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Steven Hays

HUNGRY to learn from ancient&modern masters.
ASPIRING to greater musically expressive heights.
YEARNING to sing with my life.
SERVING artists by giving them my best work.

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Calling All Composers! "Taking Note" Survey and "Taking Action" Convention

The American Music Center and American Composers Forum have teamed up with Columbia University's Research Center for Arts and Culture to conduct the first major study of living composers.

The study aims to gather important data to guide our efforts in better serving and advocating for composers of all styles and backgrounds.

If you are a composer, you can be a part of this important research. We invite you to contribute to the study by filling out the online survey at the link below. The survey is estimated to take 20 minutes of your time. Your participation will broaden the study's reach and give us a better understanding of current trends in the field. Thank you for helping us to help composers!

Research Center for Arts and Culture "Taking Note" survey link

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Save the dates! From June 10-14, 2008, the performing arts community is "Taking Action Together" at the National Performing Arts Convention (NPAC) in Denver, Colorado.

Nearly 5,000 composers, musicians, actors, administrators, conductors, producers, dancers, trustees, managers, marketers, critics, businesses, educators, directors, fundraisers and agents are coming together to build a stronger performing arts community for the future.

The American Composers Forum, the American Music Center, and Meet the Composer invite and urge you to attend.

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Composers Datebook

The Forum's daily two-minute radio show, reminding you that
all music was once new.

Tuesday, May 6
Rautavaara's "Angels"

Wednesday, May 7
"Pay no attention to Beethoven (if you can) "

Thursday, May 8
Tan Dun scores it big in America

Friday, May 9
Ravel plays "guess who" in Paris

Saturday, May 10
Alfven defines musical Sweden

Sunday, May 11
Offenbach in America

Monday, May 12
Shostakovich gets on first

Tuesday, May 13
Panufnik and the school of hard knocks, Polish-style

Wednesday, May 14
East meets West in the music of Lou Harrison

Thursday, May 15
Stravinsky and Rochberg start trends

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		Forum Events
		New Music Events
		Member Contributed Events

		Joe Hallman appearing as gogreengo
		5/11/08 Tribeca New Music Festival/ New York Art Ensemble New York City The Flea Theater Joe Hallman appearing as gogreengo, with Kathy Supove-piano/voice, Calvin Fallwell-bass clarinet, Tarik Ghiradella-perc.

		World Premier of Adam Schwamb choral work 'Adoramus te' for SATB a capella
		MVCS Choir perform works by Palestrina, Eric Whitacre, Barber, Schwamb and more.

		New Works for Chorus
		New Works for Chorus, featuring original works by student composers of the Aaron Copland School of Music, and performed by the Stonewall Chorale (Cynthia Powell, artistic director).

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