2022 Composers Conference Events Live – available on our YouTube Channel
Monday, August 29, 2022
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Slosberg Recital Hall, Dept. of Music (map)
Late Night New Music Musings, 2020/2021 Composer Fellow Jack Langdon returns to the Composers Conference for a one-hour late night concert on the the Slosberg organ, featuring new works by himself and 2020/2021 Composer Fellow Bahar Royaee
CMW Artist-in-Residence Chamber Music Concert
Friday, August 5, 2022
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Slosberg Recital Hall, Dept. of Music (map)
CMW Artist-in-Residence Chamber Music Concert with David Kaplan, piano (CMW Artist-in-Residence); Ashley Bathgate, cello (CMW Artist-in-Residence; Jessica Tong, violin (CMW Director); Kurt Rohde, viola (Artistic Director).
PROGRAM includes works by Mozart, Casarubbios and Schumann
2022 CNW Susan Horvath Comission
Thursday, August 4, 2022
5:00 PM 6:00 PM
Laurie Theater, Brandeis Theater Company (map)
2022 CMW Susan Horvath Commission with 2020/21 Composer Fellow Erin Busch in conversation & concert with CMW participants, Jessica Tong (CMW Director), Vimbayi Kaziboni (Music Director & Conductor) & Holly Druckman (2022 Davidovsky Conducting Fellow)
2022 Conference Ensemble Concert #3 – Fantasias & Rampages
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Slosberg Recital Hall, Dept. of Music (map)
With Vimbayi Kaziboni (Music Director & Conductor) & Holly Druckman (2022 Davidovsky Conducting Fellow).
PROGRAM: WORLD PREMIERES by Conference Composer Fellows Chris Chandler, Livia Malossi, Stephen de Filippo & Sepehr Pirasteh, alongside music by Benjamin/Purcell, Wourinen & Leon
Contemporary Performance Institute Concert #2
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Laurie Theater, Brandeis Theater Company (map)
With Margaret Kampmeier (CPI Director)
In Conversation with 2022 Guest Composer Donnacha Dennehy
Monday, August 1, 2022
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Slosberg Recital Hall, Dept. of Music (map)
2022 Guest Composer Donnacha Dennehy in conversation & concert with Vimbayi Kaziboni (Music Director & Conductor) & Kurt Rohde (Artistic Director)
2022 Conference Ensemble Concert #2 – Sketches & Relics
Sunday, July 31, 2022
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Slosberg Recital Hall, Dept. of Music (map)
With Vimbayi Kaziboni (Music Director & Conductor) & Holly Druckman (2022 Davidovsky Conducting Fellow).
PROGRAM: WORLD PREMIERES by Conference Composer Fellows June Young Will Kim, Luke Haaksma & Chelsea Komschlies, alongside music by Singleton & Ligeti
Contemporary Performance Institute Concert #1
Saturday, July 30, 2022
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Laurie Theater, Brandeis Theater Company (map)
With Margaret Kampmeier (CPI Director)
PROGRAM: details to be announced
Saturday, July 30, 2022
6:00 PM 7:00 PM
Slosberg Recital Hall, Dept. of Music (map)
A concert of new works by young musicians Mai Andersson, Ellary Kinnane, Shu Yan Huang, & Max Viveiros, mentored by 2022 Composer Fellows Stephen de Filippo, Chelsea Komschlies, Sepehr Pirasteh & Sarah Wald, and performed by 2022 CPI Fellow.
In Conversation with 2022 Guest Composer Tonia Ko
Friday, July 29, 2022
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Slosberg Recital Hall, Dept. of Music (map)
2022 Guest Composer Tonia Ko in conversation & concert with Vimbayi Kaziboni (Music Director & Conductor) & Kurt Rohde (Artistic Director)
2022 Conference Ensemble Concert #1 – Meditations & Polkas
Thursday, July 28, 2022
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Slosberg Recital Hall, Dept. of Music, (map)
With Vimbayi Kaziboni (Music Director & Conductor) & Holly Druckman (2022 Davidovsky Conducting Fellow).
