COMPOSERS & WRITERS
Hans Abrahamsen - Danish composer
Mark Adamo - opera composer and librettist
Leslie Bassett - composer and teacher at Michigan (Emeritus)
Derek Bermel - composer, clarinetist, new music advocate
William Bolcom - Pulitzer-Prize winning composer and teacher at Michigan
Martin Bresnick - composer and teacher at Yale
Caleb Burhans - NYC composer, countertenor, tenor, violist & violinist
Anthony Cheung - composer, pianist and director of Talea ensemble
Michael Daugherty - composer and teacher at University of Michigan
Christopher Dietz - Ohio based composer, Bowling Green State University faculty
Betsy Jolas - French-American composer and teacher in Paris
David Little - composer of rock influenced music with political themes
David Liptak - composer and teacher at Eastman
Olga Neuwirth - Austrian composer
Thomas Osborne - Hawaii based composer, University of Hawaii faculty
Bright Sheng - composer and teacher at University of Michigan
Sean Shepherd - NYC based composer and excellent conversationalist
Allen Strange - electro-acoustic composer (b.1943 d.2008)
Steven Stucky - Pulitzer-Prize winning composer, Writer and Lecturer, teacher at Cornell
Lu Wang - Young Chinese composer
Daniel Wohl - French-American composer living in NYC
Donald Reid Womack - Hawaii based composer, University of Hawaii faculty
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Quincy Long - playwright, librettist and actor
Royce Vavrek - Canadian, NYC based librettist, frequent collaborator
PERFORMERS, DIRECTORS & PRODUCERS
OPERA COMPANIES, SYMPHONIES, ENSEMBLESYang Jing - pipa virtuoso and composer based in Switzerland
Yuki Numata - Canadian born, NYC based violinist extraordinaire
Ralph van Raat - Dutch pianist specializing in contemporary music
Andie Springer - NYC based violinist, contemporary music specialist
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Lawrence Edelson - Director and Producer specializing in opera, NYC based
Beth Morrison - Producer of adventurous new theater and opera
Thaddeus Strassberger - Director specializing in opera
American Lyric Theater - NYC based opera services non-profit
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American composers Orchestra - Promotes American composers, NYC based
New World Symphony - Michael Tilson Thomas' Miami based pre-professional orchestra
Alarm Will Sound - a New York new music ensemble
ASCAP - American Society of composers and Authors, a non-profit music licensing organization
BMI - Broadcast Music, Inc., a music licensing organization
American Academy of Arts and Letters - comprised of leading figures in the humanities
Fromm Foundation - offering commissioning grants and support for musical performances
American composer's Alliance - NYC based organization that promotes new music
American composer's Forum - devoted to the dissemination and promotion of American composers
American Music Center - devoted to the dissemination and promotion of American art music
Newmusicbox.org - online news about American art music, affiliated with the American Music Center
MELA Foundation - La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, minimalist music and sound installation art
VENUES
Carnegie Hall - includes Stern Auditorium, Zankel Hall and Weill Hall
Joe's Pub - NYC Public Theater's small performance space/bar and restaurant
Lincoln Center - features a cluster of performing arts venues in midtown New York
Miller Theatre - at Columbia University in uptown New York
Le Poisson Rouge - downtown NYC bar and lounge with live musical performances
Symphony Space - a newer theatre in uptown New York which features many small ensembles
FESTIVALS & EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Aspen Festival and School - high-caliber summer music festival and school
Centre Acanthes - French music festival and summer program
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San Jose State School of Music and Dance Composition Department
University of Hawaii at Manoa Music Department
MUSICOLOGY
Kulintang music - recordings, instruments, literature on the Philippine gong music from Mindanao
Polish Music Center at USC - here you can find out almost anything about polish music