Mission
The
mission of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Composers Forum
is to support composers by providing them with opportunities for
career development, such as granting, commissioning, and
performance programs. The Forum provides these opportunities to
composers at all stages of their careers and in all genres of
music. By linking communities with composers and performers, the
Forum fosters active community participation in new music and helps
develop the next generation of composers, musicians, and music
patrons. Additionally, through its programs and activities, ACF
Philadelphia is committed to providing educational experiences for
composers and program participants, and to developing new markets
and audiences for its composer members.
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
Founding
and History
The
Philadelphia Chapter of the American Composers Forum 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 Philadelphia Chapter 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. The Chapter 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.
Open iTunes
on
your Mac or PC and go to 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.