About The American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers

Founded in 1938, the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers, better known by the acronym ASMAC, promotes the art of Music Arranging, Composition, and Orchestration within the commercial arts community and the general public by educating and informing both about the roles our members play in the creation of music, past and present. We provide a dynamic forum in which our members can make contact with each other to exchange ideas and information about the art of music and the music industry. Always with an eye to the future, we encourage and support emerging arrangers and composers in their development so that they may carry the flame forward.

Our Mission: to promote the art of Music Arranging, Composition and Orchestration within the entertainment industry community and the general public.

Our Purpose: to provide its membership a place to make contact with each other to exchange ideas and information about the art of music and the music industry. ASMAC seeks to educate and inform both the general public and the commercial arts community about the roles its members play in the creation of music past and present. ASMAC also encourages emerging arrangers and composers in their development.

ASMAC (American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are tax-deductible.


Listen to past ASMAC Presidents John Clayton, Larry Blank, Chris Walden, and Kim Richmond share their thoughts about ASMAC: