OREGON BACH FESTIVAL
COMPOSERS SYMPOSIUM
OBF 50th Anniversary Year
MUSIC TRANSFORMING LIVES 2020:
Monday, June 29, 2020 through Thursday, July 9, 2020
Date of Departure: Friday, July 10, 2020
Application Deadlines
Early Decision: Monday, April 6, 2020
Final Deadline: Monday, April 20, 2020
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)
clarinet
violin; Co-Director, Chatter Albuquerque
violin
cello
cello
Contemporary Vocal Ensemble; Brad Wells, Director
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