The 41st Contemporary Music Festival
October 17-19, 2022
Three days of concerts and master classes celebrating new music, featuring guest composers Ingrid Stölzel and Dale Trumbore, and guest pianist Richard Shuster. JMU faculty and ensembles will also perform, and our Student Composers Recital will feature winners of the JMU Young Composers Competition.
Events & Programs
(subject to change)
October 17
Ingrid Stölzel Composition Class - 9:10-10:00am in Forbes 1201
Concert I - 8pm in Forbes Concert Hall
| Composer | Work | Featuring |
|---|---|---|
| Zuraj | Étoufée for piano | feat. Richard Shuster |
| Klein | Chain of Circumstances for piano | feat. Richard Shuster |
| Fekete | Zsarnokság for piano | feat. Richard Shuster |
| Guinivan | GLiTCH for percussion and electronics | feat. Casey Cangelosi |
| Perkinson | Lamentations for cello | feat. Carl Donakowski |
| Guinivan | Flash from Illuminations for marimba quartet | feat. JMU Percussion Ensemble |
| Stölzel | Unus Mundus for piano | feat. Linlin Uta |
| Stölzel | Fides, Spes for string trio* (Premiere, CMF Commission) | feat. Wanchi, Diane Phoenix-Neal, & Carl Donakowski |
October 18
Student Composers Recital - 5pm in Forbes Recital Hall
Concert II - 8pm in Forbes Concert Hall
| Composer | Work | Featuring |
|---|---|---|
| Stölzel | Zwischernraum for clarinet | feat. Šarūnas Jankauskas |
| Gallagher | Aisling from Trinity Caprices for viola | feat. Aiveen Gallagher |
| Guinivan | Echo for flute and electronics | feat. Beth Chandler Cahil |
| Stölzel | There are things to be said for flute, clarinet, and piano | |
| Trumbore | Half the Word | feat. JMU Choirs |
| Pederdson | Can We Sing the Darkness to Light | feat. JMU Choirs |
| Trumbore | Breathe in Hope | feat. JMU Choirs |
| Trumbore | Love is a Sickness | feat. JMU Choirs |
| Labarr | We Remember Them | feat. JMU Choirs |
| Trumbore | Threads of Joy | feat. JMU Choirs |
| Stölzel | Light the World | feat. JMU Choirs |
| Trumbore | Closer to Home | feat. JMU Choirs |
| Rommereim | Amara | feat. JMU Choirs |
October 19
Dale Trumbore Composition Class - 9:10-10:00am in Forbes 1201
Richard Shuster Piano Masterclass - 3:00-5:00pm in Forbes Recital Hall
Concert III - 8pm in Forbes Concert Hall
| Composer | Work | Featuring |
|---|---|---|
| Junttila | Page From the Summer Book for chamber orchestra | Brain Junttila, Conductor |
| Childs | Click for percussion trio | feat. JMU Percussion Ensemble Casey Cangelosi, Director |
| Stölzel | City Beautiful for orchestra | feat. JMU Symphony Orchestra Foster Beyers, conductor |
| Day | Dancing Fire | feat. JMU Wind Symphony Stephen Bolstad, conductor |
| Newman | As the scent of spring rain | feat. JMU Wind Symphony Stephen Bolstad, conductor |
| Stölzel | Panta Rhei | feat. JMU Wind Symphony Stephen Bolstad, conductor |
| Thomas | The Low-Down Brown Get-Down | feat. JMU Wind Symphony Stephen Bolstad, conductor |
Previous Festivals:
Past Festival Guests:
- Libby Larsen
- Kelly-Marie Murphy
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Stephen Harke
- The Virginia Sinfonietta
- Roger Reynolds
- JACK Quartet
- American Modern Ensemble
- Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
- Alarm Will Sound
- Steven Stucky
- Steven Reich
- New Millennium Ensemble
- George Tsontakis
- Samuel Adler
- George Crumb
- Donald Erb
- Adolphus Hailstork
- John Harbison
- Karel Husa
- David Maslanka
- Thea Musgrave
- The New Music Consort
- Joseph Schwantner
- Joan Tower
- Chinary Ung
- Chen Yi
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