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New Music Service Organizations
American Composers Alliance (ACA)
648 Broadway, Room 803
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212-362-8900
Phone: 212-925-0458
Fax: 212-925-6798
Email: info@composers.com
Web: www.composers.com
Contact: Ms. Jasna Radonjic, Executive Director
The American Composers Alliance is a membership organization serving over 200 professional American composers of concert music. Founded in 1937, by Aaron Copland, to protect the rights of its members and to promote the use and understanding of their music, it is the oldest national organization of its kind. ACA provides a wealth of valuable services to its distinguished composer members. ACA has historically had a diverse membership, and has often championed the work of African-American and women composers. Membership fee.
American Composers Forum (ACF)
332 Minnesota Street, Suite E-145
St. Paul, MN 55101
Phone: 651-228-1407
Fax: 651-291-7978
Email: mail@composersforum.org
Web: www.composersforum.org
Contact: Ms. Wendy Collins, Senior Program & Member Services Manager
The American Composers Forum, established in 1973 as the Minnesota Composers Forum, is a membership organization with more than 1,200 members and more than 20 programs. The ACF is committed to supporting composers and developing new markets for their music. Through granting, commissioning, and performance programs, the Forum provides composers at all stages of their careers with valuable resources for professional and artistic development. By linking communities with composers and performers, the Forum fosters a demand for new music, enriches communities, and helps develop the next generation of composers, musicians, and music patrons. Membership dues.
American Federation of Jazz Societies, Inc.
1400 16th Street NW, Suite 420
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 310-831-3372
Email: comments@yestertunes.com
Web: www.afjs.org
Contact: Mr. Jim Jones, President
The American Federation of Jazz Societies is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote and support jazz through a variety of activities. AFJS fosters mutual support amongst jazz organizations by managing a network for sharing information, resources and techniques.
American Music Center (AMC)
30 West 26th Street, Suite 1001
New York, NY 10010-2011
Phone: 212-366-5260
Fax: 212-366-5265
Email: amcinfo@amc.net
Web: www.amc.net
Contact: Deborah Horne, Director of Membership and New Music Services
The American Music Center is a national service organization and information center dedicated to building a national community for new American Music. AMC advocates for the community through NewMusicBox, its award-winning web magazine, and Counterstream Radio, a 24-hour online station broadcasting music by a broad range of U.S. composers. AMC supports the community by administering $1.5 million in grants to individuals and organizations each year, and by offering professional development tools for artists. AMC connects the community with an array of information services designed to facilitate performances, including a vast, searchable online database of more than 40,000 works by American composers; publications and directories compiling opportunities in new music and other information useful to industry professionals; and benefits and services for nearly 2,500 members in all fifty states and around the world. The American Music Center is not-for-profit and has an annual membership fee.
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers)
One Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-621-6327
Fax: 212-595-3276
Email: concertmusic@ascap.com
Web: www.ascap.com
Contact: Ms. Frances Richard, Vice President & Director of Concert Music
ASCAP is a membership association, which protects the rights of its composer, lyricist, and publisher members by licensing the non-dramatic performances of their works and distributing royalties on the basis of performances. An ASCAP license entitles users to perform any or all of the works of Society members and affiliated foreign organizations. ASCAP functions as a clearinghouse, serving music creators and users.
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.)
320 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-830-2537
Fax: 212-262-2824
Email: classical@bmi.com
Web: www.bmi.com
Contact: Mr. Ralph N. Jackson, Assistant Vice President, BMI Classical
BMI is a performing rights organization, which acquires rights from composers and publishers, and in turn grants licenses for the use of its repertoire to users of music. BMI collects fees from each user of music, and all income (other than what is needed for operation expenses) is distributed to BMI composers and publishers.
