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Festival of New American Music

About the Festival

October 27-November 1, 2024

The Festival of New American Music brings extraordinary musicians to Sacramento, California, each year to present high-quality performances of a broad body of recently composed or improvised music by some of America’s most exciting artists. 2024 marks the 47th annual Festival!

Through public concerts, educational events, and outreach, the Festival serves three principal communities: those of the Sacramento State School of Music; the California State University, Sacramento; and the greater Sacramento region.

Committed to making music accessible to all, the Festival offers all of its concerts free of charge to the public. Waived-fee parking for the Festival concerts will be available from a link on the Calendar listing for each event. If you have any disability-related access needs to participate in our events, please contact us as soon as possible, and we will work with the Office for Disability Justice on arranging and meeting those needs.

The Festival concerts will be live-streamed on our Facebook page:

FACEBOOK LIVE

Driving/Parking Directions

Questions?

Email Co-Director Shuying Li or Co-Director Tim Stanley.

Parking Info

Sac State uses virtual parking permits. To reserve a waived-fee permit during the Festival, use this link:

Parking Permit

Select the Guest Login

  1. If you don't have an account, click here to create a guest account. Once you finish, click the visitor parking link provided above and use the Guest Login
  2. If you have an account already but forgot your password, click here to reset your password.

Complete the permit checkout process, making sure to select the correct valid date, to activate your visitor permit. Permits are valid for the whole day, up till 11:59pm.

Call for Scores 2024

The annual Call for Scores at the Festival of New American Music returns in 2024. With an overwhelming response last year of 546 submissions, the selection process bore witness to a rich diversity of voices and talents in contemporary music.

The 2023 winners were:

  • Chamber Music: Robin McLaughlin Conine's "Falling Up" to be performed by Citywater and Kian Ravaei's "Unstoppable" by Kaleidoscope.
  • Wind Ensemble: Ryan Lindveit's "Mysterious Butterflies."
  • Choir: Isaac Lovdahl's "Though the great Waters sleep."

Stay tuned for more information on the 2024 Call for Scores...