Composers Now Information

Composers Now empowers all living composers, celebrates the diversity of their voices and honors the significance of their artistic contributions to the cultural fabric of society. Founder and artistic director Tania León leads the organization since 2010. Composers Now features a broad spectrum of performances in concert halls, jazz mobiles, opera stages, experimental spaces, conservatories, museums and other musical venues. Symphony Space served as an incubator for the development of the Composers Now Festival. The Fund for the City of New York invited Composers Now to become a project partner in 2013. Amy Roberts Frawley served as the first Program Director from 2013 to 2017. Mary G. Madigan served as Executive Director from June 2017 to December 2019. Under Mary's directorship, Composers Now became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in May 2019. Béatriz Hernndez joined as Executive Producer in December 2019. The Festival brings together performances presented by venues, ensembles, orchestra, opera, musical theater and dance companies as well as many other innovative events through New York City. Composers are in attendance at all events which are open to the public. From jazz to indie, from classical to electronic and beyond, join us on a sonic journey through the landscape of the arts of our time. Creative Residencies provide invaluable time and space to awarded composers. They allow them the opportunity to work uninterrupted, to explore new ideas and further develop their imaginative projects. Each residency may be individual or in collaboration with other creative artists. These residencies take place in partnership with artistic centers. Dialogues is an innovative new initiative comprised of inspiring performances, thought-provoking conversations and stimulating exchanges of ideas between composers, performers and audiences. Occurring in each borough of New York City, Dialogues is a series of five events that will focus on a different theme each year. The theme for the inaugural year is "The impact of ...