Center for Black Music Research (CBMR)
Columbia College Chicago
600 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605-1996
Phone: 312-344-7559
Fax: 312-344-8029
Email: contact@cbmr.colum.edu
Web: www.cbmr.org
Contact: Ms. Suzanne Flandreau, Librarian and Archivist
The purpose of the Center for Black Music Research is to discover, disseminate, preserve, and promote black music in all its forms, from jazz, blues, gospel, and ragtime to opera and concert works. The Center's range of programming includes the CBMR Library and Archives; the CBMR database; Black Music Research Journal, CBMR Digest, and Lenox Avenue: A Journal of Interart Inquiry; biennial International Conferences on Black Music Research; CBMR Forum; performances by the Black Music Repertory Ensemble, Chicago-based New Black Music Repertory Ensemble, and Ensemble Stop-Time.
Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers
P.O. Box 631043
Nacogdoches, TX 75963
Phone: 812-855-2991
Email: slias@under.org
Web: under.org/cpcc
Contact: Dr. Stephen Lias, Founder and Director
The Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers (CPCC) is an internet-based service organization for composers. CPCC offers promotion for its composers by providing an online platform that provides information about their own works and activities and also provides a regular email oportunities newsletter. Membership dues.
College Music Society
312 East Pine Street
Missoula, MT 59802
Phone: 406-721-9616
Fax: 406-721-9419
Email: cms@music.org
Web: www.music.org
Contact: CMS Executive Office at the address above
The College Music Society is a consortium of college, conservatory, university and independent musicians and scholars interested in all disciplines of music. Its mission is to promote music teaching and learning, musical creativity and expression, research and dialogue, and diversity and interdisciplinary interaction.
Connecticut Composers, Inc. (CCI)
9 Eastwood Road
Storrs, CT 06268-2401
Phone: 860-429-1279
Email: musica123@earthlink.net
Web: connecticutcomposers.org
Contact: Dr. Elizabeth R. Austin
Connecticut Composers, Inc. is a non-profit membership organization promoting performances of works of Connecticut composers, securing commissions for new works, and acting as a community outreach advocate in the arts and related issues.
Consortium of Vermont Composers
176 Cox Brook
Northfield, VT 05663
Phone: 802-485-3972
Email: dennis@maltedmedia.com
Web: maltedmedia.com/consort
Contact: Mr. Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Webmaster
The Consortium of Vermont Composers is open to all composers living or working in Vermont. In 1998, it had more than 100 composer members, representing contemporary, jazz, and folk music. The Consortium of Vermont Composers featured a regular festival with performances of the entire membership, and is affiliated with the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and the Vermont Council on the Arts.
Harvestworks
596 Broadway, #602
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212-431-1130
Email: info@harvestworks.org
Web: www.harvestworks.org
Contact: Ms. Carol Parkinson, Executive Director
Founded in 1977 to cultivate artistic talent using electronic technologies, Harvestworks' mission is to encourage the creation and expand the dissemination of digital media artwork. From its central SOHO location and through its Internet presence Harvestworks provides accessible and coordinated digital media production, education, information and content distribution services to a diverse creative community that includes electronic music composers, interactive media designers, film and video makers, digital tool developers and computer programmers. By bringing together innovative practitioners from all branches of the digital arts, Harvestworks provides a vital context and catalyst for creativity in the digital arts.
The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM)
University of Nebraska Press
P.O. Box 84555
Lincoln, NE 68501-4555
Email: kilst001@tc.umn.edu
Web: www.iawm.org
Contact: Ms. Anne Kilstofte, President
The IAWM is a global network of women and men working to increase and enhance musical activities, opportunities and promote all aspects of the music of women. The IAWM builds awareness of women's contributions to musical life through: publications, website and free listserv, international competitions for researchers and composers, conferences and congresses concerts, entrepreneurial efforts of its members and advocacy work. IAWM activities insure that the progress women have made in every aspect of musical life will continue to flourish and multiply. Membership Dues.
