Composers
Reginald Bain composer and professor at usc.
Paul Coleman composer.
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez composer and professor at eastman.
Paul Lansky composer and professor at princeton.
David Liptak composer and professor at eastman.
Robert Morris composer and professor at eastman.
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon composer and professor at eastman.
Scott Petersen composer.
Steven Rice composer.
Terry Riley composer.
John Fitz Rogers composer and professor at usc.
Baljinder Sekhon, II composer.
Kartik Seshadri composer and sitar virtuoso.
Karlheinz Stockhausen, posthumous composer.
Jacob ter Veldhuis composer.
Scott Worthington composer and bassist.

Professional Resources
American Composers Forum committed to supporting composers and developing new markets for their music.
American Music Center a national service organization and information center dedicated to building a national community for new american music.
ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards awards to encourage developing music creators during the earliest stages of their careers.
First Music the most impressive record for championing new music of any ensemble in the united states.
Meet The Composer supports associated composers through grants.
New Music Box web magazine from the american music center.
SEAMUS society of electroacoustic music in the united states.

Free, Reliable Software
Ardour2 free, open-source digtal audio workstation for Linux/Mac (like ProTools).
Audacity open-source soundfile editor
PureData open-source realtime audio programming language/tool.
Smultron programmer's text editor (Highly Recommended).
SoundHack spectral software for Mac OS X
Open Source Mac includes a list of many more free, open-source tools.