Composition Workshop
March 26-March 30, 2023
The RED NOTE New Music Festival Composition Workshop will help composers widen their creative perspectives and hone their craft through open rehearsals with guest performers Momenta Quartet and Utari Duo, and seminars with distinguished guest faculty composers George Tsontakis and Melinda Wagner, as well as resident faculty composers Martha Horst, Roy Magnuson, Carl Schimmel, and Alex Stephenson. Invited participants will each compose a 5 to 10-minute piece for one of the guest ensembles. Each composition will be carefully rehearsed during the festival and will be premiered at a formal concert. Each composer will receive a recording of his or her piece. Participants will discuss their compositional ideas, techniques, and aesthetics with the faculty and other fellows. In addition, each student composer will have the opportunity to meet with the faculty composers individually or as part of group lessons or masterclasses. Each day of the festival culminates in an evening concert featuring contemporary music performed by the guest ensembles or members of the School of Music faculty.
Faculty
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George Tsontakis, distinguished guest composer
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Melinda Wagner, distinguished guest composer
Featured Performers
2023 Workshop Participants
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Devin Cholodenko
University of Miami -
Dayton Hare
Yale School of Music -
Huijuan Ling
Duke University -
Wenbin Lyu
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music -
Kian Ravaei
Indiana University -
Ethan Soledad
Rice University -
Siqi Wang
University of Missouri Kansas City -
Yanchen Ye
University of Michigan
Dining and Housing
Dinners will be organized and paid for by the RED NOTE New Music Festival. Workshop participants will be responsible for their other meals, and for their own lodging. Normal, Illinois is a university town with many dining options within walking distance. RED NOTE will assist workshop participants in finding appropriate lodging; options range from staying with one of our student composers at no extra cost, to a room at the Marriott hotel for a discounted rate (within a short walking distance from campus). We will facilitate room shares and transportation to reduce lodging costs.
Tuition
$350 (due by October 31, 2022)
Refund Policy
We do not offer refunds for our workshop. All fees are non-refundable.
Past Participants
- 2022
Featured Composers
Featured Ensemble
Workshop Participants
- 2021
Featured Composer
Featured Ensemble
Workshop Participants
- 2020
Featured Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- David Rakowski
Featured Ensemble
Workshop Participants
- Nathan Courtright (b. 1989)
- Joseph Harkins (b. 1995)
- Olga Janković (b. 1994)
- Benjamin Morris (b. 1993)
- Yiyang Wang (b. 1995)
- Daniel Whitworth (b. 1996)
- Jonathan Wyatt (b. 1997)
- Kitty Xiao (b. 1989)
- 2019
Featured Composer
Featured Ensemble
Workshop Participants
- Li Bo (b. 1988)
- Josiah Tayag Catalan (b. 1989)
- Derek Cooper (b. 1987)
- Miles Jefferson Friday (b. 1993)
- Aaron Houston (b. 1991)
- Stephen Karukas (b. 1997)
- Cullyn Murphy (b. 1993)
- SiHyun Uhm (b. 1999)
- Ania Vu (b. 1994)
- 2018
Featured Composer
Featured Ensemble
Workshop Participants
- James Chu (b. 1990)
- Joshua Hey (b. 1988)
- Howie Kenty (b. 1980)
- Joungmin Lee (b. 1975)
- Minzuo Lu (b. 1991)
- Mert Morali (b. 1992)
- Erik Q. Ransom (b. 1970)
- Max Vinetz (b. 1996)
- 2017
Featured Composer
Featured Ensemble
Workshop Participants
- Michael M. Lee (b. 1987)
- Andrew Davis (b. 1986)
- Chris Neiner (b. 1994)
- Nicholas Landrum (b. 1987)
- David T. Bridges (b. 1986)
- Alex Berko (b. 1995)
- Daniel Harrison (b. 1987)
- Ian Guthrie (b. 1992)
- 2016
Featured Composer
Featured Ensemble
Workshop Participants
- Roydon Tse (b. 1991)
- Sean Clarke (b. 1983)
- Lucas Marshall Smith (b. 1989)
- Jean-Patrick Besingrand (b. 1985)
- Yunkyung Hong (b. 1984)
- Jihyun Kim (b. 1988)
- Andrew V. Ly (b. 1985)
- Spencer Snyder (b. 1988)
- 2015
Featured Composer
Steven Stucky
Featured Ensemble
Workshop Participants
- Weijun Chen (b. 1990)
- Jae-Goo Lee (b. 1977)
- Carolyn O'Brien (b. 1968)
- Corey Rubin (b. 1983)
- Viet Cuong (b. 1990)
- Brian Heim (b. 1993)
- Ryan Lindveit (b. 1994)
- 2014
Featured Composer
Featured Ensemble
Workshop Participants
- Luciano Leite Barbosa (b. 1982)
- Ian Gottlieb (b. 1990)
- Emily Koh (b. 1986)
- Jiyoun Chung
- Pierce Gradone
- Lorenzo Restagno (b. 1987)
- Kaito Nakahori (b. 1989)
- Paul Frucht