American Composers Forum/BandQuest American Composers Forum 332 Minnesota St., Ste E-145 St. Paul, MN 55101-1300 USA 651-251-2814 bandquest@composersforum.org www.composersforum.org www.bandquest.org Exhibitor Description: BandQuest is a series of music for band written by world-class composers. The series is commissioned and published by the American Composers Forum, an organization that has supported composers and their music since 1975. What do you hope visitors to your booth will gain? Visitors will gain an increased appreciation and understanding of today’s living composers, their music, the process of composing, and tools for teaching composition in the classroom. What are the benefits of your product or service? The BandQuest series provides new music for middle-level bands written by world-class composers in residence with school bands. Five of the BandQuest pieces include interactive, interdisciplinary CD-ROMs that connect the series to other aspects of life and learning. Why are you exhibiting at the Midwest Clinic? American Composers Forum will share information on our programs that will assist in teaching about composers and composition. What will be on display at your booth? All scores in the BandQuest series, audio of the pieces along with takeaway CDs of the music, the interdisciplinary CD-ROMs, and materials about ACF and the services it offers to educators and the field of new music. What products or services does your organization offer that won't be on display at the conference? ACF connects composers with communities and can assist anyone in commissioning composers for any event or celebration. Learn about all our programs: www.composersforum.org What kind of promotional items will you be distributing from your booth? Promotional CDs of the entire BandQuest series, including the latest commission from composer Dana Wilson, “Odysseus and the Sirens,” will be available.