American Composers Orchestra was created in 1977.
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra was created in 2002.
American Composers Forum was created in 1973.
American Composers Alliance was created in 1937.
American Classical Orchestra was created in 1985.
American Wind Symphony Orchestra was created in 1957.
Composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1983. Her Symphony No. I (Three Movements for Orchestra) was commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra.
John Corigliano is the composer for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Marin Alsop and Mark O'Connor are also composers for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
The Composers Quartet was created in 1965.
Decomposing Composers was created in 1980.
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra was created in 1986.
The first Black person to write a symphony was the American composer William Grant Still, who is often referred to as the "Dean of African American composers." In 1936, he also made history by conducting the first orchestra at a radio station, making significant contributions to the visibility of Black musicians in classical music. His works helped pave the way for future generations of composers and conductors.
Montagu Montagu-Nathan has written: 'The orchestra and how to listen to it' -- subject(s): Orchestra and orchestral music 'Glinka' -- subject(s): Composers, Biography 'Rimsky-Korsakof' -- subject(s): Composers, Biography, Soviet Union