“The city’s leading showcase for vital new music by emerging composers” per the New Yorker, MATA is a not-for-profit organization that commissions, presents, and supports the music of a wide array of young composers from around the globe. MATA’s directors are motivated by a desire to create community among composers in the early stages of their careers, especially those whose work does not fit into existing institutions. In providing developing composers with professional performances of their work and valuable connections to colleagues, MATA is a catalyst for their entry into American musical life.

The leading festival of new music in America and the only presenter devoted solely to the music of early career composers, MATA presents an internationally recognized festival in New York City each spring consisting of music by emerging composers selected from a free global call for submissions. MATA also presents an acclaimed concert series, as well as MATA Jr., an evening of mu...