The Tri-Centric Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which supports the work and legacy of American composer and musician Anthony Braxton. Our primary activities are preservation and dissemination of his scores, recordings, and writings, production of performances, and pedagogy.  In the coming years we aim to increase the amount of material and information that is available for artists, researchers, and students of all levels who would like to learn how to perform these important works.

This year, the Tri-Centric Foundation completed the transfer of its physical archives to the Library of Congress, these archived materials include scores, recordings, and more which are now publicly available to musicians, scholars, and friendly experiencers. Subsequently, the LOC published a series of videos celebrating the transfer of Anthony Braxton’s archive which documents a concert of Braxton’s music including Composition No. 100, Composition No. 222, and Thunder Music, and videos interviewing Tri-Centric staff, musicians, and the composer himself. This year TCF also celebrated Anthony Braxton’s 80th birthday, an occasion which was honored by Downbeat Magazine with the composer’s induction into the DownBeat Hall of Fame and a feature on the magazine’s cover.

This year Frog Peak Music published a new edition of the Tri-Axium Writings volumes 1-3 ensuring the availability of the writings of Anthony Braxton to friendly experiencers for years to come. These editions can be found as perks of this campaign both digitally and physically in a special slip case signed by Braxton.   Publisher Schott Music also released Anthony Braxton - 50+ Years of Creative Music, edited by Timo Hoyer and Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, which focuses on the happenings of the Darmstadt Ferienkurse of 2023 in which Braxton’s music was celebrated with premieres, analyses, and thoughtful discourses on Braxton’s music. This year has also been a productive for the online archival efforts of TCF,  as numerous compositions have been added to the TCF website including compositions 9, 95, 98, 169, 171, 173, 174, 192, 222, 247, 265, and 341.  

Over the past year, TCF has supported performances of Anthony Braxtons music by way of providing scores and pedagogical materials to performers.  In May, International Contemporary Ensemble included Braxton’s Falling River Music and Diamond Curtain Wall Music to present in their concert at University of California Irvine supported by scores provided by TCF. In October, Braxton’s Echo Echo Mirror House Music piece, Composition No. 375, was presented in concert at Wesleyan University by TCF Archives Manager Carl Testa and featured an updated EEMHM network device system in tandem with a wave field synthesis array made by Testa.

TCF has also provided support for the series of concerts and workshops at Roulette in New York City presenting the output of Anthony Braxton and educating performers on various systems common to Braxton’s music with the aim of welcoming players into a rich and interconnected musical language and engendering informed future performances. The series curated by Roulette throughout November 2025 hosts multiple concerts of Braxton’s music featuring performers like the International Contemporary Ensemble, Tri-Centric Vocal Ensemble, Ursula Oppens, Adam Tendler, Cecilia Lopez, and Darius Jones. TCF has also provided support by way of scores and information for the performers of the Apmonia Quartet as they prepare to present Braxton’s composition No. 17 for string quartet in concert halls across the east and west coasts of the United States in the spring of 2026.

Moving into the next year, the Tri-Centric Foundation will dedicate resources raised by this initiative to the continued publishing of Anthony Braxton’s scores which will be available on the Tri-Centric Foundation website, including the large scale Composition No. 96, as well as continuing to provide pedagogical support on the music of Anthony Braxton in future performances.

This year TCF is offering some exciting new rewards for different levels of contribution. Some of our offerings include a signed edition of the Anthony Braxton DownBeat Hall of Fame issue, and copies of the new edition of the Tri-Axium Writings Vols. 1-3 from Frog Peak Music housed in a hard box set slipcover. After the Fundrazr initiative closes, all items will be shipped. Your contribution will go towards preserving and sharing the works of one of the most significant American composers, making Braxton’s work accessible to friendly experiencers for generations to come! Please donate today, no amount is too small.