New choral music has never been more exciting, with many young and fresh composers developing a distinctive voice for themselves in a classical music world overflowing with influences from popular and world-music genres. Dominick DiOrio will lead you through some of the best new scores by many of today’s leading composers, including Caroline Shaw, Ted […]
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New American Voices: Building the Future of the Choral Art
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 […]
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.
