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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: Lawrence Leighton Smith

MUSIC DIRECTOR Lawrence Leighton Smith is one of the most respected American musicians of his generation. He has been Music Director of the Sunriver (OR) Music Festival since 1995, was Principal Guest Conductor of the New Jersey Symphony from 1997 to 2000 and Music Director of the Colorado Springs Symphony in May of 2000. His conducting career started in 1973 when he was one of the first prize winners in the Dimitri Mitropoulos Competition. As Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra from 1982 to 1993, Mr. Smith earned wide recognition and critical acclaim for his work both in con... 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.