Led by famed choral conductor Dale Warland and award-winning composer Jake Runestad, this session will explore ways to encourage and develop the choral art to further its evolution. From supporting young composers to traits of quality compositions for all ability levels, this session will discuss these elements and give examples of exciting composers, compositions, and […]
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Masterclass for Student Composers
Composers Steven Sametz, David Conte, and Robert Kyr discuss the works of the finalists of the Brock Student Composer Competition in an open composer forum, featuring the Ensemble in Residence for the Composers Track, the Indiana University Contemporary Ensemble directed by Dominick DiOrio.
Ēriks Ešenvalds Discusses Whispers on the Prarie Wind
In this session, Ēriks Ešenvalds will discuss his new piece, Whispers on the Prarie Wind
The Cutting Edge
Four of the nation’s foremost conductors—Mark Shapiro (Cantori New York), Donald Nally (Philadelphia–The Crossing), Robert Geary (San Francisco–Volti), and Craig Hella Johnson (Austin–Conspirare)—talk about their top picks for up-and-coming composers.
A Conversation with Jake Heggie, the 2015 Raymond Brock Composer
This session is a conversation with composer Jake Heggie discussing his 2015 ACDA Brock Commision, Stop This Day and Night with Me based on a text by Walt Whitman.
Conductors Who Compose, Composers Who Conduct
So you have a group, and you think you might like to write for them? Composer-conductors talk about their paths to writing for their groups. What are the ways of getting started? How can you improve? What’s holding you back? With Steven Sametz (The Princeton Singers), Eric Banks (The Esoterics), Karen Thomas (Seattle Pro Musica), […]
