MACCM
"Magnetic North for new music lovers points to Bowling Green, Ohio."
—David Lang, 2012
The MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music promotes and coordinates new music creation, production, research, and innovation, prodiving vitality to the College of Musical Arts' distinctive specialty in contemporary music.
The Center’s headlining event is the annual Bowling Green New Music Festival bringing composers and artists together to celebrate new music. Additionally activities:
- the Music at the Forefront concert series.
- a grant program in support of contemporary music projects and research
- produces New Music from Bowling Green concerts
- co-sponsors the radio series Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green, with WGTE-FM in Toledo.
See our events page for current happenings, and peruse videos of select performances from MACCM events on our media page.
Contribute to the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music. Visit this link, and in the section marked ‘Designation,’ begin typing ‘American’ to find the MACCM Fund. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Faculty and Students can report your new music activities to the Center using this form
Updated: 08/11/2026 04:07PM