UT Contemporary Music Festival
The University of Tennessee College of Music’s annual Contemporary Music Festival celebrates contemporary music through concerts of new music, workshops, and paper presentations each spring. It welcomes guest performers, scholars, and composers from around the world.
Schedule of Events
March 4, 2025
Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome Reception | HMC 244 |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break / presenters prep | HMC 244 |
| 10 a.m. | Droki Ouro | HMC 244 |
| 11:20 a.m. | Wil Wright | HMC 12 |
| 12:15 p.m. | LUNCH | |
| 12:55 p.m. | Collaboration Workshop | HMC 68 |
| 2:30 p.m. | Composer’s Roundtable | HMC G40 |
| 3:30 p.m. | Hall time / Dress Rehearsal | Powell Hall |
| 4:00 p.m. | Dress Rehearsal for Concert 1 | Powell Hall |
| 5:30 p.m. | Concert 1 Maria Castillo, flute Andy Sigler, Daemon Chapters Allison Adams, saxophone & Eileen Downey, piano Griffin Candey, Kid Gloves Student Brass Quintet Kevin Leroy Grant, Fanfare (call for scores winner) Faculty Brass Quintet Natalie Dietterich, Thread and Tether (call for scores winner) Other pieces You can find the digital program here. | Powell Hall |
| 6:30 p.m. | Break with reception in lobby / tea lemonade | Dress Rehearsal for Concert 2 |
| 7:30 p.m. | Concert 2 Faculty String Trio Cole Reyes, Web 4 Piotr Szewczyk, Furioso Rachel Fogarty, Haiku No. 13 Joseph Klein, Verklärte Einblicke Daniel Pelton, Tuning a Ukulele Piano Quintet Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Quarter Note = 60, Fantasty, Fantasy, Die launische Forelle (The moody Trout), Quarter note = 120\ You can find the digital program here. | Powell Hall |