MusicCreative.Org was launched in 2009 by me, Doug Hirlinger, to house creative music resources for musicians and listeners. That included things like learning materials, links to external information and resources, as well as a place to document a composer’s workshop called Monthly Meeting. The workshop was hosted in my home in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. From late 2009 until the fall of 2010, I invited a different group of musician-composers once a month to bring a composition or two, written or reworked for the occasion, that could be rehearsed in a very short period of time, say, 15 to 20 minutes, and then recorded. It was a remarkable and valuable experience for all involved, particularly because of the constraints of time.

Now in 2026 the site is being redesigned and simplified. This time around, the focus will be on a new composers’ workshop, similar to Monthly Meeting, except it will happen quarterly for now, include video as well as audio, and hopefully, depending on funding, will sometimes include a live listening audience. Other concert series ideas are also taking shape. I also hope to have a simple calendar pointing to happenings around Philadelphia. Monthly Meeting archives will live here as well as a reminder of the origins of the site and as documentation of a place and time and of the musicians and music captured in those audio artifacts. 

My hope is for this site to promote community around music and that a spirit of cooperation will take form around the endeavors documented and promoted here. This is all a work in progress. Please stay tuned!