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, Creative Connections aims to increase public awareness and enhance the creative artist’s role in society.

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.

Please note that Sponsoring Organizations no longer need 501(c)3 status or fiscal sponsorship to apply.



Leadership support for Meet The Composer’s MetLife Creative Connections program is generously provided by MetLife Foundation.   Additional support is provided by Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund, ASCAP, ASCAP Foundation, BMI Foundation, Inc., Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The Ford Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, Jerome Foundation, mediaThe foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation and Virgil Thomson Foundation, Ltd.