Composer Spotlight: Hannah Kendall – Music Boxes, Harmonicas & Dreadlock Cuffs
Hannah Kendall’s work has been widely celebrated. Her work has been performed extensively, and across…
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: Chris Kallmyer – Directing Ears Towards Sound
Artist Chris Kallmyer creates collective experiences at the intersection of art, music and design. ·On…
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: Trevor New – Electro-acoustic Viola & Cinematic Journeys
Trevor New is a Brooklyn-based, electro acoustic violist and composer. He creates work which he…
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…
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,…
Composer Spotlight: Lisa Bielawa
Composer, producer, and vocalist Lisa Bielawa has been part of the ACO family for over…
