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The American Music Center is the most innovative information and resource
center for American contemporary music and jazz. Since its founding by Aaron
Copland and other composers in 1939, the American Music Center has promoted
the creation, performance, and appreciation of a diverse spectrum of
contemporary American music. We are now a national service organization with
over 2500 members and a national Board of Directors. By
administering grant programs, updating members on opportunities, providing
information services, and circulating a library of 55, 000 contemporary
scores and recordings, the Center provides the information and support which
unites composers, performers, presenters and audience members. Our
professional staff provides extensive expertise in a
variety of fields within contemporary American music, answering over 30,000
requests for information annually via our World Wide Web site, email, fax,
telephone, and on-site visits. Our funders include
government, foundation, and corporate sources, as well as our members and
individual supporters. Every year, we help bring about more than 1000
performances of new music and jazz.
Development of this WWW page supported by the Arts Forward Fund,
Mary Flagler Cary Trust, Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, the Helen F. Whitaker Fund, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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