CAC Composers

Here are the 403 composers whose work was performed at the August 17, 2012 through August 8, 2026 events. Composers are sorted by name. For each composer, pieces are listed in catalogue number order if there is a widely used catalogue (e.g., Köchel for Mozart, BWV for J. S. Bach, Deutsch for Schubert, Hoboken for Joseph Haydn) or else in opus number order (e.g., Beethoven, Brahms).

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Recordings of 48 CAC performances are on the web and are denoted by “🎥”.

• unknown 🎥
• Adam, Adolphe (1803–1856)
• Adams, John (b. 1947)
• Akutagawa, Yasushi (1925–1989)
• Alfvén, Hugo (1872–1960) 🎥
• Alkali
• Alter, Louis (1902–1980)
• Anderson, Leroy (1908–1975)
• Anick, Jason (b. 1985)
• Arensky, Anton (1861–1906) 🎥
• Arlen, Harold (1905–1986)
• Astral Mixtape
• Athayde, Kyle (b. 1987)
• Atterberg, Kurt (1887–1974)
• Aucoin, Matthew (b. 1990) 🎥
• Bacewicz, Grażyna (1909–1969)
• Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714–1788)
• Bach, J. S. (1685–1750)
• Bacharach, Burt (1928–2023)
• Bacon, Kevin (b. 1958)
• Bacon, Michael (b. 1949)
• Ballard, Pat (1899–1960)
• Bangalter/Homem-Christo/Sledge
• Barbash, Eddie (b. 1989)
• Barber, Samuel (1910–1981)
• Barroso, Ary (1903–1964)
• Bartók, Béla (1881–1945)
• Bashi, Dvořák/Kishi
• Bashi, J. S. Bach/Kishi
• Bashi, Kishi (b. 1975)
• Bax, Arnold (1883–1953)
• Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827) 🎥
• Bellini, Vincenzo (1801–1835)
• Benjamin, Eddie (b. 2002)
• Benjamin/Durham/Marcus/Seller
• Berlin, Irving (1888–1989)
• Bernstein, Leonard (1918–1990)
• Betti, Henri (1917–2005) 🎥
• Bizet, Georges (1838–1875)
• Blane, Hugh Martin & Ralph
• Bloch, Ernest (1880–1959)
• Block, Mike (b. 1982)
• Bolcom, William (b. 1938)
• Bolling, Claude (1930–2020)
• Borodin, Aleksandr (1833–1887)
• Bottesini, Giovanni (1821–1889)
• Bouey, Christina (b. 1988)
• Bozza, Eugène (1905–1991)
• Brahms, Johannes (1833–1897) 🎥
• Brel, Jacques (1929–1978)
• Bridge, Frank (1879–1941) 🎥
• Brito, Ernesto Duarte (1922–1988)
• Britten, Benjamin (1913–1976)
• Broadnax/Paul/Wonder
• Brown, Nacio Herb (1896–1964)
• Bruch, Max (1838–1920)
• Bruns, George (1914–1983)
• Bunch, Kenji (b. 1973)
• Burke, Sonny (1914–1980)
• Cahuzac, Louis (1880–1960)
• Cara Samantha
• Carmichael, Hoagy (1899–1981)
• Casadesus, Henri (1879–1947)
• Casarrubios, Andrea (b. 1988)
• Castérède, Jacques (1926–2014)
• Chaminade, Cécile (1857–1944)
• Charles, Ray (1930–2004)
• Chopin, Frédéric (1810–1849)
• Churchill, Frank (1901–1942)
• Clarke, Ian (b. 1964)
• Cohen, Leonard (1934–2016)
• Coleman, Valerie (b. 1970)
• Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875–1912)
• Collier, Jacob (b. 1994)
• Collins, Judy (b. 1939)
• Collins, Phil (b. 1951)
• Converse, Connie (1924–1974)
• Cook/Steele
• Copland, Aaron (1900–1990)
• Corby, Matt (b. 1990)
• Corea, Chick (1941–2021)
• Corelli, Arcangelo (1653–1713)
• Corigliano, John (b. 1938)
• Cory, George (1920–1978)
• Crumb, George (1929–2022)
• Crusell, Bernhard Henrik (1775–1838)
• Cuong, Viet (b. 1990)
• Dabczynski, Andrew H. (b. 1954)
