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The 2006 grantees in the Chapter's Northern California Composers Commissioning Program were selected in November from a large and distinguished pool of applicants.

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We are delighted to announce the results of the judging panel for the 2007-08 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute. The seven participants were selected from among 166 works submitted from 36 states, and the exceptional quality of the music and high level of orchestral writing made the final choices very difficult to make. There is enough fine music here for many, many concerts!

American Composers Forum and VocalEssence announce winners of 2007 Essentially Choral reading program .

ACF Philadelphia launches NEW MUSIC PHILADELPHIA - a streaming webcast featuring the music of Philadelphia comoposers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our Community Partners program has re-opened for 2007, and will begin accepting applications on February 1.
The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of American Composers Forum is seeking proposals from composers, performers, and/or ensembles for projects that foster the creation and performance of new music in the context of community engagement. Project proposals will be considered on an ongoing basis, as funding permits, until June 30, 2007.

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Two composers, Diego Luzuriaga and John Rommereim, have been selected as the winners of the Ninth Annual Welcome Christmas! Carol Contest, co-sponsored by the Forum and the Minneapolis-based VocalEssence ensemble.

Two composers, Diego Luzuriaga and John Rommereim, have been selected as the winners of the Ninth Annual Welcome Christmas! Carol Contest, co-sponsored by the Forum and the Minneapolis-based VocalEssence ensemble.

ACF Philadelphia Chapter invites applications for Community Partners grants from composers in the Philadelphia area for projects involving new music for documentary, theatrical, experimental film, or animation. Deadline for this call is December 1, 2006.

You're invited to attend the Forum's Annual Meeting, scheduled for Friday, September 29, 2006, at the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's Huss MusicRoom.

The meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m., last approximately one hour, and will include musical performances. A reception and refreshments will follow the meeting, and all ACF members are welcome to attend as their schedules permit.

The Huss Music Room is located on the third floor of the historic Hamm Building, 408 Saint Peter Street, in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.

Call 651.251.2810 if you plan to attend -- RSVPs are encouraged.

Directions and parking information is available under "Concert Experience" at the SPCO website: www.thespco.org

The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of American Composers Forum (ACF-SFBAC) seeks a qualified Northern California composer to teach high school students in its Composer in the Schools (CITS) after-school program. Classes will held for 2 hours one day each week at Lowell High School in San Francisco and will begin in mid- to late October, 2006.

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Schubert Club, ACF name 2nd Annual Artsong winners

VocalEssence selects five composers from across the country for the 2005-2006 Essentially Choral Reading Program.

Subito is designed to give an immediate financial boost to composers and performers of new music. The application process is uncomplicated, and the review process is streamlined to provide a quick turnaround.

The Forum was selected for the 2006 Joyce Award for Music to support the commission of a new concerto for guitar and orchestra by Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate.

ACF Philadelphia presents Soundexchange; a project featuring the talents of some of Philadelphia's?finest electro-acoustic musicians, improvisers, and omposers.? This year's featured guest artists are Pauline Oliveros and the Deep Listening Ensemble.

Attacca, Childs receive Encore funding for "CLICK"

American Composers Forum of New England (ACFNE) seeks qualified applicants for the position of its Director in the Boston area. 25-30 hours per week including occasional evenings and weekends. Salary is negotiable and hours are flexible. The position is available December 2005.

The American Composers Forum, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, is pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Northern California Composers Commissioning Program (NCCCP). Click on the link above for the full story.

NMFPTP Winners Announced
New Music for People to Play, ACF-SFBAC's partnership with the Community Music Center, is pleased to announce the winners of its first two composer residencies.  Click on the headline above for full details. 

Californian, two New Yorkers awarded top prizes

In order to serve your needs better and to open a line of communication with composers, musicians, patrons, and stakeholders, The American Composer's Forum - DC Chapter (ACF-DC) has embarked upon an Organization Development effort to improve itself.

Please help us serve you better by taking a brief survey, which will only take five minutes of your time, but provide us with valuable information on how you see us as an organization and what YOU need from us:

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ArtSong Competition stirs interest worldwide

American Composers Forum New England's
Spring 2005 New Music Calendar is now online!

Encore program approves three new collaborations.

