Join the Composers Conference’s CMW Artists-in-Residence and Conference Ensemble members for an evening of chamber music.

Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in F, Hob XV:17
Bernard Garfield Bassoon Quartet no. 1
César Franck Piano Quintet in F minor

Barry Crawford, flute || Adrian Morejon, bassoon || Steve Beck, piano || Liuh-Wen Ting, viola || Chris Gross, cello || Adda Kridler, violin || Jessica Tong, violin || Ashley Bathgate, cello || David Kaplan, piano || Kurt Rohde, viola

Suggested Donation $10 per person.

Join the Composers Conference’s CMW Artists-in-Residence and Conference Ensemble members for an evening of chamber music.

Georg Philipp Telemann Quartet TWV 43: d1
Alberto Ginastera Impresiones de las punas for flute and string quarrtet
Felix Mendelssohn Piano Quartet no. 3 in B Minor

Barry Crawford, flute || Adrian Morejon, bassoon || Steve Beck, piano || Liuh-Wen Ting, viola || Chris Gross, cello || Adda Kridler, violin || Jessica Tong, violin || Ashley Bathgate, cello

Suggested Donation $10 per person.

KOE, the 2023 CPI Fellow Ensemble, give the world premieres of collaborative new works written especially for them by the 2023 Composer Fellows.

This special late night event is FREE.

Join the internationally acclaimed musicians of the Composers Conference Ensemble led by the Conference Music Director Vimbayi Kaziboni.

Featuring Composer Fellow premieres by Han Xu and Cory Diane.
Additional works by Andile Khumalo and Henryk Gorecki.

Suggested Donation $10 per person.

The Composers Conference's New Music/New Communities Initiative (NM/NC) is a project that utilizes the Conference’s role as an arts education organization to inspire and engage young musicians from underserved communities. Through collaborations with local music education organizations in the greater New England area, the Composers Conference provides students with the tools to become composers and creators within a supportive environment, unleashing their personal artistry while fostering enduring creative relationships. The Composers Conference is thrilled to be partnering with the Concord Community Music School for the 2023 season. Join us in celebrating the premieres of three young, promising composers who are currently students at CCMS in Concord NH.

NMNC Student: Vivian Rich
Fromm Fellow Mentor: Victoria Cheah
Conference Ensemble Performer: Marina Kifferstein, violin

NMNC Student: Chase Leach
Fromm Fellow Mentor: Niko Yamamoto
Conference Ensemble Performer: Sae Hashimoto, percussion

NMNC Student: Ethan Pignatelli
Fromm Fellow Mentor: Jack Herscowitz
Conference Ensemble Performers: Chris Gross, cello; Sae Hashimoto, vibraphone

This event is FREE.

An program of new works performed and curated by the 2023 CPI Ensemble Fellows, KOE.

KOE is made up of Eva Ding (flutes) and Emma Kato (cello).

Suggested Donation $10 per person.

Each year, in honor of the longtime CMW participant and advocate Susan Horvath, the Composers Conference selects a Fromm Fellow Composer from the previous year, to write a new piece for a joint ensemble of CMW, CPI and Conference Ensemble musicians. Join 2022 Fromm Composer Fellow Sepehr Pirasteh in concert and conversation, with the premiere of his work And I See You Everywhere.

conductor: Julian Gau (New Music Conductor Fellow)
piano: Chris Oldfather (Conference Ensemble)
trumpet: Charlie Anderson (CMW)
horn: Michael Welles (CMW)
flute: Eva Ding (CPI Ensemble KOE)
cello: Emma Kato (CPI Ensemble KOE)

This event is FREE.

Join the Composers Conference’s 2023 Guest Composer Zeena Parkins in an evening of conversation and a performance of her work. Parkins many awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Doris Duke Artist Award, a Berliner Kunstlerprogramm/DAAD Fellowship, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, MAP Fund grants, NYFA Fellowship, and Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Artist-in-Residence. She received an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Bard College in 2022 and has been the Darius Milhaud Professor of Composition at Mills College.

This event is FREE.

Join the internationally acclaimed musicians of the Composers Conference Ensemble led by the Conference Music Director Vimbayi Kaziboni.

Featuring Composer Fellow premieres by Jeremy Wei Rosenstock and Niko Yamamoto. Additional works by Milia Djordjevic and Louise Farrenc.

Suggested Donation $10 per person.

Join the Composers Conference’s CMW Artists-in-Residence for an evening of chamber music.

Andrea Casarrubios Sandglass for solo piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A Minor, op. 50
David Kaplan, piano || Jessica Tong, violin || Ashley Bathgate, cello

Suggested Donation $10 per person.

Join the internationally acclaimed musicians of the Composers Conference Ensemble led by the Conference Music Director Vimbayi Kaziboni.

Featuring Composer Fellow premieres by Jack Herscowitz and Ben Richter. Additional works by Tania Leon and Bohuslav Martinu.

Suggested Donation $10 per person.

Join the Composers Conference’s CMW Artists-in-Residence for an evening of chamber music.

Zoltán Kodály Duo for Violin and Cello, op. 7
Antonín Dvořák Piano Trio No.4, Op.90, “Dumky”
David Kaplan, piano || Jessica Tong, violin || Ashley Bathgate, cello

Suggested Donation $10 per person.

Join the Composers Conference’s 2023 Guest Composer Michelle Lou in an evening of conversation and a performance of her work. Currently on faculty at UC San Diego, Ms Lou was a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University, a Fulbright Scholar at the UDK in Graz Austria, and a recipient of the Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome.

This event is FREE.

Join the internationally acclaimed musicians of the Composers Conference Ensemble led by the Conference Music Director Vimbayi Kaziboni.

Featuring Composer Fellow premieres by Nathan Haering, Victoria Cheah and Zygmund de Somogyi. Additional works by Arcangelo Corelli, Yoko Ono and Franz Joseph Haydn.

Suggested Donation $10 per person.