THE AMERICAN COMPOSERS ALLIANCE
Saturday, June 23, 2012 8:00 pm
Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
2537 Broadway at 95th St. New York City (1,2,3 Subway to 96th St.)
"To
encourage the inclusion of American works in the programs of performers and
performing organizations.”
-- #4
Aims of the Alliance, from ACA Bulletin, Vol 1, No. 1, April 1938
Program:
George Edwards, Parallel Convergences (1988)
Miriam Gideon, Bömischer Krystall (1990)
Dorothy Rudd Moore, Transcension (1986)
Elliott Schwartz, Chamber Concerto VI: Mr. Jefferson
(2007) New York Premiere
Ben Weber, Concerto, Op. 32 (1950)
Featuring
the Orchestra of the League of Composers, with
soloists Jo Ellen Miller,
Fred Sherry, Peter Sheppard-Skaerved, and
Orion Weiss
with Oliver Hagen, conductor
Tickets $25/$20/$15
Box office: 212.864.5400
To purchase tickets online: click here
www.symphonyspace.org
The
historic Laurel Leaf Award, given by ACA over the years to such
artists/entities as Martha Graham, George Szell, WBAI Radio, and the American
Composers Orchestra, will be given this year to Innova Recordings, for
its excellent support of the full range of contemporary American music.
As we honor ACA of the past, we also look forward to ACA’s future as an
active publisher, promoter, and archivist for American composers. Join us for
an unforgettable evening of music, and to honor the many composers who built
one of the most important collections of American music in the world. Video
excerpts of images and memorabilia from ACA’s archives will be shown throughout
the evening.
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In
1937, Aaron Copland and a group of composers including Otto Luening, Marion
Bauer, Henry Brant, Virgil Thomson, Elie Siegmeister, and George Antheil
established the American Composers Alliance as a unified front to raise the
professional status for American composers of the time. It grew to become a
licensing and publishing entity, handling music and collecting licensing fees for a large
contingent of active concert music composers in the United States, over several
decades. As an alternative for composers whose music did not fit the commercial
market, ACA also played a role in the formation of BMI by the
Broadcasters in the early 1940s, and established a bond with BMI that continues
to the present day.
Members of ACA, and all BMI members, contact ACA for ticket discount code.
For more information contact Gina Genova
[email protected] - (212) 925-0458
More info and photos for this event on our website
http://composers.com
