Please save the date for ACO's 2026 Gala & Creative Catalyst Awards on October 27, 2026 at Carnegie Hall, held alongside our performance of Hello America: We Gather Here.
We are delighted to honor composer Thea Musgrave and TD Regional President Metro New York Ralph Bumbaca, and we hope you will join us for an inspiring evening celebrating music, leadership, and community.
The evening will begin at 5:30pm with pre-concert cocktails and dinner in the Weill Terrace Room, followed by our performance in Zankel Hall at 7:30pm. The celebration will conclude with a post-concert dessert reception in the Weill Terrace Room.
Invitations and RSVP details will be sent in mid-August. To secure your attendance early, please contact Jolie Rebelo at jolie@americancomposers.org.
American Composers Orchestra is grateful to the many organizations that make its programs possible, including the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Altman Foundation, Amphion Foundation, Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, BMI Foundation, BMI, Inc., CANVAS, Cheswatyr Foundation, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Edward T. Cone Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Ford Foundation’s Good Neighbor Committee, Francis B. Goelet Charitable Trust, Frederick Loewe Foundation, Fromm Music Foundation, G. Schirmer/Wise Music Foundation, Give Lively Foundation, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Hearst Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Jephson Educational Trusts, Jerome Foundation, Koret Foundation, the League of American Orchestras, MacMillan Family Foundation, the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, Mellon Foundation, Neiman Marcus, New Music USA’s Organization Fund, the New York Community Trust (Musical Arts Fund, Clara Lewisohn Rossin Trust, and Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund), Pacific Harmony Foundation, PayPal Giving Fund, Sphinx Venture Fund, Steven R. Gerber Trust, TD Charitable Foundation, Turrell Fund, and the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.
Public funds are provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, Office of Brooklyn Borough President Reynoso, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
