Summer Concerts at Symphony Space

Summer Concert Series

The American Composers Alliance Summer Music Festival began in 2000, as a showcase to introduce new works by ACA composers. With support from Symphony Space, the concert series has evolved into a collaboration between composers and performers that goes beyond ACA, and features top-level performances. Since 2004, ACA has presented new works by more than 80 composers, and more than 30 works by young composers, with support from the Alice M. Ditson Fund, the Argosy Foundation's Contemporary Music Fund, BMI, and many generous individuals.

By 2003, the festival had grown into a series of six concerts over one weekend, in celebration of ACA’s 65 ^th Anniversary.

ACA’s concerts offer audiences the rare opportunity to hear and appreciate the music of excellent composers from around the United States, played by New York's top contemporary music performers. The festival also offers younger, emerging composers an opportunity to hear their music performed by fine professionals at one of New York's finest concert venues.

And finally, ACA, with its long and rich history, is committed to performing works by its founders and important early members, giving both an important historical perspective and link between the early decades with the music of today.

The ACA Festival provides a community meeting place for its members from around the country. ACA remains true to its original and continuing mission, to publish and promote its members and to support performances of their works.

UPCOMING: ACA JUNE FESTIVAL 2010 - June 15-19, 2010 Symphony Space

ACA FESTIVAL 2009 June 17-20, 2009 Symphony Space
Complete listings, photos, bios, programs links

ACA FESTIVAL 2008 page. With complete program listing, composers,

and performers. June 4-7 at Thalia, Symphony Space!

ACA Festival 2007 -- program list from the 2007 festival.

ACA Festival 2006 program listings from the 2006 festival.

ACA Festival 2005 program listings from the 2005 festival.

*Funding courtesy of the Argosy Foundation *Additional funding courtesy of BMI *Young composers initiative funding courtesy of the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University and many generous individual donors.

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