Composers Concordance: Backpack Concert
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How does sound travel in 2020? See and hear a dozen surprising, provocative ways when Composers Concordance, William Paterson University, & Composers Guild of New Jersey present the Backpack Music Project at William Paterson University Performed by the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, new works scored for only as many percussion instruments as can fit in a standard backpack - reveal how creative composition knows no bounds, regardless of the compact size and limited number of instruments in use. Get ready for an exciting musical journey! Featured composers include Ann Warren, Chris Opperman, Carlton Wilkinson, Dan Cooper, Gene Pritsker, John Ferrari, Payton MacDonald and Peter Jarvis.
Announcing 2020 Visionary Awards Recipient
2020 First Commission
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Ilaria Loisa Hawley
Quando L'acqua riflette (When the Water Reflects)
Performed by Face The Music
Isabella Caurucci, flute
Yusei Hata, melodica
Oriana Hawley, viola
John Waller, triangle
Vasudevan Panicker, coach
Born in 2009, Ilaria Loisa Hawley is the recipient of a 2019 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award and the inaugural recipient of Claire Chase's Pnea Foundation Young Flutist Award. Ilaria's music has been performed by the New York Philharmonic and Face the Music, and she is a composition student of Mathew Fuerst and a flute student of Zara Lawler. She attends PS 314 Muscota New School and enjoys drawing, drama, reading, rock climbing, and making earrings.