International Association for Jazz Education
2803 Claflin Road
P.O. Box 724
Manhattan, KS 66505
Phone: 785-776-8744
Fax: 785-776-6190
Email: info@iaje.org
Web: www.iaje.org
Contact: Mr. Bill McFarlin, Executive Director
The mission of the International Association for Jazz Education is to assure the continued worldwide growth and development of Jazz and Jazz Education. As a means of advancing its mission, the International Association for Jazz Education initiates programs which nurture and promote the understanding and appreciation of jazz and its heritage; provides leadership to educators regarding curricula, aesthetics, and performance; assists teachers and practitioners with information and resources; and takes an active part in organizing clinics, festivals, and symposia at local, regional, national, and international levels. The International Association for Jazz Education also promotes the application of jazz principles in music materials and methods at all levels of education; communicates information to all segments of the public including artists, educators, students, enthusiasts, the music industry, and the general public; and encourages education which provides the knowledge, skills, and materials vital to a career in jazz. Further, the International Association for Jazz Education encourages research, provides financial assistance, and advocates for jazz in all appropriate forums, thereby building a larger group of both audience and artists. Membership dues.
International Computer Music Association
1819 Polk Street, Suite 330
San Francisco, CA 94109
Fax: 734-878-3031
Email: icma@umich.edu
Web: www.computermusic.org
Contact: Mr. Perry Cook, President
The International Computer Music Association is an international affiliation of individuals and institutions involved in the technical, creative, and performance aspects of computer music. It serves composers, engineers, researchers and musicians who are interested in the integration of music and technology. Membership dues.
Iowa Composers Forum
2558 Indian Hill Road SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52403-1528
Email: chair@iowacomposer.org
Web: www.iowacomposers.org
Contact: Mr. Ralph Kendrick and Mr. Jon Southwood, Co-Chairs
Since its inception in March, 1987, the Iowa Composers Forum has become a strong advocacy, service, and performing organization for living Iowa composers. Comprised of 70 members of varying ages, professional training, and interests, the ICF has earned a reputation for musical quality, diversity, and programmatic innovation. Through concerts, workshops, and panel presentations, Newsletters, and annual festivals, the ICF has promoted awareness of Iowa composers and their music, enhanced networking opportunities for Iowa composers and listeners, fostered the creation of new work, and enriched the cultural climate of Iowa. The Iowa Composers Forum (ICF) is an advocate for music of all styles, bringing Iowans the diverse,high quality music our composers are creating today. The Forum provides networking for member composers, arts organizations, and the Iowa Community. Through the Newsletter, member directory, and personal contacts at events, the Forum connects composers with peers, performers, and presenters. The Forum serves as a resource for Iowans seeking information about new music and composers in Iowa. Membership dues.
Jazz Composers Alliance
Box 491
Allston, MA 02134
Phone: 781-899-3130
Fax: 781-899-3305
Email: info@jazzcomposersalliance.org
Web: www.jazzcomposersalliance.org
Contact: Mr. Darrell Katz, Director
When The Jazz Composers Alliance was founded in 1985, its agenda included the establishment of an active public forum for the presentation of new jazz works, the creation of the JCA Orchestra, and a concert series that included a visiting composers program. Since then, the JCA initiated the Julius Hemphill Composition Awards, an annual competition promoting the most interesting and progressive work by jazz composers around the world. There have been over 15 resident composers writing for the JCA since its inception. With some of New England's finest improvising musicians in its ranks, the JCA Orchestra has premiered over 120 new pieces by its resident composers along with commissioned works by Muhal Richard Abrams, Marty Ehrlich and Wayne Horvitz; JCA performances have featured collaborations with major jazz recording artists such as Tim Berne, Henry Threadgill, Sam Rivers, Anthony Davis, Bob Moses, Dave Holland, Julius Hemphill, Ricky Ford, Michael Gibbs, Fred Ho, Maria Schneider, and Dave Fiuczysnki; Hemphill and Rivers can be heard on earlier JCA Orchestra albums. The Jazz Composers Alliance also sustains an outreach program in Boston area schools, offering youngsters the chance to create and perform their own compositions with the visiting JCA performers.
