ACO Seeks Director of Composer Advancement and Diversity
Reports To: President and CEO Supervises: Composer Advancement and Diversity Intern Position Type: Full-time, Exempt…
Creating The Gathering: Conversation with Jonathan McCrory, Leatrice Ellzy, and Derek Bermel
Over the past three years, American Composers Orchestra has been collaborating with the Apollo Theater…
Report from Texas: EarShot with Houston Symphony – Four Distinctive Voices
Last week, ACO Artistic Director Derek Bermel spent two days in Texas at our EarShot…
Composer Spotlight: Dai Wei – Adventure & Paths to New Worlds
Composer Dai Wei is originally from China. Her musical journey navigates in the spaces between east…
Composer Spotlight: Paula Matthusen & Her Collaboration with Poet Danielle Vogel
Paula Matthusen is a composer who writes both electroacoustic and acoustic music and realizes sound installations.…
Composer Spotlight: Lisa Bielawa – Using Rituals to Open Creativity
Composer, producer, and vocalist Lisa Bielawa has been part of the ACO family for over…
Violinist Jennifer Koh – Commissions, Protests, and Advocacy
Violinist Jennifer Koh is recognized for her intense, commanding performances delivered with dazzling virtuosity and…
Composer Spotlight: Anna Clyne — A Circle of Artistry & Mentorship
London-born Anna Clyne is a GRAMMY-nominated composer of acoustic and electro-acoustic music. Described as a “composer of…
Composer Spotlight: Pauline Oliveros – Dissolving Boundaries
Pauline Oliveros’s life as a composer, performer and humanitarian was about opening her own and others’…
Composer Spotlight: Raquel Acevedo Klein – Creating Community During Crisis
As the pandemic prompted shutdowns across the United States and the rest of the world,…
Composer Spotlight: Ray Lustig – Music to Bridge the Distance
In the 2012-13 season, ACO commissioned composer Ray Lustig to write a new work as…
Composer Spotlight: Edward Thomas – A Life of Doing
Composer Edward Thomas spent his early musical life in the 1950s performing as a guitarist…
