Festivals & Series

Guest Composer Presentations

Part of NUNC! 5 (the Northwestern University New-Music Conference)

Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 10:00am CDT

Regenstein Master Class Room

Presentations offered by composers Julia Wolfe and Alex Temple (‘17 DMA). Wolfe is Musical America’s 2019 Composer of the Year, a 2016 MacArthur Fellow, and recipient of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Temple has collaborated with performers and ensembles including Mellissa Hughes, Julia Holter, Wild Up, the Spektral Quartet, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. 

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About NUNC! 5

April 21-23, 2023

The Institute for New Music’s fifth conference and festival, NUNC! 5, will feature guest composers Julia Wolfe and Alex Temple as well as guest keynote speaker Miki Kaneda (Boston University). Guest ensembles include the New York-based Yarn/Wire.

The Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alan Pierson, will open the conference with a performance of Luciano Berio’s Sinfonia alongside Julia Wolfe’s Fountain of Youth and Anna Meredith’s Nautilus. The Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble, led by Donald Nally, will give the Midwest premiere of Julia Wolfe’s Letter from Abigail together with David Lang’s the national anthems. The conference will close with a Contemporary Music Ensemble concert conducted by Ben Bolter and Alan Pierson, featuring Julia Wolfe’s Impatience, Alex Temple’s The Man Who Hated Everything and Tania León’s Rítmicas.

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Regenstein Master Class Room

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Bienen School of Music
60 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
United States

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About

The Regenstein Master Class Room is located in the Regenstein Hall of Music, directly adjacent to the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts. Seating 200, the room hosts hundreds of performances and other events each year.