Composers Now empowers all living composers, celebrates the diversity of their voices and honors the significance of their artistic contributions to the cultural fabric of society. Founder and artistic director Tania León leads the organization since 2010. Composers Now features a broad spectrum of performances in concert halls, jazz mobiles, opera stages, experimental spaces, conservatories, museums and other musical venues.
The 2026 First Commission Award - Amil Abumrad
As part of an ongoing effort to bring world-class Afro Latin jazz to key cultural hubs across the United States, Belongó presents the Arturo O’Farrill Trio at Soraya Center for the Performing Arts in Northridge, CA.
Presented in partnership with The Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts at City College and in association with the Harlem School of the Arts, The Harlem Chamber Players' this year’s Black History Month Celebration features music by living composers in celebration of their contributions to American classical music.
Originally started in the rehearsal space that would later become The Jazz Gallery, the Roy Hargrove Big Band had its inaugural performance at the Greenwich Village Jazz Festival in 1995.