PROGRAM: WORLD PREMIERES by Conference Composer Fellows Andrew Tholl & Sarah Wald, alongside music by Oliveros, Grant Still & Górecki
Contemporary Performance Institute/Composer Collaborations
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Slosberg Recital Hall, Dept. of Music (map)
With Margaret Kampmeier (CPI Director)
PROGRAM: World Premiere of new works created in collaboration by CPI & Composer Fellows
CMW Artist-in-Residence Chamber Music Concert
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Slosberg Recital Hall, Dept. of Music (map)
CMW Artist-in-residence Chamber Music Concert with David Kaplan, piano (CMW Artist-in-Residence); Ashley Bathgate, cello (CMW Artist-in-Residence); Jessica Tong, violin (CMW Director). PROGRAM includes works by Martinu, Norman and Rachmaninov
2021 Composers Conference Events Live – available on our YouTube Channel
Saturday, July 31 @ 7:30pm: “Simulacra & Ephemera” – New works by Royaee, Regucera and Santos with the Conference Ensemble, Jeffrey Means (guest conductor)
Sunday, August 1 @ 7:30pm: “Transfixing Sites” – New works by Langdon, Reeder and Vanderveer with the Conference Ensemble, Nicholas DeMaison (guest conductor)
Monday, August 2 @ 7:30pm: An Evening with the Composer Fellows & 2021 Guest Composers Linda Catlin Smith & Amadeus Regucera
Tuesday, August 3 @ 7:30pm: “Ambiguous Symmetries” – New works by Busch, Davidovsky and Regent with the Conference Ensemble, Vimbayi Kaziboni (guest conductor)
Wednesday, August 4 @ 7:30pm: An Evening with the Chamber Music Workshop Artists (Jessica Tong, Director)
Thursday, August 5 @ 5:15pm: World Premiere of CMW Commissioned New Work by 2019 Fellow Chris Castro – JOIN US OVER ZOOM BY CLICKING THIS LINK Enter Zoom password CMW2021
Thursday, August 5 @ 7:30pm: New Collaborative Works by the Fromm Foundation Composer & Contemporary Performance Institute Fellows (Margaret Kampmeier, Director). This event will be broadcast on our YouTube Channel.
Friday, August 6 @ 7:30pm: “Slow Jams: vines, flights, nightingales” –
New works by Catalan, Serrano and Smith with the Conference Ensemble, Michael Lewanski (guest conductor)2020 Virtual Composers Conference – available on our YouTube Channel
Saturday, Aug. 1, 6pm EDT: SYMPOSIUM – Anti-Racism in New Music, with Sarah Cargill, Anthony R. Green, Amadeus Regucera, and Shalini Vijayan; moderated by Kurt Rohde
Sunday, Aug. 2, 6pm EDT: Curated Concert of performances of works by Fromm Foundation Composer Fellows **-Recordings of Performances of Works by Fromm Composer Fellows not on this program can be found HERE
Monday, Aug. 3, 6pm EDT: Curated Concert of performances by Contemporary Performance Institute Instrumentalists (CPI)
Tuesday, Aug. 4, 6pm EDT: Curated Concert of performances by the Conference Ensemble members
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 1pm EDT: Presentation by Guest Composer Linda Catlin Smith
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 5:40 EDT: A pre-concert conversation with Eric Chasalow about Mario Davidovsky’s “Synchronisms”
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 6 EDT: Mario Davidovsky’s “Synchronisms” in concert, with the Conference Ensemble and conductor James Baker
Thursday, Aug. 6, 6pm EDT: Meet the Fromm Foundation Composer Fellows, moderated by Kurt Rohde
Friday, Aug. 7, 1pm EDT: Presentation by Guest Composer Amadeus Regucera
Friday, Aug. 7, 6pm EDT: Meet the Contemporary Performance Institute Instrumentalists, moderated by Kurt Rohde
Saturday, Aug. 8, 6pm EDT: GALA CONCERT #1 – Premiere of Five New Collaborative Works by Fromm Fellows & CPI Instrumentalists + pianist Margaret Kampmeier performing music by Guest Composer Linda Catlin Smith
Sunday, Aug. 9, 6pm EDT: GALA CONCERT #2 – Premiere of Five New Collaborative Works by Fromm Fellows & CPI Instrumentalists + pianist Margaret Kampmeier performing music by Guest Composer Amadeus Regucera
2020 SYMPOSIUM – Anti-Racism in New Music: Watch
>> with Sarah Cargill, Anthony R. Green, Amadeus Regucera, and Shalini Vijayan; moderated by Kurt Rohde
2020 Fromm Foundation Composer Fellows & CPI Participants Collaborative Teams
Erin Busch / Kevin Newton (French horn)
Stephen de Filippo / Kaichi Hirayama (clarinet)
Akari Komura / Jacob MacKay (cello)
Jack Langdon / Sebastian Stefanovic (viola)
Wenxin Li / Humay Gasimzade (piano)
Kory Reeder / Jack Yarbrough (piano)
Bahar Royaee / Adam Woodward (violin)
Igor Santos / Octavian Moldovean (flute)
José Manuel Serrano / Chad Wesselkamper (bass)
Sakari Vanderveer / Maxine Troglauer (bass trombone)