Welcome

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: David Kidwell

Conductor and composer David Kidwell has been Music Director and Conductor of the Holyoke Civic Symphony since 1997, serving longer than any other conductor in the orchestra's history. Under his leadership the orchestra has grown both in size and in ability. He has expanded the orchestra's commitment to education by adding educational concerts and partnership concerts with local school groups, and he has reinforced the orchestra's commitment to new music by commissioning seven new works and performing over thirty pieces by living American composers. Kidwell is also the conductor of the Guilfor... 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.