SOUNDING BOARD

The Forum’s bi-monthly newsletter, published continuously since 1978, was renamed Sounding Board in 1996 to emphasize its function as a resonator for the concerns of the organization’s diverse membership. Sounding Board features updates on Forum programming and articles addressing issues facing contemporary composers. Each issue also provides an extensive listing of opportunities (competitions, calls for scores and recordings, etc.) for composers and other new-music professionals.

Although not a scholarly journal, Sounding Board has become a fixture in many academic libraries and is widely recognized as a valuable “window” on the world of contemporary music. The publication is also a cost-effective medium for advertisers (including Forum members) wishing to reach one or more of the Forum’s constituencies. The newsletter is consistently cited as a prime benefit of Forum membership. For many, it has become a “lifeline” to the organization and the wider musical world.

Sounding Board welcomes queries and submission of unsolicited manuscripts on topics of general import. A modest honorarium is paid upon publication. Letters to the editor are also invited.

The newsletter is free with Forum membership. Members in the U.S. may elect to have their copies sent via first-class mail for an additional $10 per year; members outside the U.S. receive their copies via international air.

For more information on Sounding Board, contact John Michel at jmichel@composersforum.org or call 651.251.2817.

Monthly circulation: 2,375
Publication: September, November, January, March, May, July
Editor: Bill Snyder