Composers’ Forum

The Composers’ Forum is a weekly meeting for faculty members, students, and interested members of the public to discuss music composition and related topics.  Several times a year, the Composers’ Forum brings distinguished guest composers to the campus. Forum meetings take place on Fridays at 1:25 PM in the Alfred E. Kahn Seminar Room, room 316, within the Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance (main entrance at 220 Lincoln Hall), except where noted. All meetings are open to the public.

Each semester, an overriding topic is chosen. For Fall 2009 the topic is “Recent Italian Music”. A list of composers of potential interest appears below. While this list is by no means all-inclusive, it does represent a broad overview for students unfamiliar with the topic or those looking to expand what they already know.

Recent Italian Music: Composers and Pieces

Giorgio Battistelli (1953 - )
Carlo Boccadoro (1963 - )
Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)
Azio Corghi (1937 - )
Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 – 1975)
Franco Donatoni (1927 – 2000)
Luca Francesconi (1956 - )
Ivan Fedele (1953 - )
Bruno Maderna (1920 - 1973)
Luigi Nono (1924 - 1990)
Goffredo Petrassi
Giacinto Scelsi (1905 - 1988)
Salvatore Sciarrino (1947 – )
(To be expanded…)

Some dates of interest to composers:

Deadline for ASCAP/Lotte Lehmann Foundation Art Song Competition: September 15th, 2009. more >>

Deadline for SEAMUS/ASCAP 2010 National Conference Student Commission: October 15th, 2009. more >>

Deadline for the ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards: March 1st, 2010. more >>

2009-2010 Festival Chamber Orchestra, graduate student premieres: April 17th, 2010. more >>

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