OREGON BACH FESTIVAL
OREGON BACH FESTIVAL
COMPOSERS SYMPOSIUM
OBF 50th Anniversary Year
MUSIC TRANSFORMING LIVES 2021:
2021 VIRTUAL FESTIVAL
Friday, June 25, 2021 through Sunday, July 11, 2021
Three Global Composition Projects
International Songbook Project
Guest Composers & Performers
Vocal Fellows Program
Composers Film Festival
Participant Composition Presentations
We are currently updating the rest
of our website for OBFCS 2021.
Further details will be posted soon.
Hear your music performed
by guest artists and ensembles, by members
of the Artists Collaborative Ensemble, and by OBFCS Vocal Fellows.
Sing, play, and conduct your music
and works by your colleagues as a musician
in the Artists Collaborative Ensemble and/or as an OBFCS Vocal Fellow.
Interact with composers-in-residence, guest artists,
and symposium director, Robert Kyr
in master classes, presentations, and rehearsals.
Receive feedback, share your own ideas, and discuss new ideas
with your fellow composers and performers.
Compose & perform music on relevant contemporary themes
The environment––peace-making––
bridging the divides within society––
diversity, equity & inclusion––or any theme of your choice
Composers-in-Residence
Director, Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music
Director, National Sawdust (Performing Arts Center, NYC)
Director, Roomful of Teeth (Contemporary Vocal Ensemble)
Director, Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium
OBFCS Guest Artists & Mentors
soprano (Vocal Fellows Program)
oboe; Director, Oral History of American Music (Yale University)
violin; Co-Director, Chatter Albuquerque
Contemporary Vocal Ensemble; Brad Wells, Director
Nancy Ives, cello
Amelia Lukas, flute
Jeffrey Payne, piano
James Shields, clarinet
Inés Voglar Belgique, violin
Kenji Bunch, viola, composer
Monica Ohuchi, piano
Jannie Wei, violin
Wyatt True, violin
Kimberlee Uwate, viola
Eric Alterman, cello
Jonathan Hannau, piano, composer
Suzanne Hannau, flute, voice
Ellen Hindson, oboe
Brandon Scott Rumsey, bassoon, composer
Midori Samson, bassoon
Jamie Sanborn, french horn
Composer-in-Residence (Photo © Mariah Tauger)
Composer-in-Residence
Artists-in-Residence
Composer-in-Residence (Photo © Mariah Tauger)