Public Radio?covers 2004 Minnesota Orchestra Reading Sessions and Composer Institute

Essentially Choral winners announced for 2004-2005 reading sessions.

Winners chosen for Minnesota Orchestra Reading Sessions and Composer Institute.

Composer Louise Mundinger has been selected for American Composers Forum New England's 2004-2005 Faith Partners Program.

The Fall 2004 New Music Calendar lists over 60 new music concerts in the Greater Boston area.

ACF-DC is pleased to present Anti-Social Music, a rare artistic species that features new music written by emerging artists.The unconventional chamber orchestra is a perfect match for a New Music Salon, which are designed to introduce cutting-edge new music. The evening will include refreshments and a casual post-show discussion, allowing artists to receive valuable feedback and providing audiences with a glimpse into the composers' processes.

ACF Establishes Endowment Fund to Honor Dale Warland Singers

Shakespeare X 3 collaboration culiminates in a new musical based on the famous love story.

The Community Partners residency of composer Raymond Berg with Young Christian Nursery School (YCN) came to a joyous conclusion with the program's two June 5 concerts, marking their thirtieth anniversary and celebrating the strong history of their programming in St. Paul's Highland Park neighborhood.

The chapter is pleased to announce that composers Jocelyn Hagen (Minneapolis) and Sarah Miller (Minneapolis) will be participating in the 2004-05 Composer in the Schools pilot residency program with St. Paul Central High School and Stillwater Area High School.

May 11 saw the launch of the chapter's Tuesday Salon, a new, regular gathering of composers, performers, and sound artists in the Twin Cities. The opening Salon featured works by composers Kerry Cobuccio, Christopher Gable, Ben Mills, Warren Park and Carl Schroeder, all presented by performers of the new music ensemble Zeitgeist.

Two composers have been selected to participate in American Composers Forum New England's composer residency collaboration with the New England Orchestra Consortium.

Composer Selected for Composer/Educator Residence with Little House of the Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses, Inc.

Encore funding to support repeat performances was awarded to Zeitgeist for a work by Tina Davidson, the Enourmous Quartet playing a new piece by Jason Goessl, and cellist Nickolai Kolarov to present music by composers Simeon Pironkoff and Constantinos Kydoniatis

The American Composers Forum, Washington DC Chapter (ACF-DC) presents its second New Music Salon at Flashpoint. Two featured composers will present new work in an intimate and informal setting.

The American Composers Forum, DC Chapter in collaboration with the Lyra Chamber Ensemble, announces a call for scores to be performed at our June 17 New Music Salon. Click on "Opportunites" on the left-hand menu for more information.

The Chicago-based Cavatina Duo has been awarded an Encore grant to support performance and rehearsal costs in presenting "Roominating" for guitar and flute by composer Michael Karmon.

The Washington DC Chapter of the American Composers Forum is seeking proposals from composers, performers, presenters, and/or ensembles for projects that foster the creation and performance of new music in the context of community engagement. We are seeking projects to be implemented during the summer of 2004.

NEC Wind Ensemble reads piece by Karl Henning

This spring's New Music Calendar features over 75 concerts of new music in the Greater Boston area (and Rhode Island)

The winners of this year's Minnesota Orchestra Reading Sessions and Composer Institute have been selected from a total of 112 entries from 26 states.

The winners of this year’s Minnesota Orchestra Reading Sessions and Composer Institute have been selected from a total of 112 entries from 26 states.The seven composers selected are Philip Fried (Saint Paul, Minn.); Michael Gatonska (East Hartford, Conn.); Gregory Hutter (Chicago, lll.); Mark Koval (Los Angeles, Calif.); Robert Paterson (New York, N.Y.); Eric Samuelson (New York, N.Y.); and William A. Ware (New York, N.Y.).

Composers Jesse Ayers (Canton, Ohio), Greg Schaffner (Saint Paul, Minn.), John Turner (New York, N.Y.), Ben Yarmolinsky (New York, N.Y.), and Edward David Zeliff (Upland, Calif.), have been selected as participants in the 2004 Essentially Choral Reading Program.

14 composers have been selected for this year's Jerome Composers Commissioning Program (JCCP). Grants awarded this year ranged from $5,000 to $8,000.

