Festival 50 | March 26-28th, 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)
The School of Music at Ball State University is pleased to feature guest composer Stephen Hartke, Helio Phoenix Trio and pianist Solungga Liu at the 50th Annual Festival of New Music, on March 26-28, 2020.
"Winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition, Stephen Hartke is widely recognized as one of the leading composers of his generation. His work has been recognized for both its singularity of voice and the inclusive breadth of its inspiration.
Born in Orange, New Jersey, in 1952, Hartke grew up in Manhattan, where he began his musical career as a professional boy chorister, performing with such organizations as the New York Pro Musica, the New York Philharmonic, the American Symphony Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Opera.
He studied at Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of California at Santa Barbara, then worked as advertising manager for several major music publishers. He was a Fulbright Professor at the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil before joining the University of Southern California faculty in 1987."
"Winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition, Stephen Hartke is widely recognized as one of the leading composers of his generation. His work has been recognized for both its singularity of voice and the inclusive breadth of its inspiration.
Born in Orange, New Jersey, in 1952, Hartke grew up in Manhattan, where he began his musical career as a professional boy chorister, performing with such organizations as the New York Pro Musica, the New York Philharmonic, the American Symphony Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Opera.
He studied at Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of California at Santa Barbara, then worked as advertising manager for several major music publishers. He was a Fulbright Professor at the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil before joining the University of Southern California faculty in 1987."
