Annual Report

TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN | IN THE KEY OF NOW

The American Composers Forum is a fiscal year 2017 recipient of an Operating Support grant from The American Composers Forum is a fiscal year 2017 recipient of an Operating Support through a the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota from the Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation Fargo Foundation Minnesota. arts and cultural heritage fund, and a grant from the Wells f: 651.291.7978 t: 651.228.1407 75 West 5th Street, Suite 522 5th Street, 75 West Saint Paul, MN 55102-1439 USA American Composers Forum – Josh Hernandez-Camen, 2016 NextNotes winner 2016 – Josh Hernandez-Camen, experience than I expected it to be. it to be. I expected than experience The quality of the mentors way exceeded my expectations, and it was a much deeper and inspiring and inspiring much deeper it was a and my expectations, exceeded mentors way of the The quality The career of an artist is full of struggle, rejection, and doubt, and to receive this kind of validation is truly wonderful and invaluable. It has sparked the fire in me to continue to get “out there” and seek new, exciting opportunities. This confidence also gives me the resolve to continue to probe deeper into myself and make work that’s ever more personal.

- Reinaldo Moya, 2015 McKnight Composer Fellow

Cover Photo Credit: Benny Moreno/Helios Photography. fy Year in Review

Programs Education - Awarded more than $313,500 - Awarded six young composers in grants to a diverse group of with mentorship, professional composers and performers performances, and scholarships of new music. through the second NextNotes ® - In partnership with Sybarite5, High School Composition Awards . produced the fifth annual ACF - Provided valuable composer National Composition Contest, panelist feedback to 28 NextNotes which encourages creativity by Honorable Mention recipients and composers throughout the United free ACF student memberships States and to recognize and to 121 NextNotes applicants. reward their accomplishments. - Reached over 1,461,000 children - Applications to the Minnesota to date through the BandQuest® Orchestra Composer Institute and ChoralQuest® series. increased by 34%. - The middle school band at - Partnered with the dream songs McCracken Middle School in project to present the third annual Skokie, IL, premiered the 23rd ACF Showcase Concert, featuring BandQuest® piece, Deep Dish by music by three composers chosen composer James M. Stephenson. from a national call for scores. - The choir at Woodrow Wilson - Launched Faith Partners Middle School in Philadelphia, PA, residency projects in Rochester, premiered the seventh piece in MN, and Baxter/Brainerd, MN, the ChoralQuest® series, Never and continued residencies in La Give Up! by Rollo Dilworth. Crosse, WI, and Mankato, MN. - Promoted BandQuest and - More than 230 people attended ChoralQuest series at Midwest Landmark to Lowertown, a Band Clinic, reaching an audience midday concert series in public of 17,000 music educators. spaces located in downtown Saint Paul. - Served more than 2,000 members in all 50 states; Washington, DC; Puerto Rico; and 17 other countries. Receiving the Minnesota Emerging Composer Award inspired Malamanya to study music with local experts and create new music in our genre and share with the greater community.

- Jesse Marks, timbale player, Malamanya 2016 fy Awardees & Commissions

- ACF National Composition Contest - McKnight Composer Fellowships Clarice Assad (New York, NY) Asako Hirabayashi (Falcon Heights, MN) Brandon Ridenour (New York, NY) Sergey Kvoshchinsky (Ham Lake, MN) Steven Snowden (Austin, TX) David Means (Minneapolis, MN) Joko Sutrisno (Saint Paul, MN) - ACF Showcase Jonathan Blumhofer (Worcester, MA) - McKnight Visiting Composer Residencies Federico Garcia-De Castro (Pittsburgh, PA) Wang Jie (New York, NY) Dale Trumbore (Los Angeles, CA) Peter Michael von der Nahmer (Ozone Park, NY)