Reprint from the Forum's bi-monthly newsletter, Sounding Board

Earlier this year the chapter launched Encore, a new program that covers rehearsal and presentation costs for repeat performances of recent works by Forum composers. Congratulations to all Encore grant recipients!

A three-year collaboration between the Boston Chapter, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and composer Elena Ruehr culminated in the premiere of "Toussaint Before the Spirits," a new dance opera.

Sonic Circuits X International Electronic Music Festival
Presented by the American Composers Forum Boston in collaboration with the Boston Cyberarts Festival, Berklee College of Music venues, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, March 12, April 27 and May 4, 2003

On May 13, 2002,?ACFB?composers and performers?presented a Mother's Day concert of original lullabies at Boston's Casa Myrna Vazquez, an organization dedicated to the eradication of violence against women and children.

The second Community Partners project with CitySongs is underway with the selection of Minneapolis composer Denice Rippentropp.

Beginning March, 2003, the Forum will accept applications for Encore, a three-year program that assures the inclusion of new works in the repertoires of individual performers and ensembles.

All four Midwestern Faith Partners consortia have selected composers for their residencies, allowing pairs of congregations to work with a composer-in-residence on the creation of at least three new works of sacred music.

NEC Wind Ensemble Reads Bryant, Southworth & Suter

Following the success of last year's project, the chapter is launching its second Community Partners residency with CitySongs.

The Community Partners Program has placed St. Paul composer Carole Selin in residence with the Hmong American Partnership (HAP), a community organization on St. Paul's East Side.

On December 8, 2002, Michael McLaughlin's residency with?Duxbury's Art Complex Museum concluded with the premiere of his "Trackings" for flute, violin, viola, and cello.

On May 4, the Boston Area Chapter presented Sonic Circuits IX: International Electronic Music Festival at Berklee College of Music.

Geoffrey Hudson completes his Faith Partners Residency with Temple Sinai (Sharon, Mass.) and Messiah Baptist Church (Brockton, Mass.)

(JANUARY 2003) The first salon of the new year featured a lecture on composing for television at the offices of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians.

November 2002 saw the first two premieres in the chapter’s inaugural Faith Partners residency.

(DECEMBER 2002) The chapter's November Salon featured Harold Meltzer, composer and Artistic Director of new music ensemble Sequitur.

(JUNE 2002) On April 20, the New York Chapter hosted a workshop on writing for percussion at the Annual New York City Day of Percussion held at Queens College.

The chapter's January 2002 salon was devoted to new piano music.

Film and documentary composer Michael Whalen hosted the chapter’s September salon.

On February 24, the Crowden Music Center will present an evening of world premieres from the faculty of the John Adams Young Composers Program performed by the Ariel String Quartet. This free concert, supported in part by a grant from the ACF's Bay Area Chapter, will feature new music by Alexis Alrich, Molly Axtman, Alan Crossman, Arkadi Serper, Clark Suprynowicz, and Katy Wreede.

Two teams have been selected for ACF's "Music in Motion" commissions to create new music and dances for the James Sewell Ballet

Each year the American Composers Forum publishes its Annual Report, a survey of organization's programs and projects with a listing of the composers it has benefited and the funders who made it all possible. A copy of the Forum's Annual Report 2004 is now available for downloading as a PDF file.

Popular choral work by ACF co-founder Stephen Paulus sung at Reagan funeral in Washington, DC.

Michael Anthony writes about the Forum's innova label in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Initiative Targets Untapped Audience for New Music

Massachusetts school bands play commissioned works by BandQuest composer Michael Colgrass

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The Forum's Annual Report 2004 was mailed as a special enclosure with the Sept/Oct 2004 issue of Sounding Board, the organization's bi-monthly newsletter. A copy of the newsletter is now available for downloading as a PDF file. The Annual Report 2004 special enclosure can also be downloaded as a separate PDF file (see below).

The Forum's Annual Report for 2004 was mailed as a special enclosure with the Sept/Oct 2004 issue of its newsletter Sounding Board. A copy of the newsletter is now available for downloading as a PDF file.

Each year the American Composers Forum publishes its Annual Report, a survey of organization's programs and projects with a listing of the composers it has benefited and the funders who made it all possible. ?A copy of the Forum's Annual Report 2004 is now available for downloading as a PDF file.

A PDF version of our July/Aug 2004 issue
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