The 46th Annual Contemporary Music Festival at Indiana State University is now complete!! The festival, which took place from Wednesday, October 24, through Friday, October 26, 2012 was a grand success thanks to this year's special guests: composer Christopher Theofanidis, bassoon virtuoso Martin Kuuskmann, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Kirk Trevor, ICO/CMF Composition Contest Winner is Bin Li, the Indianapolis Chamber Players, featuring pianist Minju Choi, violinist Davis Brooks, and cellist Kurt Fowler, and all Music Now composers and performers.
Many thanks to all participants and attendees for making this such a special event: thanks to our guests for taking time out of their schedules to participate in our festival and share their talents with us; thanks to ISU faculty, staff, and students for their tremendous performances and administrative assistance; thanks to the CMF committee for all of the planning and work that went into running the festival smoothly; thanks to the community for attending and supporting the festival; and, thanks to all of our granting sponsors for making the festival possible.
Please check back for information about the 47th Annual Contemporary Music Festival, to be held in late October 2013. Contest information is typically posted in February or early March and general information is updated as plans are secured.
In the meantime, feel free to look through information and pictures from this year's festival and let us know if you have any questions.
2012 FESTIVAL QUICK LINKS
FESTIVAL SURVEY
Guest Composer | Guest Artists | Guest Orchestra | Composition Winner | Schedule | Program | Travel Info
Leadership support for New Music USA’s MetLife Creative Connections program is generously provided by MetLife Foundation. Additional support is provided by ASCAP, BMI Foundation, Inc., Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Jerome Foundation, mediaThe foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation and the Virgil Thomson Foundation, Ltd.
Also provided with support from Arts Illiana; the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc., and WFIU.