ASCAP invites registrants to their "I Create Music ASCAP Expo" Conference in Los Angeles, April 22-24, 2010, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. Master classes, songwriting and composing workshops, publisher and business panels, One-on-One sessions, DIY career building workshops, showcases and performances, song feedback panels, state-of-the-art technology demos as well as leading music industry exhibitors. Please note: the lowest Early Bird pricing for the 2010 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO will expire on November 30. Those who wish to attend the conference should book early to take advantage of the lowest rates.

ACF-LA announces a call for unpublished chamber scores  for any combination of flute, clarinet, oboe, violin, viola, cello, bass, percussion from all ACF member composers in two categories (over and under age 18) for their 1st Annual Composition Competition and performance organized by ACF/LA in conjunction with Ensemble Green and the Ruskin Art Club.  Selected composers will have the opportunity to attend rehearsals, a professional performance of their work in the Fall of 2009 and receive an archival recording of the performance.

Los Angeles composer Roger Matthew Brown and six others selected for Essentially Choral reading sessions with Philip Brunelle's VocalEssence Ensemble Singers in Minneapolis.

On January 27, 2009, twenty-eight acf/LA composers were given free tickets to the San Francisco Symphony performance at Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles.

Guitarist Michael Partington (Seattle, Wa.) will perform "West" by Michael Karmon (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and flutist Timothy Hagen (Los Angeles, Calif.) will perform "Hibakusha" by Aaron Alon (Houston, Texas) as a result of the latest round of Encore grants.

On Saturday, November 8, 2008, a handful of LA composers attended the dress rehearsal at Disney Hall for "Spiral XII: "Space Between Heaven and Earth," a new work by Chinary Ung performed by the LA Master Chorale and conductor Grant Gershon. On Wednesday, November 12, 2008, ACF/LA composers attended a Los Angeles Philharmonic rehearsal with composer/conductor Thomas Adès of his music at Disney Hall in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles-based Calder String Quartet performed at acf/LA's first house concert in support of local new music and new music ensembles.

The Los Angeles chapter of the American Composers Forum presents the Paul Livingstone and Arohi Ensemble and the Steve Lockwood Ensemble during the 8th Annual Family Day at "Pacoima Beautiful" on Saturday, October 4, 2008.

The American Composers Forum and the American Music Center have established school memberships for students in the composition programs at CalArts, the University of California at San Diego, and other institutions across the country.

Los Angeles-based composer Mark Koval selected for ACF/GALA choral commission to premiere in Boston.

Once a week for three semesters during the 2007/2008 school year, CANOE placed Native composers in classrooms in Minnesota and California: Brent Michael Davids (Mohican), Elizabeth Jaakola (Anishinaabe), and Raven Chacon (Dine) worked with students in Minneapolis and the Fond du Lac reservation (Cloquet, Minn.) and at a venue shared with Native Voices at the Gene Autry Theater in Orange County, Los Angeles.

On May 3, 2008, the Forum's First Nations Composer Initiative (FNCI) received the Will Sampson Memorial Award from First Americans in the Arts (FAITA) during their 16th Annual Award Presentation and Dinner held at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. FNCI was nominated for its outstanding composer-in-residence work with Los Angeles area Native youth.

acfLA recently finished another round of subito grants to 9 Southern Californian composers and performers of new music.

2008 Encore awards include Altadena composer Patricio da Silva and Greeley, Colorado pianist Lei Weng; Los Angeles composer Joseph Trapanese and Flexible Music (Yonkers, N.Y.); and Los Angeles composer Peter Michael von der Nahmer and percussionist Erik Barsness of St. Paul, Minnesota.

From a very competitive pool of applicants to the program's June 1, 2007, application round, ACF's Los Angeles Chapter (acf/LA) has announced subito grants to 13 Southern Californian composers and performers.