New Music USA Amplifying Voices program, which fosters collaboration toward racial and gender equity in new orchestral music, has announced the first of nine new co-commissioned works by women and BIPOC composers to be performed by over thirty orchestras across the United States. The orchestras will present the works over three years, from 2022 to 2025. The first of the {…}

New Music USA has announced that they have selected 53 artists as recipients of the New Music USA Creator Development Fund. Launched to support individual music creators who have lost work due to the ongoing pandemic, the fund totals $200,410 in grants. Of the awardees, 68 percent are artists of color and 51 percent are women. Over 1,100 applicants were {…}

New Music USA has announced the New Music Solidary Fund which will offer $500 in emergency grants to performers of music by living composers who have been impacted by cancelations brought about by the COVID-19 outbreak. Per a public announcement, the fund has received over $130,000 in pledges from over 100 artists, arts leaders, and professors in the field. Applicants {…}