Premieres and performances of music

by symposium participants and guest artists

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Presentations & Discussions by

Composers-in-Residence

Symposium sessions with our composers-in-residence (90-120 minutes) will each include a presentation and an interactive discussion in question-and-answer format. Each composer-in-residence will give 1-2 symposium sessions about their work and their music.

 

Participant Sessions with

Composers-in-Residence

Each composer participant will have an opportunity to discuss a piece of their music with one of our composers-in-residence in a small group session (3-5 composers in each).

 

Participant Presentations &

Discussions of Their Music

All participants may give a presentation to the entire symposium about their music and/or a special topic of their choice. We will also provide a means for you to share additional information about yourself and to connect with other symposium participants for possible future collaborations.

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Composers Film Festival

During the Composers Film Festival, symposium participants will introduce and show their films in the genres of film music, video game music, and/or other audio-visual genres. Each showing will be followed by a discussion moderated by the symposium director, composer and filmmaker Robert Kyr.

 

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Concerts featuring Guest Artists:

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 July 7th 

Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated

featuring Luke Gullickson, piano, and chamber music by symposium participants

 

July 8th

Luciano Berio: Selected Sequenzas (solo works) performed by Guest Artists and premieres of music by symposium participants, performed by Guest Artists & ACE Ensemble

 

July 9th

James Shields: Duos and works by symposium participants

Performed by Guest Artists & ACE

 

July 10th

Music by participants performed by Guest Artists & ACE

 

July 11th

Music by participants performed by Guest Artists & ACE

 

July 12th

Robert Kyr: Winds of Change (double concerto for flute, clarinet & chamber orchestra); Rzewski: Coming Together for flex ensemble, and featuring music by symposium participants (Guest Artists & ACE)

 

July 14th

Music by Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon & David Crumb

And music by symposium participants

(Guest Artists & ACE)

 

July 15th

Music by Scott Ordway and symposium participants (Guest Artists & ACE), and a concert of music for two pianos featuring Judy Gordon and Luke Gullickson

 

July 16th

Music by Nancy Ives performed by the composer

And featuring music by symposium participants

(Guest Artists & ACE)

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Concerts featuring compositions by participants (ACE Ensemble)​​​​

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Composers and composer/performers will create music for one of the following composition projects. These pieces will be premiered by performers from our roster of guest artists and participant performers (ACE Ensemble):​

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Project #1: COMPOSE A NEW WORK on the theme of "Living in Harmony with Nature: the Environment & Global Climate Change"—You may write for 1-6 instruments in any configuration chosen from the instrumental roster below. Pieces should be approximately 3-7 minutes in duration.

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Project #2: COMPOSE A NEW WORK on any theme of your own choosing—You may write for 1-6 instruments in any configuration chosen from the instrumental roster below. Pieces should be approximately 3-7 minutes in duration.

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Project #3: SUBMIT SEVERAL PREVIOUSLY COMPOSED WORKS for us to consider for performance in an OBFCS concert—You may submit as many as five previously composed scores to be considered for performance in an OBFCS concert. You may submit scores composed for 1-6 instruments in any configuration chosen from the instrumental roster below. Pieces should be approximately 3-7 minutes in duration.

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Project #4: NEW INTERCULTURAL COMPOSITION FOR SHAKUHACHI—Our guest artist, Daniel De Togni, will mentor students who are interested in creating new music for shakuhachi solo or shakuhachi with 1-2 instruments selected from our instrumental roster above. Pieces should be approximately 3-7 minutes in duration. Daniel will then perform their works on an OBFCS concert. 

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Project #5: INTERCULTURAL COMPOSITION & PERFORMANCE FOR BALINESE GAMELAN—Compose music for Balinese Gamelan (the "Pacific Rim Gamelan") and perform it as a member of the ensemble. Participants will learn to play these beautiful instruments, compose for them, and perform works that are being written for our "Gamelan Celebration Concert" at the end of the symposium. Robert Kyr, OBFCS Director, is also the director of the Pacific Rim Gamelan, and will be your mentor as you learn how to play and compose for this ensemble.

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Guest Artists​​​

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Composers

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Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon 

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David Crumb

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Scott Ordway

 

Nancy Ives

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Robert Kyr, OBFCS Director

Pacific Rim Gamelan

[Balinese Gamelan (gong kebyar)]

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Daniel De Togni, shakuhachi

[vertical end-blown Japanese flute]

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Conductor

 

Andrew Clark

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Instrumental Roster​​​

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Chatter PDX

New Music Ensemble

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James Shields, Director of Chatter PDX,

Clarinet & Bass Clarinet

Zachariah Galatis, Flute & Solo Piccolo

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Alicia Paulsen, Flute

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Will Pyle, Saxophone

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Andrew Brown, Bass Clarinet & Clarinet

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Emily Cole, Violin

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Ronald Blessinger, Violin

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Trevor Fitzpatrick, Cello

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Ian Kerr, Percussion

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Chatter ABQ

New Music Ensemble

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David Felberg, Director of Chatter ABQ,

Violin & Conductor

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Judith Gordon, Piano

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Luke Gullickson, Piano
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Melissa Peña, Oboe & English Horn

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Laura Steiner, Viola

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Selected OBF Concert Events

July 7th, 7:30 PM at Central Lutheran Church:

Organ Institute Recital, Paul Jacobs, organ 

Johann Sebastian Bach, The Art of the Fugue

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July 10th, 7:30 PM at Silvia Concert Hall

(Hult Center):

Choral-Orchestral Concert, Craig Hella-Johnson, conductor

Arvo Pärt, Credo; Jessie Montgomery, Rounds; Johann Sebastian Bach, "Largo" from Concerto No. 5 in F Minor; Johann Sebastian Bach, "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" from his Cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben; Samuel Barber, Agnus Dei; Ralph Vaughan Williams, Dona nobis pacem

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July 13th, 2:30 PM at Silvia Concert Hall

(Hult Center):

Choral-Orchestral Concert, Ken-David Masur, conductor

Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto for Three Violins in D Major; Carl Orff, Carmina Burana

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Social Gatherings

We will provide numerous opportunities for participants to connect in person with each other and explore possibilities for future collaborations. We will gather after concerts at many of the cafés, restaurants and other enjoyable venues throughout the city.