACF) is thrilled to announce its next BandQuest commission and residency p...
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McKnight Awardees 2021

2021 McKnight Composer Fellows and McKnight Visiting Composers Announced

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s McKnight Fellows...
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New Music Gathering 2018--Photo by Austin Eamnarangkool

The 6th Annual New Music Gathering: Full Schedule, Keynote Speaker, Headliners

Hailed as “more than just another new music festival” (Wall Street Journal) and “a joyous celebratio...
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ACF Roundtable on the Asian American Experience

There is a full, vibrant spectrum of diversity that makes up the Asian American experience. In light...
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Dameun Strange
innova Bay Area Pilot Program artists Eki’Shola Abrams, Melinda Martinez Becker, Nicolas Lell Benavides, Lisa Mezzacappa, Beth Schenck, SHENSduo, Lewis Jordan, Julie Herndon, and Anne Hege

Innova Recordings Announces Bay Area Pilot Projects

American Composers Forum (ACF) and Innova Recordings are pleased to announce the selected artists an...
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ACF Artist Equity Summit

ACF Artist Equity Summit: Twin Cities Arts Leaders

On May 20-21, 2021, join American Composers Forum (ACF) for our virtual Artist Equity Summit, where...
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Dameun Strange
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Call for Articles: New Series on “Invisible Inequities” in Arts Spaces

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and American Composers Forum are launching a new 10-month initiative entitled “...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN Expands Perspectives with New Contributors

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN (ICIYL) and American Composers Forum (ACF) are proud to introduce the expanded...
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Top row: Aisha Staggers, Anthony Tan, inti figgis-vizueta Middle row: Shruthi Rajasekar, Elizabeth A. Baker, A. Kori Hill Bottom row: Chevall Pryce, Nicolas Lell Benavides, Hon Ki Cheung

“Out of Context” Concludes with Roundtable Discussion Series

This month, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and American Composers Forum will host two roundtable discussions o...
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Call for New Contributors–Join Our Team!

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN (ICIYL)–powered by American Composers Forum–is thrilled to announce...
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UNEVEN MEASURES Panelists

UNEVEN MEASURES Roundtable Discussion Series

This month, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and American Composers Forum will host a series of Zoom roundtable...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN Joins American Composers Forum

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, the award-winning multimedia hub for living music creators, has officially bec...
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UNEVEN MEASURES

Announcing UNEVEN MEASURES: Artists Reflect on the 19th Amendment

The centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, giving white women the right t...
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Call for Articles: New Series on Cultural Appropriation in Partnership with American Composers Forum

AMERICAN COMPOSERS FORUM and I CARE IF YOU LISTEN are launching a ten-month series entitled “Out of...
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New Voices Essay Contest 2019

The 21CM + I CARE IF YOU LISTEN “New Voices” Essay Contest Returns

Downloadable announcement available here! Are you a college student who loves to put your passion fo...
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Announcing the “New Voices” Essay Contest in Partnership with 21CM

Downloadable announcement available here! Are you a college student who loves to put your passion fo...
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