• Daft Punk
• Dale, Dick (1937–2019)
• Darmanie, Mikael (b. 1986)
• David, Lee (1891–1978)
• David, Mack, et al. (1912–1993)
• Dean, Eddie (1907–1999) 🎥
• Debussy, Claude (1862–1918) 🎥
• Delfino, Enrique (1895–1967)
• Dohnányi, Ernst von (1877–1960)
• Donato, João (1934–2023)
• Donizetti, Gaetano (1797–1848)
• Doppler, Franz (1821–1883)
• Dorham, Kenny (1924–1972)
• Drake, Molly (1915–1993)
• Drake, Nick (1948–1974)
• DuBois, Aaron (b. 1999)
• Dudley, Michael R., Jr. (b. 1994)
• Dvořák, Antonín (1841–1904)
• Dylan, Bob (b. 1941)
• Earth, Wind & Fire
• Elgar, Edward (1857–1934)
• Ellington, Duke (1899–1974)
• Emond, Daniel (b. 1990)
• Empire Wild
• Enescu, George (1881–1955)
• Esperón, Manuel (1911–2011)
• Ewazen, Eric (b. 1954)
• Fain, Sammy (1902–1989)
• Fairchild, Blair (1877–1933)
• Fauré, Gabriel (1845–1924)
• Felder/Henley/Frey
• Ferris, Ben (b. 1990) 🎥
• Fisher, Ari (b. 1991)
• Fleck, Béla (b. 1958)
• Floyd, Carlisle (1926–2021)
• Foster, Frank (1928–2011)
• Françaix, Jean (1912–1997)
• Franck, César (1822–1890)
• Friesen, Eugene (b. 1952)
• Frigg
• Fry, Cody (b. 1990)
• Fuentes, Rubén (1926–2022)
• Fung, Vivian (b. 1975)
• Gade, Niels (1817–1890) 🎥
• Gallagher, Noel (b. 1967)
• Gasté, Loulou (1908–1995)
• Gaudio, Bob (b. 1942) 🎥
• Gershwin, George (1898–1937) 🎥
• Gershwin, George & Ira
• Gillespie, Dizzy (1917–1993)
• Ginastera, Alberto (1916–1983) 🎥
• Girard, François, director (b. 1963)
• Gjeilo, Ola (b. 1978)
• Glass, Philip (b. 1937)
• Glazunov, Alexander (1865–1936) 🎥
• Glière, Reinhold (1875–1956)
• Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804–1857)
• Golijov, Osvaldo (b. 1960)
• Golubev, Evgeny (1910–1988) 🎥
• Goo Goo Dolls
• Grande, Ariana (b. 1993)
• Grappelli, Stéphane (1908–1997)
• Greco, Vicente (1888–1924)
• Green, John Waldo (1908–1989)
• Green, Johnny (1908–1989) 🎥
• Greenberg, Jay (b. 1991)
• Grieg, Edvard (1843–1907)
• Gruber, Franz Xaver (1787–1863)
• Gubaidulina, Sofia (1931–2025)
• Hagen, Earle (1919–2008)
• Hahn, Reynaldo (1874–1947)
• Hakase, Taro (b. 1968)
• Halvorsen, Johan (1864–1935)
• Hamlisch, Marvin (1944–2012) 🎥
• Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759) 🎥
• Hanson, Howard (1896–1981)
• Harbison, John (b. 1938)
• Harline, Leigh (1907–1969)
• Haydn, Joseph (1732–1809)
• Haymes, Bob (1923–1989)
• Henderson, Josh (b. 1988) 🎥
• Herbert, Victor (1859–1924)
• Hetzler, Mark (b. 1968)
• Heusen, Jimmy Van (1913–1990)
• Hoffmann, E. T. A. (1776–1822)
• Holst, Gustav (1874–1934)
• Hu, Ching-chu (b. 1969)
• Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778–1837)
• Hupfeld, Herman (1894–1951)
• Ives, Charles (1874–1954)
• Jackson, Yes/Michael
• Janáček, Leoš (1854–1928)
• Jarosz, Sarah (b. 1991)
• Jarosz/Buxton
• Jarosz/Hughes
• Jarosz/Hughes/Buxton
• Jarosz/Randall/Sampson
• Jarosz/Scott
• Jarosz/Tashian
• Jenkins, Dan (b. 1966)
• Jobim, Antônio Carlos (1927–1994)
• John, Elton (b. 1947)
• Jongen, Joseph (1873–1953)
• Kabalevski, Dimitri (1904–1987)
• Kelly, Frederick Septimus (1881–1916) 🎥
• Kelly, Mike (b. 1974)
• Kern, Jerome (1885–1945)
• King, Pee Wee (1914–2000)
