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The New Music USA Online Library is a vast and comprehensive digital database that contains over 57,000 works by more than 6,000 composers, and includes over 14,000 media samples (recordings and scores).

The Online Library was created by the American Music Center, and, after many evolutions, continues today under the guidance of New Music USA.

Artist Spotlight: Mark Jurcisin

Mark Jurcisin was born in Passaic, New Jersey on December 2, 1958. His first introduction to music was by way of piano lessons at age 13. He almost immediately began composing small piano pieces. His first formal study in composition took place in college, at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Here he studied with Hugh Aitken and began composing pieces for more diverse ensembles, although the sole existing piece from that period is "Introspection", a piece fo solo piano written in 1978. He went on to study orchestration with Christine Berl at the Mannes College of Music before r... Read more ยป

Please note: New Music USA does not maintain a physical collection of any kind. Any printed scores or manuscripts held by the American Music Center are now part of a special collection at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Please contact the Music Division for more information.