Composers Forum III (Creative Musicians Retreat)

Performances of works by Creative Musicians Retreat participants, with audience discussion moderated by program faculty


Composers Forum II (Creative Musicians Retreat)

Performances of works by Creative Musicians Retreat participants, with audience discussion moderated by program faculty


Composers Forum I (Creative Musicians Retreat)

Performances of works by Creative Musicians Retreat participants, with audience discussion moderated by program faculty


Piano recital featuring Blair McMillen

 

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as well as George Crumb's epic Makrokosmos Vol II.


A concert of new music with Wet Ink Ensemble - updated date!

The 2015 Creative Musicians Retreat Ensemble-in-Residence in concert

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Program will include:

Martin Bresnick – Josephine the Singer
Sam Pluta – ATD V
Kate Soper – The Words Themselves Mean What They Say
Eric Wubbels – Katachi
Alex Mincek – Of Concentric Circles


Lecture/Demonstration by Martin Bresnick

Bresnick, Martin PIC1Dr. Martin Bresnick, our 2015 Composer-in-Residence, Creative Musicians Retreat, will present and discuss some of his own compositions, which include operas, chamber and symphonic music, film scores and computer music


Piano recital featuring Teresa McCollough

The Music of Ecstasy:
Works for piano, and piano and electronics, based upon sacred texts and imagery by composers George Crumb, Scott Blasco, Olivier Messiaen and Martin Bresnick.

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PRISM Quartet concert featuring Walden alumni Solon Snider and Mark Macaluso

Wall to Wall World Premieres: PRISM Quartet, Inc. in partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music, PRISM presents an electrifying program of world premieres of new saxophone quartets by Walden alumni Solon Snider and Mark Macaluso, winners of the PRISM/Walden School Commissioning Award; Bang on a Can composer and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Julia Wolfe; Grammy Award-winner Michael Daugherty; the Curtis Institute’s David Hertzberg; Princeton University’s Emma O’Halloran, Viet Cuong and Jonathan Russell; counter)induction’s Kyle Bartlett; and PRISM’s own Matthew Levy.

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An Afternoon with Cyrus Chestnut in Baltimore

Please join us for an afternoon fundraising reception and performance by renowned jazz pianist, Cyrus Chestnut, in support of The Walden School.

Mr. Chestnut has been called a "...highly intelligent improviser with one of the surest senses of swing in jazz" by The New York Times,and is an alumnus of The Walden School's Young Musicians Program.

For more information and to RSVP email events@waldenschool.org or call 415-647-4810. Space is limited! Gifts may be made in person at the door or online at waldenschool.org/support. We hope to see you there!

Host Committee
Ellen & Ed Bernard
Seth Brenzel
Amy Bryan
Arno & Ruth Drucker
Jack & Lucy Henningfield
Howard & Marianne Katz
Logan Brenzel & Ernest Massiah
Gloria Mehiel
Laura Mehiel


Summer Programs 2015 Spring Application Deadline

The spring application deadline for our 2015 Summer Programs is right around the corner, and we look forward to receiving your application.

Young Musicians Program – June 27-August 2, 2014 (5-week camp for creative musicians,ages 9-18 (pre-college))
For more information, write to us at: students@waldenschool.org.

Creative Musicians Retreat - June 13-21, 2015 (1-week festival for creative musicians, ages 18+)
For more information, write to us at: retreat@waldenschool.org.

Complete this form to request an application.