Music of the 21st Century
Music of the 21st Century Concert
Music of the 21st Century is an annual composer residency and festival that brings accomplished guest composers to 富二代视频app鈥檚 campus for a week. Students and faculty interact with guest composers in rehearsals, coachings, classes, convocation hour, community outreach events, and countless informal encounters throughout the week. The festival culminates in two concerts of music by the guest composer(s), performed by 富二代视频app Music students and faculty.听
During the week of the festival, the entire 富二代视频app Music community is collectively focused on new music: virtually all students, staff, and faculty are involved in welcoming guest composers and their work into our activities and discourse. This singular, collective focus on contemporary music provides a transformative learning experience that resonates into students鈥 work across the music curriculum.听
With one or more guest composers on campus for the festival every year, 富二代视频app Music students have the opportunity to work directly with at least four distinguished guest composers during their as a 富二代视频app student. Past guests include Tania Leon, Gabriela Lena Frank, Christopher Theofanidis, Bright Sheng, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Lisa Bielawa, Susan Botti, and Jennifer Higdon.听
Music of the 21st Century is generously funded by 富二代视频app alumni Robert and Margaret Schmidt, and is currently coordinated by composer and 富二代视频app faculty member Eliza Brown.
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Music of the 21st Century Concert | Reena Esmail
The 富二代视频app Institute of Music is honored to host听, the Los Angeles Master Chorale鈥檚 2020鈥2025 Swan Family Artist in Residence, for its Music of the 21st Century composer residency. Described as 鈥渧ivacious,鈥 鈥渆vocative,鈥 and 鈥渕arvelously lyrical,鈥 Esmail's work explores the worlds between Indian and Western classical music. Friday鈥檚 gala closing concert at the Green Center caps three days of student engagement with the听guest composer and features musically varied solo, chamber, and large ensemble听pieces, including a recent arrangement of Esmail鈥檚 popular听Tuttarana听for concert band, the听Quarantine Madrigals听sung听by students of Janani Sridhar, and May Phang鈥檚 rendition of听Rang de Basant听for solo piano.
Tickets to this free concert听are made possible through the generosity of Robert A. 鈥69 and Margaret Sheridan Schmidt 鈥69.
Friday, February 28th, 2025
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Green Center for the Performing Arts
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