1. The Composers’ Forum of The Associated Colleges of the South funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

2. What is the ACS? ACS Technology Center Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas

3. ACS Music Departments Birmingham-Southern College Centenary College Centre College Davidson College Furman University Hendrix College Millsaps College Morehouse College Rhodes College Rollins College Southwestern University Spelman College Trinity University University of Richmond University of the South Washington and Lee

4. Typical ACS Music Department 6 or fewer full time faculty members About 50% have faculty who are composers well as Number of student composers very small compared with performers and music ed majors Infrequent performances of post-WWII compositions in the college and in the community in a word...”small”

5. Problems for student composers Limited exposure to live performances of new music Limited audiences and performances of their own new works Limited exposure to other composers

6. What the ACS did Primarily, we made connections. Students Professional composers Professional performers Faculty IT staff

7. What the ACS did Hired a virtual music department consultant Funded the New Music Festival and other supporting activities Made the Fine Arts a high priority

8. What the ACS did Created an extensive music website for the Orpheus Alliance

9. What the ACS did Sound files to allow faculty and student composers to hear each others work. Ex. Charles Mason - Pantograph

10. What the ACS did Musical Scores made in Finale music notation software and converted to a.pdf format.

11. What the ACS did Flash Animations for music analysis allows for sound, complete score and compositional analysis all to be presented in one Flash movie

12. What the ACS did Initiated an ACS Composition Contest 1st Place Winner J.R. Paredes, Trinity University "Distorted Reflections and Mirror Images," 2 movements for flute, cello, and piano

13. What the ACS did Organized the first ACS New Music Festival To be held at Southwestern University, July 24-28, 2002

14. Outcomes of the Festival Streaming Video of Festival Performances

15. Outcomes of the Festival Collaborations for next year Prof. Charles Mason’s Class Birmingham Southern College

16. Outcomes Expand the ACS Composition Contest

17. Outcomes Begin the Visiting Artists Project Prof. Daniel Koopman Furman University

18. The Next Level All projects should look toward creating real interactions between institutions, professors, and students. Students graduate with wider knowledge and experience in the area of new music than was possible in the past.

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