Composer Institute
2008-09 Season
Composer Participants Ted Hearne and Justin Merritt's Blog
Read composer participants Ted Hearne and Justin Merritt's daily blog reports from the 2008-09 Composer Institute, posted on NewMusicBox.org. Click on the links below to read their entries.
Meet the Bloggers, Part 1 | Meet the Bloggers, Part 2 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8
Classical
Osmo Vänskä Conducts Future Classics!
- Fri Nov 7, 2008 8PM
Orchestra Hall | Adults: $20-$40, Youth (age 6-17) and Students: $10
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Steve Seel and Fred Child,
hosts
| Ted
Hearne (New Haven, CT) |
Patriot | 10' |
| Antonio
Carlos DeFeo (Pelham Manor, NY) |
Four Portraits: por los ojos de los niños | 9' |
| Andrew
McManus (Rochester, NY) |
Identity * | 9' |
| Ming-Hsiu
Yen (Ann Arbor, MI) |
Yun | 10' |
| Wang Lu
(New York, NY) |
Wailing * | 8' |
| David
Schneider (Bloomington, IN) |
Automation * | 13' |
| Justin
Merritt (Northfield, MN) |
River of Blood * | 10' |
* World Premiere Performance; All other works will be receiving their premiere performance by a major orchestra
Don’t miss your chance to discover new orchestral works composed by some of the country’s most talented emerging voices. This concert—the culmination of an award-winning, week-long intensive training program known as the Composer Institute—offers audiences the incredible opportunity to sample and compare seven fresh takes on symphonic music. With Osmo Vänskä at the podium and hosts Fred Child (from American Public Media’s Performance Today) and Steve Seel (from Minnesota Public Radio’s 89.3 The Current) as your guides, you'll experience one of the most creative and inventive concerts of the season.
