Baltimore Composers Forum

in hoping to recreate the camaraderie she experienced while a graduate student at peabody conservatory, composer dawn culbertson banded together with five other composers in the fall of 1992 with the idea of forming a group to assist in getting their work heard. that group, the baltimore composers coalition, held its first concert on may 16, 1993 at the church of st. michael and all angels great hall, featuring ten works by seven different composers. baltimore audiences saw three more concerts during that initial year, including one that featured the music of john cage. it was at this event that our name, the baltimore composers forum, first appeared. by 1996, the membership of the forum had grown from 6 to 50. expansion across central maryland was rapid, from one venue holding multiple concerts to one venue per concert. goucher college, the creative alliance, u.m.b.c., an die musik, and free fall baltimore have all generously hosted baltimore composition performances. in addition to