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: Drake Andersen

Drake (b. 1987) is a prolific young composer currently studying at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Raised in Des Plaines, Illinois, he was simultaneously playing in a punk rock garage band, The Red Smurfs, and studying classical composition when his piece, Vivo for Wind Ensemble, won the 2004 IMEA Composition Contest for Large Ensemble. In St. Paul, he has worked with Stephen Paulus, Marjorie Merryman, Christopher Gable, Cary Franklin, Jan Gilbert, and Carleton Macy. He has also attended workshops led by composers like William Bolcom, Yehudi Wyner, Stacy Garrop, Daniel McCarthy a... 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.