Mission
The Philadelphia Chapter
of the American Composers Forum (ACF Philadelphia) is committed to
supporting local composers and developing new markets for their
music. Through granting, commissioning, and performance programs,
ACF Philadelphia provides composers at all stages of their careers
with valuable resources for professional and artistic development.
By linking communities with composers and performers, ACF
Philadelphia fosters a demand for new music, enriches communities,
and helps develop the next generation of composers, musicians, and
music patrons.
Organizational
Goals
1. Maintain program
commitment to support composers’ artistic development and cultivate
new markets for their music
2. Provide an organizational structure to support quality programs
and services
3. Build capacity to sustain and grow the range of Chapter
activities
4. Provide arts education for its members and the general
population through its programming
History
ACF Philadelphia was established in 1997, one of 10 regional
Chapters established across the nation by the Minnesota-based
national office of the American Composers Forum. The Forum
recognized that local Chapters could engage artists and communities
in metropolitan areas more directly, vitally and efficiently than a
distant, national entity could. Using this approach, the ACF
Philadelphia engages composers and local residents with a wide
range of creative, educational, and performance activities tailored
to needs and circumstances specific to the city, its neighborhoods,
and the artists who live and work here. ACF Philadelphia was
incorporated in 1999 and obtained tax-exempt status in the state of
Pennsylvania in December of 2002.
New
Music Philadelphia
New
Music Philadelphia is a project of the American Composers Forum,
Philadelphia Chapter. The New Music Philadelphia Webcast exists to
further the chapter's mission to help composers advance their
careers by connecting them with Philadelphia communities and
creating new markets for their music.
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our
Webcast page to start
listening!
Thanks to support from our Funders, anyone in the world can tune-in
to our Webcast for free! For more information on our programs,
please click the ACF Philadelphia menu button to reveal individual
program details.