Composer Resources
All of those resources that you need in one convenient location! If you don't see a resource that you find especially helpful, let me know, and I can add it to the list.
Performing Rights
News
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I care if you listen : publication for contemporary classical music and news
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New Music Box : provides financial opportunities, means to connect, and publications
Financial Opportunities
Competitions :
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The Composer's Site : provides information on collaboration projects, calls for scores, and competitions
Commissions/Grants :
Other Financial Support
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ASCAP Awards
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BMI Awards
Emergency Grants for New Music
Financial Sponsorship
Projects with K-12
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Fear No Music : promotes contemporary classical music through performance and collaboration with the Young Composer's Project
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Composers and Schools : Composers/high school work together to create new music to perform
Contemporary Music Blogs
Resources
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The Composer's Site : provides information on collaboration projects, calls for scores, and competitions
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Grove Music : encyclopedic dictionary of all music and musicians
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Naxos Library : library of classical music recordings
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New Music Box : provides financial opportunities, means to connect, and publications
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New Music Shelf : music distributor for composers who self-publish
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Project : Encore : catalogue of contemporary choral music
Societies/Memberships
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American Composers Alliance : helps keep music in print and available
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American Composers Forum : fosters community and creates opportunites for composers to creat, learn, perform, and connect
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College Music Society : promotes education and helps connect educators and higher centers of learning to addressing the concerns our field faces in today's society
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IAMIC : international network of organizations that document and promote contemporary music
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International Alliance for Women in Music : fosters activities of women in music
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International Computer Music Association : network for all involved in computer music
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Minnesota Music Coalition : network who cares about creating/sustaining vibrant popular music community in Minnesota
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SEAMUS : connects electro-acoustic composers, promotes creation of electro-acoustic music
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Society of Composers, Inc. : promotes and encourages the creation of contemporary music and its creators
Promotion/Advocacy
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ASMAC : promotes and advocates for classical music within the entertainment industry
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Institute for Composer Diversity : database committed to advocating for histroically underrepresented groups
- Future of Music Coalition : forum to discuss issues surrounding music, policy, law, and technology
- Music by Black Compsers : promotion of black composers for diversity
- ISCM : international forum that promotes the advancement of contemporary music
- Performing Arts Alliance : advocates for non-profit arts before Congress and policy makers
Podcasts
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Music Publishing Podcast : living life as a 21st century musician
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Music Tech Teacher Podcast : Info/Reviews on new tech
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Sticky Notes : Reviews on Contemporary and older classical music
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The Portfolio Composer : interviews on composers, performers, and creatives to help composers build their careers
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Slipped Disc : Classical Music "news"
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The Composer Chronicles : Interviews composers and creates research/reviews for specific pieces