Iowa Composers Forum

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Iowa Composers Forum, please visit our website for details: iowacomposersforum.org/join-renew-mem…

ICF members are eligible to submit to our current call for scores for the Evergreen & Oak Trio. Submissions are due by July 1, 2024. Accepting works for any combination of flute (1), mezzo-soprano (1), or piano (1). iowacomposersforum.org/call-for-score…

If you are interested in learning more, or becoming a member of the Iowa Composers Forum, please visit our website: iowacomposersforum.org

A very special thank you to the wonderful musicians from the Center for New Music, directed by David Gompper, at the University of Iowa School of Music!

Check out this performance of ICF member and composer David Vayo's piece And Unto Dust (2014) from our recent 2024 Festival of New Music at the University of Iowa. youtu.be/42NBjGWl5Dk?si… via @YouTube

If you are interested in learning more, or becoming a member of the Iowa Composers Forum, please visit our website: iowacomposersforum.org

Here is a video of composer and ICF member Timothy Kramer's piece called Spring Rounds (2023), as performed at the University of Iowa School of Music at the Iowa Composers Forum 2024 Festival of New Music. youtu.be/UPj5BVLn8ZI?si… via @YouTube

Here is a video of Pynes, by ICF member and composer James Romig, performed by Joshua Stine (flute) and Neil Krzeski (piano) at our Festival of New Music at the University of Iowa on April 21, 2024. youtu.be/DlpV3yUYcxs

A video from our 2024 Festival of New Music on April 21, 2024 at the University of Iowa: James ROMIG, Pynes, for flute and piano youtu.be/DlpV3yUYcxs?si… via @YouTube

All ICF members have the Zoom link contained in our most recent newsletter and via email announcements. If you are not an ICF member and would like to attend, please contact us at iowacomposersforum [at] gmail. See you there!

Dr. Neher is also the vocalist of the Evergreen & Oak Trio, our collaborators for our current call for scores, so attending this talk would be an excellent opportunity to ask her questions about writing for her specific voice.

The Iowa Composers Forum will begin its Composers Speak Series on Tuesday, June 4, at 7:00pm Central! We will be presenting a talk by @LisaNeher, Mezzo-Soprano & Composer who will provide essential and useful information about composing for the voice.

Our annual Student Composer Competition is accepting submissions until June 1, 2024! iowacomposersforum.org/student-compos…

We are excited to present our ICF 2024 Festival of New Music on Sunday, April 21, at 3:00pm at the University of Iowa, performed by the Center for New Music! You can watch the livestream here: music.uiowa.edu/about/live-str…

more people saw viola in this 2.5min than probably went to orchestra concerts this year.

@JenMReason You're having a normal experience.

Do you ever wake up on a performance day and just have no idea where you’re going to conjure all those notes from?

Program continued Shadowed Reminiscence - Denise Knaack Soliloquy - Warren Gooch Slow Emergencies, I. Drought as the New Normal - Jonah Elrod Mariupol Slow Drag - Brooke Joyce Ballade in F Minor - Jacob Newton

Program Licorice Brittle - Jerry Owen Stained Glass - Evan Erickson Brass Quartet in E-flat Major - Ethan Peterson Asymmetry Prelude - Lucas Zaehringer Eight Peaks Surrounding Fuji - Robert Martin Neue Diabelli-Variation - Philip Wharton Gulper - Lisa Neher

ICF presents Licorice Stick on Sun., Oct. 16 at 2:00pm CDT at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Bettendorf, IA (2400 Middle Road). The concert features performances of ICF works by Rob Miller, clarinet, and Dr. Perry Mears, piano.

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