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Announcing the 2020 New Music USA Project Grant Awards

New Music USA grants $502,700 to 392 artists and organizations working at the forefront of music creation, performance, and recording.

President and CEO Vanessa Reed reflects on her first year at New Music USA

We recognize that there’s no turning back to where we were. Instead we can channel this momentum toward a re-set that enables New Music USA and everyone in our community...

New Music USA Unites Talents of Two Incoming Co-Chairs in New Leadership Model

New Music USA announces today its new Board leadership model which unites the talents of composer Reena Esmail and business executive Joe Walker as co-chairs of this national organization embarking on a new phase of development. 

Black Lives Matter

Watch now: Black Lives Matter Virtual Fundraiser

On Friday, July 31 from 7-10pm EDT, Pathos Trio and Blk Joy presented a Black Lives Matter Virtual Fundraiser. The event featured an exciting lineup of talented artists and impassioned...

New Music USA Anti-Racism Statement

Black lives matter. Black voices matter. New Music USA stands against bigotry, violence, and oppression, and will continue to support and elevate Black voices.

How Can Artists Respond to Injustice? Thoughts from Seven Musicians

I knew I wanted to hear from artists I believed in, who have been thinking deeply, and for many years, about the role of musicians in enacting social change.

Announcing the 2020 Amplifying Voices Co-Commissions

Composers Valerie Coleman, Juan Pablo Contreras, Tania León, Brian Raphael Nabors, Tyshawn Sorey, and Shelley Washington will each write new works to be premiered during the 2021-22 season and performed...

Reflections on Segregation and Representation in Choral Music

In the wake of global demonstrations and protests against police brutality and racial discrimination, I’d like to use this opportunity to take a broad look at the choral landscape in...

Promoting Equity: Developing an Antiracist Music Theory Classroom

We present strategies on how to begin disrupting the normalization of whiteness in the music theory classroom, starting with making it visible. We should think of this disruption as a...

Learn more about the New Music Solidarity Fund

New Music Solidarity Fund

The New Music Solidarity Fund is designed to help new/creative/improvised music freelancers whose projects have been canceled during the COVID-19 crisis.

New Music USA’s Response to COVID-19

We’re excited to share a big update about the New Music Solidarity Fund's progress. This emergency response for independent musicians impacted by COVID-19 has now raised a total of $380,000 and successfully...

Watch Now: New Music Solidarity Fund Solo Marathon

On Thursday, May 14, 2020, flutist Claire Chase performed a four-hour live marathon from her living room of music from the Density 2036 project. The marathon was generously hosted by...

The Latest from NewMusicBox

Pandemic Journal – How We Cope

How We Cope is an exploration of the number of ways in which our community is coping with uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Isolation Inspiration

We have been incredibly lucky to hear artists in their own words throughout NewMusicBox's 20 years of existence. Whether in interview or essay form, their words have motivated us, challenged...

Going Digital – A Toolbox

We have created this collection of resources to help music creators and performers navigate the transition to digital and virtual performances. We've scoured our archive, curated links from trusted sources,...

Updates from our grantees

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A new opera by Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson

Virtual Boston New Music Festival 2020

Boston's leading new music ensembles present the finest in new music with three weeks of coordinated concerts across the metro area

Hallelujah Anyhow: The Premiere Recording of Alvin Singleton’s String Quartets

Momenta Quartet is excited to record the complete string quartets of distinguished African American composer Alvin Singleton.

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