Finalist: Ensemble Concept/21 Call for Scores
It All Begins Here
“It is with great pleasure that we announce today the selected works for the 2026 Call for Scores of Ensemble CONCEPT/21. These compositions will be premiered and recorded on Friday, March 20 at 7pm at the Louise E. Addicott & Yatish J. Joshi Performance Hall at Indiana University South Bend:
“A Flightless Bird Trapped in a Cage Hanging Over a Cliff” by Samuel Kitkowski
“The Little Finch” by William Jefferies
“Impromptu for Flute, Clarinet and Cello” by Peter Deng
Congratulations to all! The program, directed by our artistic director, Maestra Casey Robards will be completed with four additional compositions by IU South Bend composers Reynaldo Almanza, Kris Deitrich, Jacob Southerland, and Jane Wong, as part of their graduate residency in Composition this Spring. We are also honored to welcome to this program the internationally renowned horn soloist, author, and Professor of Horn at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bernhard Scully, who will be performing three amazing works with Maestra Casey Robards at the piano. Prof. Scully will be offering masterclasses during the week of rehearsals to young composers and performers.
We hope to see you there! The New Voices in Michiana concert of Ensemble CONCEPT/21 is been made possible in part by the John, Anna, and Martha Jane Fields Memorial Trust Foundation, The Muessel-Ellison Memorial Trust Foundation, the Harvey R. and Doris Klockow Foundation, The Stanley A .and Flora P. clark Memorial Community Trust Foundation, and the Stickley Scholarship Fund of the South Bend Area Music Teachers Association.”