Amplifying Voices
Amplifying Voices facilitates the co-commissioning and repeat performance of new orchestral works by living composers.
Amplifying Voices
Amplifying Voices facilitates the co-commissioning and repeat performance of new orchestral works by living composers.
Funding Partners
Amplifying Voices is powered by the Sphinx Organization, with additional support from ASCAP, the Sorel Organization, the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, Wise Music and the Wise Family Charitable Foundation, and the Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trust .
Fostering collaboration between orchestras and living composers.
Amplifying Voices facilitates co-commissions of new work and sharing of existing orchestral repertoire through the establishment of commissioning consortia. The program aims to increase the support and promotion of living composers, create space for their contributions to artistic-planning at major national orchestras, and make major strides toward transforming the classical canon for future generations. As of 2024, over forty-five orchestras in the US and beyond are part of the program’s eleven consortia.
Amplifying Voices was kick-started in 2020 through a generous contribution from the Sphinx Organization, and increasing momentum has been made possible by new funding from the Sorel Organization, Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, and industry partners ASCAP and Wise Music, which demonstrates recognition amongst orchestras that new and inclusive approaches to programming are critical for the sector’s future relevance.
Amplifying Voices Composers
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
New York Philharmonic & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Las Vegas Philharmonic
Oregon Symphony
Arkansas Symphony
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Berkeley Symphony
YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Partner Orchestras
More To Be Announced Soon
“It was an enormous thrill to hear about the chance to participate in New Music USA’s Amplifying Voices program. Already it has incubated new works by some of my favorite composers today. This project frees me to write the music of my dreams with the assurance that it will be in the caring and passionate hands of a consortia of orchestras committed to sharing historically marginalized music with audiences at the highest level of artistry.”
Katherine Balch, Composer
“It has always been a goal of mine to champion composers that look like me, that speak to the range of today’s experiences, and that can offer diverse perspectives for our audiences… They can bring unique color and life to the ever-growing musical canon.”
Joseph Young, Music Director, Berkeley Symphony
“I am honored to participate in such an exciting project with these fantastic orchestras that I genuinely admire—each with a unique vision for the future of today's music. I get to write and share the stage with them, so in a way, it is like a dream coming true for me."
Clarice Assad, Composer, Amplifying Voices
“This groundbreaking work will help to lay the foundation for barriers to be broken and [for] the eradication of stigmas that have plagued our field for many years. To be a part of that change is an affirmation of everything I’ve worked for and continue to work for.”
Brian Raphael Nabors, Composer, Amplifying Voices
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Funding Partners
Amplifying Voices is powered by the Sphinx Organization, with additional support from ASCAP, the Sorel Organization, the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, Wise Music and the Wise Family Charitable Foundation, and the Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trust .
