Our 2025 Season is complete! Thank you to everyone who joined us for our concerts & events throughout our three-week festival at Avaloch Farm Music Institute. We are extremely grateful to all those who were participants at the 2025 Conference, and to Avaloch Farm Music Institute for their partnership. 2026 Conference Fellowship applications will open in FALL 2025. Please join us next summer for live music of all kinds for all kinds of audiences!

The Composers Conference nurtures the creation, performance, and appreciation of music, serving as a catalyst for conscientious creativity through shared wisdom, expertise, and diverse artistry.

The Composers Conference is a summer program that embraces collaborative music creation by musicians at the beginning of their careers, those that are well-established, and those for whom music is an important part of their lives.

“Founded over 80 years ago, the Composers Conference has sought, through learning and adapting, to serve as an inclusive, collaborative environment that promotes the exploration, invention, and performance of music at the highest levels. The Composers Conference knows and believes in the power of music to create a more compassionate, ethical, and equitable world by making a space where everyone can belong.”

-KURT ROHDE, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

The Composers Conference is supported by The Amphion Foundation, the Aaron Copland Fund, the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University, the Robert Miller Fund for Music, and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, and by contributions from individuals.

Please note that out of respect for our immunosuppressed participants, we ask that all participants be up to date with full vaccinations for the COVID-19 virus and other highly infectious diseases not less than 1 month prior to the beginning of the Composers Conference.