The chapter is an active resource for Los Angeles-area new-music artists: disseminating information and developing new opportunities for creative work with the broader public as well as with other artists. Although Web sites are a focus of all Forum chapters, in Los Angeles, with its geographical spread and vast cultural diversity, the Chapter's web page plays a greater role than elsewhere in offering a readily accessible meeting place and starting point for explorations, collaborations and artistic growth. The acf/LA Website (www.composers.la) provides up-to-date information about the Chapter, its activities and programs, as well as New Music LA -- an online monthly calendar of new music events in the Los Angeles area -- and offers links to other relevant web sites in order to serve as a central location for information sources, opportunities for on-line membership registration, a database for information about chapter members and applications to chapter programs, including subito. Launched in Spring 2001, subito is a quick, uncomplicated granting program that provides grants to composers and performers who need this boost to take the next step in their new-music careers.

Find out more about local programs and activities at www.composers.la.

The Los Angeles Chapter is funded in part through the generous support of:
California Arts Council
The James Irvine Foundation
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe Arts Education Partnership Grant
Mu Phi Epsilon, Los Angeles Alumni Chapter
Remo Percussion Instruments
The Helen F. Whitaker Fund

LOS ANGELES CHAPTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Raphael Cung (Treasurer), attorney, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP
Peter Golub (Secretary), composer, Director of Film Music Program, Sundance Institute
Terry Knowles, Executive Director, Los Angeles Master Chorale
William Kraft (Chair), composer, founder of New Music Group (now Green Umbrella)
Anne LeBaron, composer, faculty, CalArts
Bob Peskin, Director of Chapters, ACF-National Office
Patrice Rushen, composer and pianist
Alex Shapiro (Vice-Chair), composer
Leonard Stein, pianist, conductor; director emeritus, Arnold Schoenberg Institute

LOS ANGELES CHAPTER ADVISORY COUNCIL
Miriam Gerberg, composer
William Kraft, composer, founder of New Music Group (now Green Umbrella)
Daniel Rothmann, composer
Alex Shapiro, composer
Wadada Leo Smith
Kubilay Uner, composer

ACF NATIONAL BOARD MEMBERS
Raphael Cung, attorney, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP
Patrice Rushen, composer

Active Members: 167

Heidi Lesemann, Director • Karl Montevirgen, Assistant Director
American Composers Forum - Los Angeles Chapter
P.O. Box 970
Whittier, California 90608-0970

(562) 464-6644
acf@composers.la

Visit our local website at: www.composers.la

COMMITTEES
The LA Chapter welcomes the active participation of all members and interested persons. If you have questions, or would like to volunteer, please click on the below committees:

Volunteer Committee (mailings, deliveries, telephoning)
Salon Committee
Workshop Committee
Meeting Planning Committee
Faith Partners Committee (sacred music consortium)