Latin American Music Center
School of Music
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405-2200
Phone: 812-855-2991
Fax: 812-855-4936
Email: lamc@indiana.edu
Web: www.music.indiana.edu/som/lamc
Contact: Ms. Carmen Téllez, Director
The Latin American Music Center provides information about Latin American repertoire, and particularly about the scores, recordings, and books available at Indiana University. The Center has information on Latin American Composers, including biographies, notes on their works, and press material. The Center produces festivals and conducts composition workshops, as well as providing access to an extensive network of professionals who are working in the area of Latin American Music.
Meet The Composer
75 Ninth Avenue, #3R Suite C
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-645-6949
Fax: 212-645-9669
Email: mtc@meetthecomposer.org
Web: www.meetthecomposer.org
Contact: Mr. Ed Harsh, President
Founded in 1974, Meet The Composer is a national not-for-profit grant-making organization that aims to increase artistic and financial opportunities for American composers by fostering the creation, performance, dissemination, and appreciation of their music. Meet The Composer administers commissioning, residency, education, and audience interaction programs that support all styles of music from folk, ethnic, jazz, symphonic, and choral to music theater, opera, dance, electronic, and chamber. Meet The Composer awards grants to not-for-profit presenting, performing, and community-based organizations that perform present or commission original works. Meet The Composer’s programs include: The Meet The Composer Fund/National Affiliate Network, New Residencies, Commissioning Music/USA, and New Music for Schools. Meet The Composer publications, which provide basic technical information to composers and those who work with them, are available free of charge. These are Commissioning Music: A Basic Guide; Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Guide to Copyright for Musicians and Composers; Composer/Choreographer Commissioning Handbook; and the Meet The Composer Newsletter.
National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA)
P.O. Box 49256, Barrington Station
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: 818-274-6048
Email: nacusa@music-usa.org
Web: www.music-usa.org/nacusa
Contact: Mr. Daniel Kessner, President
NACUSA is a non-profit organization, founded by Henry Hadley in 1933 is one of the oldest organizations devoted to the promotion and performance of American concert hall music. Many of America's most distinguished composers have been among its members. NACUSA, which sponsors several chamber concerts each year, featuring music by its members, has chapters in the East Coast, Los Angeles, the Mid-South, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Southern Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Membership dues.
National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC)
1336 N. Delaware Street
Phone: 317-638-4003
Fax: 317-638-0503
Email: info@nfmc-music.org
Web: www.nfmc-music.org
Contact: Ms. Jennifer Keller, Administrative Manager
Founded in 1898, the NFMC is one of the world's largest music organizations that is dedicated to music education and the promotion of creative and performing arts in America. With its 6,500 clubs and organizations throughout the U.S., NFMC provides opportunities for musical study, performance and appreciation with more than 200,000 senior, student and junior members which range from professional and amateur musicians (performers, composers, dancers, performing artists, educators, students, patrons, benefactors and music lovers). The NFMC conducts yearly festivals, offers cash awards in state and national competitions, champions American music with awards and commissions, recognizes and promotes American music through programs such as American Music Month in November, and publishes two periodicals, the Music Clubs Magazine and Junior Keynotes. Membership dues.
Network for New Music
P.O. Box 27556
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Phone: 215-848-7647
Fax: 610-827-1973
Email: info@networkfornewmusic.org
Web: www.networkfornewmusic.org
Contact: Dr. Linda Reichert, Director
Network for New Music is an organization that produces and presents new music, performed by the Network for New Music Ensemble. Network promotes works of emerging and established composers, commissions, and produces recordings and educational projects.
New York Women Composers
34-40 79th Street
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Email: membership@newyorkwomencomposers.org
Web: www.ibiblio.org/nywc
Contact: Ms. Marilyn Bliss, President
New York Women Composers is a membership organization, which encourages the performance of serious music by women composers who are residents of the New York Region. It presents concerts and holds meetings. Membership fees.
