Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference/57th Annual Pellegrini Festival of New Music | March 18th-21st, 2027
The School of Music at Ball State University is pleased to be hosting the upcoming 2027 SCI National Conference in conjunction with the Annual Pellegrini Festival of New Music at Ball State University March 18th-21st.
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Amelia Kaplan is a composer whose music creates meaning by juxtaposing, and recontextualizing refined gestures crafted from the myriad musical and non-musical sounds accessible in our wired environment. In recent years her music has mostly responded to the ecological and political crises besetting our warming planet. A recent recipient of a Copland House residency, Dr. Kaplan's works have been performed at numerous festivals worldwide. Dr. Kaplan holds degrees from the University of Chicago and Princeton University. She heads the Theory and Composition Area at Ball State University where she directs the New Music Ensemble.
Composer Patrick Chin Ting Chan grew up in Hong Kong and came to the United States in 2003. He has been featured in events including Ars Electronica, IRCAM's ManiFeste, ISCM World Music Days, UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers, and Venice Art Biennale, among others. He has worked with ensembles such as City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Ensemble intercontemporain (France), Ensemble Metamorphosis (Serbia), eighth blackbird (U.S.), Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Mivos Quartet (U.S.), and New York New Music Ensemble, with performances in more than thirty countries. His scores are published through BabelScores and Universal Edition. He is also an active performer and improviser of accordion, guqin, as well as live electronics using a Eurorack modular system and other custom interfaces on the computer. He is currently an Associate Professor of Music Composition at Ball State University.
Eleanor Trawick research focuses on 20th-century music and soon, she hopes, that of the 21st with a special interest in French composers. An article on Messiaen recently appeared in the journal Ex Tempore. Her compositions include works for a variety of solo instruments as well as for chamber and larger ensembles. This fall she provided incidental music for a university production of Children of a Lesser God. In addition to her teaching and composition, she plays the viola in solo, chamber, and orchestral performances.
Composer Patrick Chin Ting Chan grew up in Hong Kong and came to the United States in 2003. He has been featured in events including Ars Electronica, IRCAM's ManiFeste, ISCM World Music Days, UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers, and Venice Art Biennale, among others. He has worked with ensembles such as City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Ensemble intercontemporain (France), Ensemble Metamorphosis (Serbia), eighth blackbird (U.S.), Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Mivos Quartet (U.S.), and New York New Music Ensemble, with performances in more than thirty countries. His scores are published through BabelScores and Universal Edition. He is also an active performer and improviser of accordion, guqin, as well as live electronics using a Eurorack modular system and other custom interfaces on the computer. He is currently an Associate Professor of Music Composition at Ball State University.
Eleanor Trawick research focuses on 20th-century music and soon, she hopes, that of the 21st with a special interest in French composers. An article on Messiaen recently appeared in the journal Ex Tempore. Her compositions include works for a variety of solo instruments as well as for chamber and larger ensembles. This fall she provided incidental music for a university production of Children of a Lesser God. In addition to her teaching and composition, she plays the viola in solo, chamber, and orchestral performances.
