New Music Equity Action (NMEA) is an assembly of composers, performers, and administrators in the USA who work in new music. The group has no fixed membership, and participation in all group activities is open to anyone in the field. NMEA began meeting in June 2020 in order to rectify the legacy of White supremacy and racism in new music, and to actively participate in its replacement with a more diverse and equitable future.
We meet weekly as a large group and also meet on an ad hoc basis in sub-groups with particular focuses like education, communications, or the NMEA Pledge. We also work between meetings over Slack. Decision-making and authorship of all documents is collective, with each public-facing decision requiring consent of those present at the large meeting where it is proposed. Contents of this website and NMEA’s work in general are subject to the ongoing consent of the collective membership and are subject to periodic revision.
NMEA is not a lobbying group or a selective membership organization. It is a platform for any and all members of the new music community to work collectively to transform the norms of our field towards greater equity.
Join our mailing list in the top menu of this page to hear about upcoming meetings.
Read our pledge, and add yourself to the list of signatories.
Email us if you have questions.
Here are a few examples of our recent focuses:
Large Group: Sharing Your Cultural Equity Plan and Demographics Information, July 21 8pm EDT
Accessibility Teach-In: Disability Justice tools for concerts + events. Tueday August 17th, 6-7:30 pm EDT on Zoom. Register for the Accessibility Teach-In