Mission

New Music Gathering is a volunteer collective that seeks to support and celebrate music community building. 

In its original incarnation, NMG is an annual conference/festival hybrid dedicated to the performance, production, promotion, support, and creation of new and forward-thinking music.

With concerts, lecture/recitals, roundtable discussions, talks, and choreographed socializing like musician meet-ups and live action role playing games, NMG aims to be both a conference in the traditional sense but also quite literally a collective place for things to grow, improve, solidify, and above all get personal!

Co-organized by music-makers, New Music Gathering aims to meet the needs and interests of the music making community in ways that are increasingly direct, to spark and develop collaborative relationships, and to celebrate diversity of perspective and process.

In the 2025/2026 season, NMG is seeking to continue its mission of community support and celebration in a series of online events and resource sharing. For more information on this, visit our About page.