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…
Spotlight on Contemporary Chamber Orchestra Repertoire
Hosted by American Composers Orchestra Recorded Thursday, June 18, 2020 Watch here: withDerek Bermel Artistic Director,…
Composer: Alex Temple
If I were to describe Alex Temple as the "David Lynch of New Music," it
