Composer Workshop and Competition

Composer Gregory Fritz leads the Composition Workshop and Competition with UWRF Faculty and Friends.  See the American Composers Forum Announcement.

Kris Tjornehoj and Gary Bird, co-hosts.

UWRF Composer workshop Schedule 2014

Friday, October 24 

9:30 – 10:30 Composer check in, registration and coffee
10:30 – 12:00 Composition Session "Current trends in Composition: Winning compositions and composers of the Twenty-First Century" – Presented by Gregory Fritze
12:00 – 1:00 lunch break or optional coffee concert featuring Laura Edman, organ
1:00 – 2:15 Composition Session – Saxophone Quartet History and Repertoire – presented by David Milne
2:15 – 2:30 break
2:30 – 3:45 Composition Session – Brass Quintet History and Repertoire – presented by Jay Hildebrandt
3:45 – 4:00 break
4:00 – 5:30 Composer Presentations (participant composers may present pieces in an open forum)
5:30 – 7:00 dinner break
7:00 – 9:00 Open rehearsal with Colonial Tuba Quartet 

Saturday, October 25 

9:00 – 10:15 Composer Presentations (participant composers may present pieces in an open forum)
10:15 – 10:30 break
10:30 – 11:45 Composition Session – Woodwind Quintet History and Repertoire – Presented by Gregory Fritze
11:45 – 1:00 lunch break
1:00 – 3:00 Open rehearsal with Prevailing Winds Woodwind Quintet
3:00 – 5:00 Open rehearsal with River Falls Brass Quintet
5:00 – 6:15 dinner break
6:15 – 7:30 Open rehearsal with Ancia Saxophone Quartet
7:30 – Concert of Contemporary Music for Clarinet featuring Pat O'Keefe

Sunday, October 26 

9:00 – 11:00 Composer Presentations (participant composers may present pieces in an open forum
11:00 – 12:00 Composition Session – Tuba Quartet History and Repertoire presented by Bob Powers
12:00 – 1:30 lunch break
1:30 – 2:45 Sound check rehearsal with all ensembles
3:00 – Concert: Composition Finalists (performed by Ancia Saxophone Quartet, Colonial Tuba Quartet, Prevailing Winds Woodwind Quintet, River Falls Brass)
4:30 (+/-) End of concert, audience votes are tabulated, Announcement of the Van Galen Composition Prize
5:00 Reception of composers, musicians (of ensembles) and dignitaries at West Wind restaurant