New Canon Project
The New Canon Project is a model for stepping out of silos and joining forces. Through a unique partnership, NCP champions emerging composers, expanding ideas about who is qualified to create pedagogical works.
The New Canon Project (NCP) is a joint venture of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the American String Teachers Association (ASTA), and Rising Tide Music & Arts (RTMA). Launched with support from the Sphinx Venture Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts, the project commissions new works by Black and Latine composers for orchestra and choral classrooms. Composers are selected for cohorts that provide inspiration, guidance and support. Through workshops, mentoring and school-based collaboration, composers create works for publication by The Press and worldwide distribution through ArrangeMe, a Hal Leonard Company.
Purchases from this collection support Rising Tide Music & Arts composer pathway and publication initiatives.
2024 Cohort
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Joseph Davila
Joseph Davila has been a professional musician for over 40 years, cultivating a rich and diverse career in the music industry. He has toured extensively across the United States as lead guitarists in various bands, bringing his unique sound and passionate...
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Cindy Flores
Cindy Flores was raised in Salem Keizer and began playing the violin at age nine. She is a recent graduate of Portland State University, where she received her bachelors of music in music education...
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Sharneisha Joyner
Shar Joyner is an international film and video game composer. Joyner earned her Bachelor of Music in Music Composition degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Joyner earned a Master's in Composition for Screen from the Royal College of Music...
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Autumn Maria Reed
AUTUMN MARIA REED is a Wisconsin-based composer and Berklee alumna. Autumn has composed library and theatrical music for companies in Madison and Milwaukee...
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Angelica Salazar
Angelica Salazar is a professional violinist and violist, private teacher, and composer. She has performed her compositions internationally, and she aspires to create cross-genre music that inspires and unites people from around the world...
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Roisel Suarez
Born on November 8, 1994, in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, Roisel Alejandro Suárez Bosque is a versatile musician, known for his skills as a trumpeter, composer, and arranger...