• Kittel, Jeremy (b. 1984)
• Klengel, Julius (1859–1933)
• Kondo, Koji (b. 1961)
• Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897–1957)
• Kosma, Joseph (1905–1969)
• Kummer, Friedrich August (1797–1879)
• Kutz, Jason (b. 1989)
• Lalliet, Théodore (1837–1892)
• Landini, Francesco (c. 1325–1397)
• Lane/trad., Burton (1912–1997) 🎥
• Laskey, Kevin (b. 1989)
• Lecuona, Ernesto (1895–1963)
• Lehár, Franz (1870–1948)
• Lennon–McCartney
• Lennon/Ono
• Leontovych, Mykola (1877–1921)
• Lewis, Ethan (b. 1989)
• Ligeti, György (1923–2006)
• Lipa, Dua (b. 1995)
• Lo Marie (b. 1988)
• Loeffler, Charles Martin (1861–1935)
• Lomax, Mark, II (b. 1979)
• Lovato, Demi (b. 1992)
• Macpherson, Christina (1864–1936) 🎥
• Mahler, Gustav (1860–1911)
• Mancini, Henry (1924–1994)
• Manno, Robert (b. 1944)
• Manone, Wingy (1900–1982)
• Márquez, Arturo (b. 1950)
• Marroquín, José Sabre (1909–1995) 🎥
• Mars, Bruno (b. 1985)
• Martinez, Rick (b. 1987)
• Massenet, Jules (1842–1912)
• Masser/Goffin
• Maurer, Ludwig Wilhelm (1789–1878) 🎥
• McCartney, Paul (b. 1942)
• McComiskey, Giles Chabenet/Billy (b. 1963)
• McHugh, Jimmy (1893–1969)
• Mellits, Marc (b. 1966)
• Melson, Roy Orbison/Joe
• Mendelssohn, Felix (1809–1847)
• Menken, Alan (b. 1949)
• Mercury, Freddie (1946–1991)
• Messiaen, Olivier (1908–1992)
• Michaelson, Ingrid (b. 1979)
• Mietus, John (b. 1997)
• Milhaud, Darius (1892–1974)
• Miller/Murden
• Milton, Little (1934–2005)
• Mitchell, Joni (b. 1943)
• Mollá, Ricardo (b. 1992)
• Monaco, James V. (1885–1945)
• Monk, Thelonius (1917–1982)
• Montalvo, Jeff (b. 1987)
• Montalvo/Kõiv
• Montgomery, Jessie (b. 1981)
• Montsalvatge, Xavier (1912–2002)
• Morales, Noro (1912–1964)
• Mores, Mariano (1918–2016)
• Moszkowski, Moritz (1854–1925)
• Mozart, W. A. (1756–1791) 🎥
• Muréna, Tony (1917–1970)
• New Orleans Rhythm Kings
• Newley, Leslie Bricusse & Anthony
• Omura, Tomoko (b. 1980)
• Orbison, Roy (1936–1988)
• Paganini, Niccolò (1782–1840) 🎥
• Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)
• Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (1932–2004)
• Peterson, Oscar (1925–2007)
• Petty, Tom (1950–2017)
• Piazzolla, Astor (1921–1992)
• Piazzolla, Fritz Kreisler/Astor (1875–1962) 🎥
• Plaza, Julián (1928–2003)
• Ponce, Manuel (1882–1948) 🎥
• Porter, Cole (1891–1964)
• Possetti, Sonia (b. 1973)
• Poulenc, Francis (1899–1963)
• Previn, André (1929–2019)
• Price, Florence B. (1887–1953)
• Price, Kyle Barrett (b. 1992)
• Prokofiev, Sergei (1891–1953) 🎥
• Puccini, Giacomo (1858–1924)
• Purcell, Henry (1659–1695)
• Puts, Kevin (b. 1972)
• Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873–1943)
• Raskin, David (1912–2004)
• Ravel, Maurice (1875–1937)
• Reich, Steve (b. 1936) 🎥
• Respighi, Ottorino (1879–1936)
• Rich, Richard (b. 1951) 🎥
• Rida, Flo (b. 1979)
• Rihanna (b. 1988)
• Riley, Terry (b. 1935)
• Roberts, Christopher (b. 1956)
• Robinson, Willard (1894–1968)
• Rodgers, Richard (1902–1979)
• Rodriguez, Matos (1897–1948)
• Rose, Vincent (1880–1944)
• Rossini, Gioachino (1792–1868)
• Roumain, Daniel Bernard (b. 1970)
