Music Composition Concerts + Showcases Winter Residency 2024

Electronic Showcase
Saturday, January 6th // 7 PM ET
An evening of electronic sound and multimedia; VCFA students and faculty perform new work for instruments with live electronic sound and video.

Film & Media Music Festival
Sunday, January 7th // 1 PM
In visual media, music is often the secret partner in story-telling, embodying the internal states of the characters in the narrative. This event will feature a variety of approaches to the marriage of music to picture, as offered by VCFA students, faculty and alumnx —from fiction films to animation, video art, webisodes, documentaries, game scores, and jingles. The intent is to explore and celebrate the diversity of music-to-picture relationships.

Composer-Performer-Improvisor Showcase
Monday, January 8th // 7 PM
Organized and hosted by Roger Zahab, and open to all composer/improviser/performers, particularly featuring work which, though they may be performed/engaged with/by other artists, are illuminated through performance by the creator’s hand/voice/mind.

Concert: The City of Tomorrow
Tuesday, January 9th // 7PM
An evening concert featuring student works for wind quintet The City of Tomorrow. 

Concert: The City of Tomorrow & Anna’s Ghost, Stretansky Performance Hall
Wednesday, January 10th // 7PM
An evening concert featuring student works for wind quintet The City of Tomorrow & mixed sextet Anna’s Ghost. 

Concert: Anna’s Ghost
Thursday, January 11th // 7PM
An evening concert featuring student works for mixed sextet Anna’s Ghost. All are welcome to attend!

Songwriting Showcase
Friday, January 12th // 8PM
The Songwriting Showcase highlights the diverse songwriting and performing talents of the students and faculty of VCFA’s MFA in Music Composition. From intimate solo pop performances to intricate arrangements for a full band; from rock to R&B to finger-picking guitar to jazz; the evening promises to be an exciting romp through the current musical landscape.