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Announcing the 2024 ACF | create Awardees

Jul 22, 2024

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF | create awa...

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Composer Mary Kouyoumdjian Meets Discomfort with Empathy

Mar 5, 2024

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. In one of my favorite photos of composer...

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Amanda Cook

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ACF | create 2024 Applications Now Open

Feb 12, 2024

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2024 ACF |...

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2023 ACF | create Awards Announced

Jul 26, 2023

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF | create awa...

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Announcing 15 New Projects from innova Recordings Spring National Call

Jun 28, 2023

Today innova Recordings, the in-house recordings label of American Composers Forum, announced the se...

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Interview

José Halac Transforms Dichotomies into Infinite, Liminal Spaces

Jun 5, 2023

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. José Halac is seemingly full of contradic...

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Amanda Cook

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Interview

Masatora Goya Follows the Elusive Pathways of Human Emotion

Feb 7, 2023

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Since childhood, composer Masatora Goya h...

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Amanda Cook

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Announcement

Applications Now Open for 2023 American Composers Forum Funding Programs

Jan 9, 2023

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2023 McKni...

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Announcement

2022 ACF | create and Minnesota Music Creator Awards Announced

Aug 10, 2022

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF | create and...

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PaviElle French Pushes for Social Justice Through Genre-Crossing Music

Jul 5, 2022

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. The music of PaviElle French — a soulful...

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Esteban Meneses

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Announcement

Applications Now Open for American Composers Forum Programs

Jan 12, 2022

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2022 McKni...

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2021 ACF | create and Minnesota Music Creator Award recipients

Announcement

2021 ACF | create and Minnesota Music Creator Awards Announced

Aug 26, 2021

American Composers Forum (ACF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ACF | create and...

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Interview

M. Lamar on Defining Negrogothic and the Liberated Black Man

Jul 13, 2021

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. M. Lamar embodies a gorgeous Afro Gothic...

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Dameun Strange

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Concert

Quinteto Latino Showcases the Diversity of Latin Identity with New Works

Jun 24, 2021

At a roundtable discussion in early June 2021, Quinteto Latino’s founder and director Armando Castel...

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Julia Kuhlman

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Vocalist and Composer Anaïs Maviel Finds Peace Through Translation

Jun 8, 2021

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. When I spoke with Anaïs Maviel, she was j...

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Dameun Strange

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Interview

Jazz Musician Asuka Kakitani Follows the Story and the Color

Apr 8, 2021

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. The first recording of jazz music was mad...

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Sun Yung Shin

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Feature

Reimagining Equitable Applications and Awardee Selection in ACF’s Funded Opportunities

Feb 18, 2021

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. As Vice President of Artist Services at A...

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Billy Lackey

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Feature

Mary Prescott Dishes a Warm Bowl of Self Truth in her New Work, Tida

Dec 3, 2020

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Interdisciplinary artist Mary Prescott di...

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Dameun Strange

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Anaïs Maviel--Photo courtesy www.anaismaviel.bandcamp.com

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5 Questions to Anaïs Maviel (cross-disciplinary artist)

Feb 13, 2020

Anaïs Maviel is a creator with a unique perspective who unites several disciplines compellingly. A v...

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Bruce A. Russell

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Acf | Create

Announcing the 2024 ACF | create Awardees

Composer Mary Kouyoumdjian Meets Discomfort with Empathy

ACF | create 2024 Applications Now Open

2023 ACF | create Awards Announced

Announcing 15 New Projects from innova Recordings Spring National Call

José Halac Transforms Dichotomies into Infinite, Liminal Spaces

Masatora Goya Follows the Elusive Pathways of Human Emotion

Applications Now Open for 2023 American Composers Forum Funding Programs

2022 ACF | create and Minnesota Music Creator Awards Announced

PaviElle French Pushes for Social Justice Through Genre-Crossing Music

Applications Now Open for American Composers Forum Programs

2021 ACF | create and Minnesota Music Creator Awards Announced

M. Lamar on Defining Negrogothic and the Liberated Black Man

Quinteto Latino Showcases the Diversity of Latin Identity with New Works

Vocalist and Composer Anaïs Maviel Finds Peace Through Translation

Jazz Musician Asuka Kakitani Follows the Story and the Color

Reimagining Equitable Applications and Awardee Selection in ACF’s Funded Opportunities

Mary Prescott Dishes a Warm Bowl of Self Truth in her New Work, Tida

5 Questions to Anaïs Maviel (cross-disciplinary artist)

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