San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

San Francisco, CA, US 🇺🇸

The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (SFCMP) is a performing arts organization and unionized chamber orchestra that nourishes the creation and dissemination of new music through world-class performances, commissions, and community and education programs. The Players perform the music of composers from across cultures and stylistic traditions who are creating a vast and vital 21st-century musical language featuring the work of iconic and emerging composers, while shining a spotlight on works for large ensemble and California artists. The Contemporary Music Players incorporated in 1974 to give voice to the burgeoning genre of contemporary music in the Bay Area. They are solely devoted to contemporary repertoire, particularly the work of living composers and large ensemble works. The current Artistic Director is Eric Dudley.