Spring Concerts Countdown🗯️
▪️UNLIKELY SANCTUARY
Wednesday, Feb 25, 7:30pm at Stiefel Hall
▪️What Did Jack Do?
Wednesday, Mar 25, 7:30pm at Stiefel Hall
▪️still and still moving…
Wednesday, April 15, 7:30pm at Stiefel Hall
🎫 Free admission to all concerts in our series. Please stay tuned for more updates on the program of each concert, as well as the artists featured in each concert. The Composers Concert Steering Committee is dedicated to creating an inclusive performance space for musicians and non-musicians, unique each time, and welcomes everyone who is interested in connecting with us.
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Don’t miss out on Nicholas Christenson @_._._._._._._._life ‘s piece <372 (341) for walker> tonight 7:30 on our Graduating Composers Showcase! Here’s a bit about his work, and we’re looking forward to seeing you there! 🫵
“372 (341) for walker is a setting of an Emily Dickinson poem about grief and what comes after it. I first read it high school, some ten years ago, and originally set it during one period of mourning in 2020. This spring, during another one, I decided to revisit the idea and rewrite that earlier piece from the bottom up. Technically, it is an exploration of how to write idiomatic and specific music within an open form that allows a dynamic process of co-creation with the performers. Sound’s materiality is emphasized, a typical concern of mine which also aligns with Dickinson‘s use of physical objects and materials to portray the thematic material.”
🎫 Sunday May 3rd, 7:30pm
📍Stiefel Hall, Mannes School of Music
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Join us this evening 7:30pm at Stiefel Hall! Tristan Wilson @tristan.composes will share his piece “Nothing Last Forever” on the Graduating Composers Showcase. It’ll be the last concert of the year, and we look forward to sharing our original music with you once again!💐
“Nothing Lasts Forever is written for two pianos (one prepared) and fixed media. It is the final piece written and premiered during my time at Mannes; I thus felt that it should take the form of a kind of farewell. The electronics track makes liberal use of field recordings taken in my surroundings: church bells audible from the window of my apartment, and the sound of the ferry that crosses the Hudson between New York and New Jersey. These are processed into a kind of “memory-tapestry” woven together with the two pianos. Nothing Lasts Forever is dedicated to all of my friends and colleagues at Mannes”
🎫 Sunday May 3rd, 7:30pm
📍Stiefel Hall, Mannes School of Music
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🕤Pull up tonight 7:30pm for Bruno Robles-Rendón‘s piece <Fractal Blooms> written for solo percussion and electronics, on the Graduating Composers Showcase. @brunoroblesrendon@billzhang64
Fractal Blooms is a work who’s rhythms are built on the fractal structures of the Fibonacci Sequence. These structures are the same structures that in nature guide the arrangements of the pedals of lowers, the branches of trees, and the leaves of succulents. It is composed as a bit of a game for the performer, where they are given agency in the way they navigate it’s rhythmic cycles. Fractal Blooms exists to celebrate the mathematical elegance of plants in nature and aims to capture the way a single simple rule scales into complex organic forms.
🎫 Sunday May 3rd, 7:30pm
📍Stiefel Hall, Mannes School of Music
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We bumped into one of our graduating composers Yifeng Xie today!
Yifeng is presenting his piece “Two Allurements” May 3rd, 7:30pm at the 4th floor of Arnold Hall, NYC. Written for Flute, Viola and Harp, his piece explores motion and stillness inspired by a 15 hour plane flight back home.
🎫 Sunday May 3rd 7:30pm
📍Stiefel Hall, Mannes School of Music
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Come celebrate the 2025–26 graduating composers of Mannes on Sunday, May 3 at 7:30 PM at our usual spot, Stiefel Hall!
The program features music by @tristan.composes@_._._._._._._._life , @daydreamdarin , @brunoroblesrendon , and @seemsfamiliarr , along with a special group improvisation set by the graduating composers.
A reception with food will follow the concert.
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We spotted Ilia in the park and asked him about his piece, Variable Shader, which will be featured in our final Composer’s Concert of the semester, “…still and still moving…,” on 4/15.
Written for MIDI piano, the work creates an interactive sonic experience through a Max instrument. In this piece, Ilia combines microtonality with chance operations and a range of melodic and harmonic algorithms.
Join us on 4/15 for an evening of sonic exploration!
🎫Wednesday, April 15, 7:30 pm (Doors at 7:15)
📍Stiefel Hall, Mannes School of Music
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Inspired by religious artworks, Tyler will present a new song cycle for Pierrot ensemble (minus piano) at our upcoming Composer’s Concert on April 15.
According to Tyler, each poem responds to the artworks, while the artworks themselves respond to original texts from the Bible. The piece thus forms a layered relationship with its sources, maintaining a delicate balance between text, image, and sound.
Join us for a spectacular evening of “…still and still moving…”.
Wednesday, April 15, 7:30 pm (doors at 7:15)
Stiefel Hall, Mannes School of Music
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On April 15, Leah returns to the Composer’s Concert stage with the one and only Astra Collective. She will present two works—one for quartet and one for solo violin.
We are so excited to share her beautiful music inspired by nature and mythology in our final concert of the semester, “…still and still moving…”.
Hear Leah talk about these two amazing works in this short video!
🎫Wednesday, April 15, 7:30 pm (Doors at 7:15)
📍Stiefel Hall, Mannes School of Music
In our upcoming composer’s concert, “…still and still moving…”, Bea will share a special art song—the first movement from her work My Name Is.
“My Name Is” is a work that delves into Xenophobia in America and its history with immigrants. In addition to the soprano and piano setting, Bea uses audio clips around Mannes saying every way in which their names have been mispronounced to support along this powerful and heavy topic.
🎫Wednesday April 15th, 7:30 (Doors at 7:15)
📍Stiefel Hall, Mannes School of Music
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No one can stop his momentum.
Phil Thompson brings his piano duo piece Six Glimpses to our final composers’ concert of the semester. Rich in style and color, Six Glimpses unfolds as six miniatures, each offering a distinct take on harmony and storytelling.
Watch Phil talk about the piece in this video, and join us in person to experience it even more closely at our concert, “…still and still moving…”.
🎫Wednesday, April 15, 7:30pm (Doors at 7:15)
📍Stiefel Hall, Mannes School of Music
Important note: Six Glimpses, along with other works, will also be featured on Phil’s graduation recital on May 7.
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We are here to invite you to experience “One Quiet Room” by Yifeng on 4/15! In this particular, Yifeng describes it as an ambient work that captures the working mindset and attempts to recreate the working space. We are so excited to share this piece with you in our upcoming composer’s concert, “…still and still moving…”
🎫Wednesday April 15th, 7:30 (Doors at 7:15)
📍Stiefel Hall, Mannes School of Music
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