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: Nadia Gardner

Composer, pianist, and teacher Nadia Gardner was born north of San Francisco in 1985. Self taught in composition since the age of eight, Nadia studied with Elinor Armer as a teenager, and later with David Conte as an honors student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she completed her B.M. in Composition in 2010. During her early formative years, Nadia attended such summer programs as Boston University Tanglewood Institute and Johns Hopkins University. Nadia has received awards for ensemble leadership from the Young People’s Chamber Orchestra (Sonoma) and for composition from ... Read more »

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.