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May 2023
Compose Yourself! Project Student Recital
The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Student Recital featuring music composed by participants of the Compose Yourself! Project under the direction of Derek Cooper. View flyer here.
Find out more »Composer Conversation
During this lively and interactive discussion, composer Nilo Alcala and Hoff-Barthelson Music School Music of Our Time Festival director Peter Seidenberg, will explore the impetus of Alcala’s new work “To the Others,” based upon Lola Ridge’s poem of the same title and commissioned by HBMS. Discussion topics include the work’s development and preparations for its world premiere by select HBMS students at 7:00 pm on Sunday evening, May 21st at the Music of our Time Festival’s Grand Finale Concert at…
Find out more »February 2024
Compose Yourself! Project Submission Deadline
The annual Compose Yourself! Project Workshop is a unique and special opportunity for students to share their compositions with visiting professional composers/teaching artists and receive feedback. Student compositions presented at the workshop will be considered for inclusion on the Compose Yourself! Project Recital as part of the Music of Our Time Festival The Compose Yourself! Project Workshop will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2024, from 1:00-5:00 pm. Submissions are due by February 15, 2024. Download the submission form here.…
Find out more »March 2024
Composition Master Class: Compose Yourself! Project
The HB Compose Yourself! Project is Hoff-Barthelson’s annual composition Master Class for young composers, directed by HBMS faculty member Derek Cooper and produced in collaboration with Copland House. The HB Compose Yourself! Project provides a rare opportunity for students to receive feedback from renowned, award-winning composers on works that they have written. This year’s guest composers are Reiko Füting (pictured) and Alyssa Weinberg, Copland House Fellow. Master Classes are open to the public to observe free of charge, but reservations…
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