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…
Composer Spotlight: Karen LeFrak – NYC Nostalgia & a Love of Piano
For ACO’s Welcome Back Friends & Family Chamber Concert on September 28, 2021, we are…
Composer Spotlight: Augusta Gross – From Psychologist to Composer
I had the pleasure of sitting down with ACO board member Augusta Gross, whose “Toward…
ACO’s 2021-2022 Season: 11 premieres & partnerships with the Apollo Theater, National Black Theatre, Groupmuse Foundation, and Carnegie Hall.
American Composers Orchestra (ACO) announces its 2021-2022 season, under the leadership of Artistic Director Derek…
Protected: ACO’s Summer Listening Party
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Preview: Listening Party with Derek Bermel and special guests John Adams, Laurie Anderson, Hannibal Lokumbe, Eugene Moye, and Melinda Wagner
I’m thrilled to invite you to the Listening Party we have planned for June 24th…
AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA is accepting applications
for Teaching Artists who are Composers
ACO is seeking exceptional Composer/Performer/Educators to work with our Education Director, Kevin James, and our dedicated…
Suggestions for a More Inclusive Orchestral Readings Application
by Aiden Feltkamp, ACO Emerging Composers & Diversity Director As ACO’s Emerging Composers and Diversity Director, I consult for…
Composer Spotlight: Carlos Simon
Composer Carlos Simon first worked with ACO as a participant in the 2016 EarShot Readings in NYC (previously known as the Underwood Readings). From there,…
