The Contemporary Music Festival committee at Indiana State University is excited to announce the 51st Annual Festival, scheduled for October 25–27, 2017. The featured festival guest composer will be Narong Prangcharoen who will be joined by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra as orchestra-in-residence, the guest ensemble (TBA). Guests will also include the Orchestra and Music Now Contest winners (TBA).

This activity is made possible, in part, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency and Arts Illiana, the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency. Support also came from the Indiana State University Center for Community Engagement, SAI Philanthropies, Inc., and an Indiana State University Sesquicentennial Grant.