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Music for Young Audiences

The New American Music for Young Audiences catalog was created to help those involved with educational programming find new works. We continuously add items to the catalog, so be sure to visit regularly to see what's new.

If you would like to borrow a perusal score of any work in this catalog, please contact the person listed after "contact info." In some cases, the American Music Center may be able to provide you with a perusal copy.

If you are a U.S. composer who would like to add a work to this catalog, please click here for the online submission form.

The MFYA Database now includes RealAudio samples! If you don't already have it, download RealAudio here. RealAudio samples are provided for review only.

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Ongoing Call for Information: New American Music For Young Audiences

New American Music for Young Audiences is a catalog of works suitable for educational programming and reflects the rich variety of music for young people by American composers. If you have a work (or works) that fit this category, please let us know so that we can add it to our online database. To learn more about this invaluable resource, click the link above or the button on the right side of this page under "Quick Links." To submit works for the catalog, fill out the form here. Please contact Information Services at or (212) 366-5260 x21 with any questions.

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To search, select composer name, composition date, grade, medium, title, or topic; or, use a multiple of these. For example if you would like to find works for orchestra suitable for grades 7-12, select "Junior High" and "High School" and be sure to de-select "Any Grade". Then select "Orchestra" from the "Medium" list and be sure next to "search type" that "and" is selected. (Be careful when using the "Search Type" option, as you may get 0 results if you do not select the correct option. Remember that the "and" option will search for any piece in the catalog that has ALL of the selections you make.)