Mission Statement

The Composers' Alliance is an organization dedicated to supporting the work of doctoral candidates in Music Composition at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). Founded and maintained by composers in the program, the Composers' Alliance presents regular concerts of new works and invites collaborations with performers and ensembles both from within CUNY and from New York's various, vibrant new music communities. The goal of the organization is thus to build bridges between composers, performers and audiences, while highlighting the musical activities of Graduate Center composers.



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Milton Babbitt Retrospective - MAY 25th - 7:30PM

Posted April 23, 2012

‘Milton Babbitt Restrospective’
Friday, May 25, 2012, 7:30pm at CUNY Graduate Center
Elebash Recital Hall(365 Fifth Ave, New York)
Free Admission

The CUNY Graduate Center Music department, in collaboration with The Composers’ Alliance are proud to present an evening in memory of the life and works of Milton Babbitt. An exciting selection of Babit…

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CYGNUS CONCERT! Monday, May 21st 8PM

Posted April 21, 2012

March 12, 2012 Concert

Posted February 29, 2012

The Composers' Alliance will have it's first concert of the Spring on MONDAY!

March 12th, 2012 | 8:00 PM
Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall
The CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Avenue

Free Admission. New works for soloists, ensembles and chamber orchestra by:

David Bridges
Whitney E. George
Jonathan Howard
KatzJessica Rudman
Haralabos [ Harry ] Stafylak…

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Composers Now festival

Posted January 26, 2012

Dear Composers,

The CUNY Graduate Center has been invited to present a concert on the Composers Now festival this February.  The concert will be held on Monday, February 27th at 8pm in Elebash Hall.  The program will include a brief panel discussion centered on the theme "The Role of the Composer in Society", in which all composers with a piece on…

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MIVOS Quartet Readings

Posted January 26, 2012

The MIVOS Quartet  is our invited ensemble for the Spring 2012! They will be premiering new works by our composers in the May 21st, 2012 concert (see Calendar) - but on Tuesday April 17th they will be having a public reading at the Composers Forum: 7:30-9:00 PM in room 3491 (Graduate Center, 3rd floor) - open to all! Hope to see you there.

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