Meet The Composer and the League of American Orchestras are pleased to announce the next round of the Music Alive residency program. Music Alive offers financial and administrative support for composer-in-residence positions with orchestral ensembles. Residencies may be structured around one or multiple composers and last from one to three years with a minimum composer presence of three weeks per year. Applications must be postmarked on or before October 10, 2008 for activities beginning in the 2009-2010 season.
MetLife Creative Connections provides support for American composers to participate in public activities related to specific performances of their original music. Leadership support for Meet The Composer’s MetLife Creative Connections program is generously provided by MetLife Foundation.
In September 2008, the second round of Ford Made in America began with the premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Joseph Schwantner’s new work Chasing Light... After receiving its world premiere by the Reno Chamber Orchestra in Reno, Nevada, Chasing Light... will be performed by 60 orchestras representing all 50 states over the course of the 2008–2009 and 2009–2010 concert seasons.
Read, hear, and see more at the Ford Made in America website »
Meet The Composer announces the 2008 projects of Commissioning Music/USA. America’s preeminent commissioning organization awards $180,000 for the creation of 15 new works. Classical, jazz, and theater composers collaborate with choreographers, filmmakers, actors, puppeteers and visual artists to develop eclectic and far-reaching performance works