• Rutter, John (b. 1945)
• Sade (b. 1959)
• Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835–1921)
• Sandé, Emeli (b. 1987)
• Sarasate, Pablo de (1844–1908)
• Satie, Erik (1886–1925)
• Saunders, Richard (b. 1990)
• Schickele, Peter (1935–2024)
• Schoenberg, Arnold (1874–1951) 🎥
• Schoenfield, Paul (1947–2024)
• Schubert, Franz (1797–1828)
• Schulhoff, Erwin (1894–1942)
• Schumann, Clara (1819–1896)
• Schumann, Robert (1810–1856)
• Schwartz, Stephen (b. 1948)
• Schwendinger, Laura (b. 1962)
• Shank, Brian (b. 1992) 🎥
• Shannon, Ronnie (1938–2022)
• Shaw, Caroline (b. 1982)
• Sheeran/McDaid/Burruss/Briggs/Mac/Cottle
• Sherman Brothers
• Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906–1975) 🎥
• Shulman, Alan (1915–2002)
• Sibelius, Jean (1865–1957)
• Sigman/Hilliard
• Silk Sonic
• Siqueira, José (1907–1985)
• Smetana, Bedřich (1824–1884)
• Smit, Leo (1900–1943)
• Smith, Dan (b. 1986)
• Smith, John Stafford (1750–1836)
• Smith, Willie “the Lion” (1893–1973)
• Smyth, Ethel (1858–1944)
• Sollima, Giovanni (b. 1962)
• Sondheim, Stephen (1930–2021)
• Sørensen, Rune Tonsgaard (b. 1983)
• Sousa, John Philip (1854–1932)
• Steele/Cook
• Steele/Cook/Marshall
• Stephenson, James M., III (b. 1969)
• Strauss, Richard (1864–1949)
• Stravinsky, Igor (1882–1971)
• Strayhorn, Billy (1915–1967)
• Styne, Jule (1905–1994)
• Suessdorf, Karl (1911–1982)
• Summer, Mark (b. 1958)
• Swift, Taylor (b. 1989)
• Szewczyk, Piotr (b. 1977)
• Szymanowski, Karol (1882–1937)
• ter Veldhuis, Jacob (b. 1951)
• trad.
• Taborn/W4RP Trio, J.S. Bach/Craig (1685–1750)
• Talking Heads
• Tchaikovsky, Pyotr (1840–1893) 🎥
• The Neighbourhood
• The Script
• Thornton, Big Mama (1926–1984)
• Tillman, Floyd (1914–2003)
• Tizol, Juan (1900–1984)
• Treesearch
• Tucker, Akshaya Avril (b. 1992)
• Turina, Joaquín (1882–1949)
• unknown
• Uebayashi, Yuko (b. 1958)
• Umiliani, Piero (1926–2001)
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872–1958)
• Verdi, Giuseppe (1813–1901)
• Vignieri, Thomas (b. 1961)
• Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887–1959)
• Villoldo, Ángel (1861–1919)
• Vinitsky, Alexander (b. 1950)
• Viseur, Gus (1915–1974)
• Vivaldi, Antonio (1678–1741)
• Vogt, Andrew (b. 1989)
• Wagner, Richard (1813–1883)
• Wakely, Jimmy (1914–1982)
• Walk the Moon
• Walker, George (1922–2018)
• Wallace, Frank Churchill/Oliver
• Ward, Samuel A. (1848–1903)
• Warlock, Peter (1894–1930)
• Warren, Harry (1893–1981)
• Washington, Charles Gregory (b. 1965)
• Watts, Isaac (1674–1748)
• Weatherly, Frederic (1848–1929) 🎥
• Webb, Jimmy (b. 1946)
• Weber, Carl Maria von (1786–1826)
• Weigl, Karl (1881–1949)
• Weiss, Bob Thiele/George David
• Wheeler, Scott (b. 1952)
• Wijeratne, Dinuk (b. 1978)
• Williams, John (b. 1932) 🎥
• Willson, Meredith (1902–1984)
• Withers, Bill (1938–2020)
• Wonder, Stevie (b. 1950)
• Wong, Cory (b. 1985)
• Wong&Lopez
• Wong&Musselman
• Wong&Nelson
• Wong&Stratton
• Yes/Michael Jackson
• Yoshimatsu, Takashi (b. 1953)
• Youmans, Vincent (1898–1946)
• Zaleski, Glenn (b. 1987)
• Zeitlin, Leo (1884–1930)
• Zemlinsky, Alexander von (1871–1942)