The Score | EarShot’s New Free, Online Composer Archive

EarShot, the National Orchestral Composition Discovery Network, has launched the EarShot Composer Archive, a new database of audio excerpts, program notes, and score samples by more than 140 composers whose works have been performed through the EarShot Network. The archive allows orchestra personnel, conductors, and artistic administrators to search easily for new repertoire and composers as they plan their concert seasons. The archive is free and accessible to the public. Founded in 2007, EarShot is a partnership between the League of American Orchestras, American Composers Orchestra, American Composers Forum, and New Music USA. EarShot is the nation’s first ongoing, systematic program for identifying emerging orchestral composers, and offers career development in the form of mentorships and counsel, and increases awareness of these composers and access to their music throughout the industry.