Thank you for visiting the Forum on the web!
We've been bringing composers and performers together since 1973. Our work takes the form of groundbreaking residencies and innovative approaches to teaching music.
In the program links at right, you'll learn more about ways that performers are enriching the work of composers and the lives of people in communities across the country.
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Again, thank you for visiting. I hope the Forum can be of service to you.
Craig Carnahan
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Find Chamber Music Database
The American Composers Forum has partnered with the Amateur Chamber Music Players (ACMP) to create an online resource where chamber music lovers can find access to contemporary chamber music--with features tailored specifically to the needs of amateur players.
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Measure For Measure: New Music, New Thoughts (podcast)
Where are we going? And what are we doing?
All in Good Measure (aka Measure For Measure), a weekly series of online audio conversations, takes a fresh look at the world of making new music for a new world. Through candid, in-depth interviews with leading thinkers in a variety of related fields, listeners will gain new perspectives on issues that face artists today and learn ways to adapt for survival.
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Northern California Composers Commissioning Program
The American Composers Forum, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, offers a Northern California Composers Commissioning Program (NCCCP). Performers (individuals or ensembles) and presenters are invited to apply for grants from $5000 to $7500 on behalf of themselves and composers with whom they wish to collaborate. Awards will be shared, as described below, between applicants and composers. For informnation on the next application deadline, contact the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Director at tel 415.864.0400 or email.
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Subito in Philadelphia
Small, career advancement grants for professionals in the field of new music. The fall 2010 Subito deadline is October 25, 2010.
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