PROGRAM OF STUDY : COMPOSITION

The Bowdoin International Music Festival's composition program gives young composers access to some of the world's most distinguished composers while affording each participant time to compose in a relaxed environment. Students work with the composers-in-residence in masterclasses and private sessions throughout the summer. Students work with each of the guest composers in a group setting, with private sessions available at the discretion of the guest composers. The program will culminate in a performance of each student's work in the student concert series or in the professional Gamper Festival concert along with works of the resident and guest composers and 20th century masters.

Composition faculty list and bios

Special Composition Announcements:

The winner of the Festival's first annual student composition competition is Carl Schimmel, a doctoral student from Duke University. The award includes a cash prize and 2008 season premiere in the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music. Watch this space for an announcement of the 2009 competiton in December, 2008.

The recipient of this year's ASCAP Foundation Young Composer Fellowship is John Levey, a 26-year-old composer, music theorist, and pianist. Levey is a Rackham Regents Fellow at the University of Michigan, where he is pursuing his Ph.D. in Composition and Music Theory. This fellowship includes a full tuition scholarship.

Other Programs:

[instrumental] [woodwind]