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Steven Kazuo Takasugi

Steven Kazuo Takasugi is Associate in the Music Department at Harvard University and Managing Director of the Harvard Summer Master Courses in New Music Composition.

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Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute

The Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute, October 25-31, 2010, offers a week-long intensive immersion into the world of a major American symphony orchestra. Under the guidance of composer Aaron Jay Kernis, up to nine composers will have orchestral works rehearsed and performed by The Minnesota Orchestra and will participate in a series of seminars on musical, career, business and professional development issues.

Composers receive consultations with Kernis and Music Director
Osmo Vänskä before and after the rehearsals. They also meet with Orchestra members and attend small-group sessions with leading music industry professionals. Composers' travel and hotel will be provided.

The Institute nurtures the participating composers' musical growth and broadens their career skills, assisting in their development as artists and community leaders. All works selected for the Institute will be performed in a public concert, conducted by Music Director Osmo Vänskä on Friday, October 30, 2010, 8 pm.

Application deadline: March 1, 2010 (postmark)

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Composers Datebook

The Forum's daily two-minute radio show, reminding you that
all music was once new.

Tuesday, January 19
LeBaron and Poe

Wednesday, January 20
Ott on Second

Thursday, January 21
A minute with Bolcom
and Gosfield and ...

Friday, January 22
Rorem's "Evidence ..."

Saturday, January 23
MacDowell premieres

Sunday, January 24
Bellini's "Puritans"

Monday, January 25
Strauss raw and cooked

Tuesday, January 26
Harris's "1933" in 1934

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		Forum Events
		New Music Events
		Member Contributed Events

		Schreiner "Nocturne" performance
		Pianist Shiau-uen Ding will present a program of short works for piano by modern composers as part of the Pusey Room Recital Series in Memorial Church at Harvard University.

		Pictures on Silence
		Concert begins at 7:30PM A Recital of Works for Harp and Saxophone, Jacqueline Pollauf (harp) and Noah Getz (saxophone) present a diverse program including works written for the duo by local composers.

		POINTS OF DEPARTURE
		Kynan Johns conducts the university orchestra in POINTS OF DEPARTURE.

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