Able Artist Foundation

10/31/2025

We would like to congratulate Cliff Isaksen from Norway for winning this year’s AAF song contest!

Cliff , your songwriting is amazing and really stood out to the judges. What wonderful talent!

Thanks to all who participated this year.

10/31/2024

Come join us at Kruse Markit (Minneapolis) on Sunday, November 10, 2024 from 5 to 7 PM for our fall fundraiser. 

Music will be provided by Boom Island String Quartet. 

There will be food, wine, charcuterie, and a silent auction!

If you cannot attend, please consider donating so we can continue our programming in support of disabled artists. Many, many thanks.

 https://ableartist.org/donate

06/27/2024

CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

It is with sincere joy and excitement that we announce this year’s AAF song contest winner.

Jes Smith from the United States’ track, “Freedom”, a track for advertising is this year‘s winner! A hearty congratulations to you, Jes!

You can check out his page here: 
http://facebook.com/jessmithmusician

This is the page for pianist Jeffrey "Jes" Smith.

04/02/2024

Our 2024 track contest has begun! Exclusively to AAF members, submissions are now open! Please check your spam folders for our April 2 email.

07/31/2023

AAF Contest Winners Announcement:

U.S. winner: (Grace-Mary Burega - MA)
Int’l winner: (Eliza Hull - Australia )

Congratulations to you both! Such marvelous music! 

07/30/2023

Contest winners will be announced here on Monday, July 31, 2023 at 12 noon CST. . 

04/04/2023

📣 Contest announcement for musicians worldwide who identify as disabled 📣

It's time for the AAF 2023 track contest. Beginning now, you are invited to share your music for a chance to win software prizes from over 20 of our amazing partners.

Here are the rules:

There will be two winners: one from the US, and one international winner.
All genres, and film score cues welcome.
Each participant can submit up to two tracks.
- Participants must be the primary writer.
- Participants must have 100% ownership.
- We would prefer that submitted tracks not have already been used and/or published for licensing purposes. But we understand that there may be tracks you've used in independent films, or you released on recent independent albums, so those tracks are welcome. Tracks shared on Youtube, Spotify/iTunes (that you uploaded on your own), and SoundCloud are also welcome. If you're not sure, just assume the track is okay to send in. This is not a hard and fast rule.
- Track length can be 2 - 5 minutes long(with some "wiggle-room").
- Tracks must be submitted as MP3s.

Both winners will receive an awards package that includes libraries (some of your own choosing) from over 20 AAF partners.

All AAF members, and non-members aged 18 and above who identify as disabled are welcome to submit tracks.

Tracks should have been written "recently"; a true reflection of your style and expertise.
Due to there not being a contest in 2022, previous winners are not eligible, but previous runners-up are.

Participants can submit tracks from now through July 4th, 2023.

Winners announced in late July.

Submission Email: [email protected]

Include your full name, country, let us know if you're an AAF member (no member I.D. necessary).

Title your tracks in the following format in all caps with underscores between each word:

FIRST NAME_LAST NAME_TRACK NAME_GENRE_YEAR WRITTEN.
Example: ADRIAN_OLAFSON_SKY_IS_THE_LIMIT_POP_2023.
(Note: please include track info in the metadata, but if you don't know how, that's okay, too.)

Participating AAF partners are:
Orchestral Tools
Spitfire Audio
Soundiron
Audio Brewers
The Unfinished
Red Room Audio
Q Up Arts
Sonikinetic
ThinkSpace Education
Impact Soundworks
VSTBuzz
Orange Tree Samples
Audio Modern
UJAM
Write Vault
Audible Genius
Audio Imperia
Emergence Audio
Rast Sound
Noon Audio
Sonible

Please send all contest-related questions to [email protected].
For all other general AAF questions, please keep using [email protected].

We are thrilled to be doing this contest once again and we can't wait to hear what you've been up to!

Onward!
Team AAF

09/22/2022

Here is an opportunity for onscreen (acting) talent with disabilities:

03/04/2022

We are thrilled that ujam has partnered with us to provide amazing - and more affordable - tools for our members. If you are disabled and receive federal assistance, register for membership at www.ableartist.org/register . 

Thank you, ujam, for actively contributing to making music and professional careers for artists with disabilities more accessible!

We’re happy to announce our partnership with Able Artist Foundation (AAF), they empower musicians with disabilities worldwide! If you’re a member of the AAF, you can save 50% on all ujam plugins and bundles. More info at the link below:

https://ableartist.org/

02/05/2022

Congratulations to singer/songwriter, Eddika "Edule" Organista on becoming AAF's first instrument/gear grant recipient! Edule's rich voice and creative use of Latin, Soul, & Jazz won the day. https://soundcloud.com/eduleh/purple-and-green?si=eee520e51fe34eb0a78f990f7420720d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

ALT: Latin Woman with dark, wavy hair wearing a red dress is seated, singing and playing a six-string acoustic guitar.

Insta:

12/15/2021

Acting opportunity for a blind/low vision actress, age 11 to 14, for a role in a feature film with Paramount. Pass it on!

Image description: Seeking talent who are blind or visually impaired for
the Paramount Players Feature Film
NEED YOUR EYES
Filming takes place March-April 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia
[SUZY] - Character portrayed is female, 11-14 years old to
play 12 years old, open ethnicity. Suzy has a close
friendship to her older sister Ash, who babysits her and
orchestrates fun games of hide-and-seek while their parents
are out of town. Having been blind since she was born, she
inspires her sister Ash to sign up for an app called See For
Me that helps blind individuals complete tasks. LOOKING
TO CAST A BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED
ACTOR. SUPPORTING
*No Professional Acting Experience Necessary*
To be considered for this role, please email a recent photo
along with the following information
to [email protected]
Actor's Name:
City of Residence:
IF SUBMITTING A MINOR:
Child's name:
Child's current age:
Parent or Guardian's name:
City of Residence:
Through which organization did you learn about our
casting call?:
*PARENTAL CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE IS REQUIRED