SESAC
55 Music Square East
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615-320-0055
Fax: 615-329-9627
Email: medwards@sesac.com
Web: www.sesac.com
Contact: Ms. Maxine Edwards, Vice President, Administration
SESAC represents and protects performing rights on behalf of its affiliated composers, authors, and publishers with headquarters in Nashville and offices in New York, Los Angeles, and London. SESAC was founded in 1930; making it the second oldest performing rights organization in the United States. SESAC's repertory, once limited to European and gospel music, has diversified to include today's popular music, including R&B/hip-hop, dance, rock classics, country hits, Latin music, Contemporary Christian, jazz, television and film music.
Society for Composers, Inc. (SCI)
Old Chelsea Station
Box 450
New York, NY 10113
Email: secretary@societyofcomposers.org
Web: www.societyofcomposers.org
Contact: Mr. Gerald Warfield, General Manager
The Society of Composers, Inc. is a professional society dedicated to the promotion of composition, performance, understanding and dissemination of new and contemporary music. Members include composers and performers both in and outside of academia interested in addressing concerns for national and regional support of compositional activities. It holds an annual conference, as many as eight annual regional conferences, and a National Student Conference each year. SCI produces a CD series of members’ works, a Journal of Music Scores of members’ works, a newsletter and SCION (SCI Online News, a listing of opportunities for composers which is transmitted to members’ mailboxes every month). Membership dues.
Society for Electro-Acoustical Music in the United States (SEAMUS)
PO Box 272
Milltown, NJ 08850
Email: vp_membership@seamusonline.org
Web: www.seamusonline.org/index.html
Contact: Mr. Mark Zaki, Vice President for Membership
Founded in 1984, The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is a non-profit national organization of composers, performers, and teachers of electro-acoustic music representing every part of the country and virtually every musical style. SEAMUS seeks to provide a broad forum for those involved or interested in electronic music. Through its journal, newsletter, national meetings, and its national archive at the University of Texas, SEAMUS seeks to increase communication among the diverse constituency of the relatively new music medium. Some of its functions are the development of an archive of electro-acoustic music, to improve dealings with licensing organizations, and expand concert and broadcast activity for composers of electro-acoustic music. Membership dues.
Society for New Music
438 Brookford Rd.
Syracuse, NY 13224
Email: snm@societyfornewmusic.org
Web: www.societyfornewmusic.org
Contact: Ms. Neva Pilgrim
Society for New Music is a non-profit community-based organization dedicated to presenting new music, with a focus on music by regional composers. It offers an average of thirty performances each year, commissions works, awards the Brian M. Israel Prize, produces school concerts, workshops, broadcasts, and recordings.
Songwriters Guild of America (SGA)
209 10th Avenue South, Suite 321
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615-742-9945
Fax: 615-742-9948
Email: membership@songwritersguild.com
Web: www.songwritersguild.com
Contact: Mr. Rick Carnes, President
The Songwriters Guild of America is a national membership organization, which collects mechanical (record) royalties for members. It also provides legal and educational services for songwriters, including weekly song critiques and sessions with professionals.
South Florida Composers' Alliance
P.O. Box 01-5298
Miami, FL 33101-5298
Phone: 305-758-6676
Fax: 305-754-1266
Email: gustavo@earthlink.net
Web: isaw.info
Contact: Mr. Gustavo Matamoros, Artistic Director
The South Florida Composers’ Alliance, also known as the interdisciplinary Sound Arts Workshop is a not-for-profit arts organization that has been promoting creative listening in South Florida since 1985. iSAW’s central presentation is the Subtropics Experimental Music and Sound Arts Festival.
Wisconsin Alliance for Composers, Inc.
1522 Main Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
Phone: 608-238-4284
Email: frye.chri@uwlax.edu
Web: www.wiscomposers.org
Contact: Mr. Christopher Frye, Secretary/Treasurer
The Wisconsin Alliance for Composers is a non-profit corporation founded in 1984 with a mission to encourage and support the composition and performance of new music by Wisconsin composers. WAC's membership includes over 100 composers, performers and new music supporters throughout the state. It supports and promotes new music by providing an online newsletter, an online listing of opportunities and statewide concerts and conferences. Membership dues.
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