Meet the Composer

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Next deadline: April 1, 2010
MetLife Creative Connections provides support for American composers to participate in public activities related to specific performances of their original music. By supporting the composer’s interaction with audiences, performers, arts organizations, and local communities, Metlife Creative Connections aims to increase public awareness and enhance the creative artist’s role in society.

Metlife Creative Connections applications are submitted by a Sponsoring Organization requesting support for one or more composers participating in public activities organized, sponsored, and/or presented by the organization.

For more information contact:
Scott Winship, Program Manager, extension 102 or swinship@meetthecomposer.org
Derek Geary, Program Associate, extension 110 or dgeary@meetthecomposer.org

• Download Program Guidelines (pdf)
• Begin your application on-line »
• File your report on-line* » Hosting organizations only. Composers, please refer to these instructions for fulfilling your reporting requirement.
• Download the Meet The Composer logo (jpg, suitable for print)

*For events beginning January 2010 and later. To report on events that happened prior to January 2010, complete this form and mail to Meet The Composer.

Additional support is provided by:

The Amphion Foundation
ASCAP
BMI Foundation, Inc.
Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
Jerome Foundation
mediaThe foundation
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation
Virgil Thomson Foundation, Ltd.