National Sawdust & BMP: Next Gen
Free
Elizabeth Gartman — Selected works
Eli Greenhoe — Selected works
Gabrielle Herbst — Selected works
Jens Ibsen — Selected works
Laura Jobin-Acosta — Selected works
Maya Miro Johnson — Selected works
Niloufar Nourbakhsh — Selected works
Timothy Peterson — Selected works
Huan Sun — Selected works
Discover the most exciting new voices in opera and music theatre. First launched in 2017-18, the BMP: Next Gen program was established to help BMP stay connected to a new generation of composers, singers, and artists just coming out of school. Aspiring composers from coast to coast are invited to submit vocal works up to ten minutes in length. BMP Creative Producer Beth Morrison and Executive Director Jecca Barry select ten first-round finalists from these applicants and then produce an evening of new music out of these submissions. Two composers are then chosen by a panel of invited professionals in the field for a second-round competition, returning the following year to each showcase a new and original 30-minute work. Ultimately, one of these two finalists will receive a commission for an evening-length work, including the development and World Premiere production of their project.
Featuring BMP: Next Gen's 10 finalists: Gabriel Fynsk, Elizabeth Gartman, Eli Greenhoe, Gabrielle Herbst, Jens Ibsen, Laura Jobin-Acosta, Maya Miro Johnson, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Timothy Peterson, and Huan Sun
Featuring Contemporaneous; David Bloom & Kamna Gupta, co-music directors.
With panelists Beth Morrison, Jecca Barry, Paola Prestini, Du Yun. Priti Gandhi, and Christopher Koelsch.
The broadcast will take place at 7:30pm Eastern / 4:30pm Pacific. Filmed at National Sawdust, NYC.
Broadcast link is forthcoming. More information: https://live.nationalsawdust.org/event/bmp-next-gen
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About Contemporaneous
Contemporaneous is an ensemble of 23 musicians whose mission is to bring to life the music of now. Recognized for a "ferocious, focused performance" (The New York Times) and for its "captivating and whole-hearted commitment" (I Care If You Listen), Contemporaneous performs and promotes the most exciting work of living composers through innovative concerts, commissions, recordings, and educational programs. Based in New York City and active throughout the United States, Contemporaneous has been presented by such institutions as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Park Avenue Armory, PROTOTYPE Festival, Merkin Concert Hall, MATA Festival, St. Ann’s Warehouse, and Bang on a Can and has worked with such artists as David Byrne, Donnacha Dennehy, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Dawn Upshaw, and Julia Wolfe.
Contemporaneous has premiered more than 150 works, and with its newly-launched program Contemporaneous IMAGINATION, the ensemble champions large-scale works, curated from an open call for artists to submit ideas for projects that take risks and defy constraints. The ensemble has recently released a podcast entitled Imagination Radio, which explores the significance of creativity and music in our lives through dialogues with composers, scientists, a cartographer, and a BASE jumper. Contemporaneous has recorded for the New Amsterdam, Cantaloupe, Innova, Roven, and Navona labels.
https://www.contemporaneous.org/