2017 Vancouver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysevtIn4e2s From contemporaneous reports “With up to five official concerts a day, plus secret showcases not entered in the program, there was precious little time for sit-down dining; even grabbing…

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Composing in the Wilderness 2016

…us for this life-changing creative adventure! LINKS: More complete online information (and pictures): https://www.stephenlias.com/calendar/citw2016 Registration: https://www.fsaf.org/register.php?earlyreg=1 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/composinginthewilderness Articles about previous years: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/bringing-home-a-piece-of-alaska (Australian Music Center) https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Young-composers-head-into-the-wild-for-inspiration-4854833.php (Houston Chronicle)…

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1927 Frankfurt

…of first-class performances. … “As for the works themselves, many of them were of great interest as reflecting a number of under-currents affecting current musical progress. It is in that…

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1932 Vienna

From a contemporaneous review “It would appear from the modern concerts that musical style is at last ceasing by degrees to assert itself as the prime factor of modern music:…

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2019 Tallinn

…and marginalize entire communities of artists. Correcting these inequities starts with putting socially conscious people in leadership positions.” — Amanda Cook, “World Music Days 2019 and Estonian Music Days Converge…

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