- BandQuest - Minnesota Emerging Composer Awards (MECA) James M. Stephenson (Lake Forest, IL) Ariella Forstein (Minneapolis, MN) Troy Rogers (Duluth, MN) - Champion of New Music Awards Dameun Maurice Strange (Saint Paul, MN) Alex Ross (New York, NY) Robert Spano (Atlanta, GA) - Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute Gil Kalish (New York, NY) Kirsten Broberg (Denton, TX) Nicole Paiement (San Francisco, CA) Matthew Browne (Ann Arbor, MI) Joshua Cerdenia (New York, NY) - ChoralQuest Emily Cooley (Philadelphia, PA) Rollo Dilworth (Philadelphia, PA) Nicholas DiBerardino (Milford, CT) Michael Gilbertson (Hamden, CT) - Dale Warland Singers Commission Award Anthony Vine (Brooklyn, NY) Cantus with Gabriel Kahane - MN Varsity Showcase Composers - Faith Partners Austin Kraft (Savage, MN) Gary Ruschman (Minneapolis, MN) Seamus Hubbard Flynn (St. Paul, MN) Victor Zupanc (Minneapolis, MN) - NextNotes Composers - Healing and Hope Through Song Michael Cabrera (Auburndale, FL) George Maurer (Minneapolis, MN) Ángel Jochi (Josh) Hernandez-Camen (Philadelphia, PA) Sierra DeMulder (Minneapolis, MN) Lucy McKnight (Los Angeles, CA) Molly Monahan (Holland, MI) - Jerome Fund for New Music (JFund) J.P. Redmond (Yonkers, NY) James G. Everest (Saint Paul, MN) Karalyn Schubring (Gilbert, AZ) Saad Haddad (New York, NY) Sean Harold (New York, NY) - NextNotes Teacher Recognition Clara Hunter Latham (Brooklyn, NY) Anderson Alden (private instructor), teacher of Lucy McKnight Remy Le Boeuf (Brooklyn, NY) Luke Carlson (private instructor), teacher of Shih-Wei Lo (New York, NY) Ángel Jochi (Josh) Hernandez-Camen Yue Lor (Blaine, MN) Andrew Eason-McGill (Orchestra Director at Auburndale Senior Sky Macklay (New York, NY) High School), teacher of Michael Cabrera Tiffany Skidmore (Saint Paul, MN) Matt Van Brink (Composition Faculty at Concordia Anthony Vine (Brooklyn, NY) Conservatory), teacher of J.P. Redmond Cynthia Van Maanen (Instructor of Music Composition and Music - Landmark to Lowertown Theory at Interlochen Arts Academy), teacher of Molly Monahan Aby Wolf Tomoko Yonemaru (Instructor at East Valley Yamaha John Keston and Graham O’Brien Music School), teacher of Karalyn Schubring Peter Hennig Malamanya - Welcome Christmas Josh Bauder (Crystal, MN) Laura Caviani (Minneapolis, MN) Mike Olson Through the process of composition I’m able to get in touch Six Projects with certain elements of music that fascinate me. With each new piece that I write and perform, I feel that I’m able to get Jane Antonia Cornish closer to what captivates me. Performing my pieces in front Continuum of an audience with a group has been an integral step in my Mihailo Trandafilovski development as a musician and a composer. ACF made it Five possible for me to take this step by inviting me to play at the Landmark to Lowertown concert series. Mamak Khadem The Road - Pete Hennig, MECA awardee Mark Applebaum 30

Jennie Oh Brown Looking Back; Flute Music of Joseph Schwantner

John Fitz Rogers Magna Misteria

Jenny Olivia Johnson Dont Look Back

Karen Gottlieb Music for Harp

Paula Matthusen Pieces for People 2016 fy Gordon Beeferman ® Four Parts Five innova recordings Mimi Stillman/Charles Abramovic Freedom - Released 26 titles (total catalog holds over 500) featuring artists and composers from brilliantly The NYFA Collection diverse backgrounds and experiences. Volume Two

Patrick Castillo - Achieved high visibility playlist, digital, and The Quality of Mercy physical retail placement and facilitated many licensing opportunities on artists’ behalf. ETHEL’s Documerica

Jason Kao Hwang - Received ongoing recognition and critical Voice praise, both nationally and internationally for 2016 projects, from venues such as NPR, Arohi Ensemble Wall Street Journal, Songlines, Downbeat, Ahimsa – Love is the Weapon of the Brave Gramophone, New York Times, Huffington University of St. Thomas Post, San Francisco Examiner, and more. Symphonic Wind Ensemble Persistence - innova continues to pay out 100% of all George Hurd net sales to artists. Navigation without Numbers - Supported artists’ tours and shows, and David Kechley continued to foster community connections Sea of Stones by arranging gatherings, appearing at events, Joseph Bertolozzi and presenting at conferences. Tower Music

Eleonore Oppenheim Home

Kamran Ince Passion and Dreams

Meridian Arts Ensemble Seven Kings

Burke, Hall and Zanter Total Harmonic Distortion

ETHEL and Robert Mirabal The River This has been a true gift—an opportunity of a lifetime to create something meaningful—with a window of time to breathe, to learn, to consider, to write music. I am forever grateful. - Robin Eschner, 2014 McKnight Visiting Fellow American Composers Forum Statement of Financial Activity for the year ending June 30, 2016 ACF Social Media Stats: 14,573 364 254 13,539 Financial Overview

Facebook YouTube Google+ Twitter Income followers followers followers followers Foundation Grants $741,833 Government Grants 106,463 increased increased increased increased Individual Contributions 213,231 Corporation Grants 6,408 Membership 101,245 126% 56% 19% 15% Endowment Earnings 252,340 Earned Income 246,496 Total Operations Income $1,668,016 Number of new works created in FY2016: 53

Foundation Foundation Grants Earned Income Endowment Earnings Membership Individual Contributions Government Grants 45% 15% 15% 6%13% 6%

Expense Commissioning and Residency $436,074 Cuba Delegation Readings and Performances 127,033 Education 175,142 In November 2015, American Composers Forum participated in the 28th Havana Media 291,102 Contemporary Music Festival. With ten composers, the six-member ensemble Third Chapters 166,687 Sound, and a contingent of friends and patrons, ACF spent a week in Havana, Member Services 104,612 exploring the city and soaking in the music of the festival. Administration 145,498 Development 214,119 Total Operations Expense $1,660,267

ACF would like to extend a special thank you to all the Commissioning & Residency Media Chapters Member Services Reading & Performances Development Administration Education organizations that partnered with us last year. 26% 17% 11% 10% 6%8% 13% 9% University of MN School of Music (Minneapolis, MN) Landmark Center (St. Paul, MN) Woodrow Wilson Middle School (Philadelphia, PA) Minnesota Music Coalition (St. Paul, MN) PROGRAMS McCracken Middle School (Skokie, IL) Studio Z (St. Paul, MN) Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul, MN) Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (St. Paul, MN) and Music Makes Us Whole 2016 fy donors 2016 fy ACF board

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