American Composers Orchestra Presents the 2023 SONiC Festival at A Citywide Celebration of the Nation’s Composers

 American Composers Orchestra (ACO) announces the 2023 SONiC  Festival, a New York City-wide celebration of the breadth and vibrancy of the nation’s modern composers, taking place June 1-12, 2023. Spearheaded by the organization’s new leadership, President & CEO Melissa Ngan and Artistic Director Curtis Stewart, the Festival is made possible with lead funding from the Fromm Music Foundation, and key partnership with Mannes School of Music/The New School, which is providing space for several events for the duration of the Festival. In addition, ACO partners with Kaufman Music Center, Hostos Community College in The Bronx, Dizzy’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, Roulette Intermedium, Joe’s Pub, Americas Society, Copland House, and leading performers and composers including Clarice Assad, Angélica Negrón, Miguel Zenón, Kamala Sankaram, Aaron Diehl, Alicia Hall Moran, inti figgis vizueta, Paula Matthusen, Missy Mazzoli, Ellen Reid, the Harlem and Bergamot Quartets, Music from Copland House, and more.