Presented As Part Of The Bowdoin International Music Festival Since 1965, The Charles E. Gamper Festival Of Contemporary Music Represents A Sustained Commitment To Nurturing And Promoting The Music Of Our Time. It Is Programmed By Festival Composers-In-Residence Derek Bermel And Andreia Pinto Correia.

Over Its History, The Gamper Festival Of Contemporary Music Has Featured Many Celebrated Composers Such As Clarice Assad, Milton Babbitt, Luciano Berio, William Bolcom, John Corigliano, George Crumb, Tansy Davies, Jennifer Higdon, Rozalie Hirs, Pierre Jalbert, Füsun Köksal, Missy Mazzoli, Jeffrey Mumford, Gabriela Ortiz, Ralph Shapey, Alex Temple, Joan Tower, And Melinda Wagner.

The Gamper Festival Is Funded In Part By The Charles Gamper Music Fund Of The Maine Community Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund For Music, Inc., The Alice M. Ditson Fund Of Columbia University, The Amphion Foundation, And New Music Usa.

Schedule Of Events:

7:30pm - 9:00pm - Gamper Festival: Concert II

Part Of The Festival’s Mission Is To Promote The Vibrancy And Bright Future Of Chamber Music, And This Is Reflected In Our Commitment To Promoting And Producing New Music. During The Gamper Festival Of Contemporary Music, We Devote A Long Weekend To Focus On The Music Of Living Composers Performed By Faculty And Our Fellowship Students.

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David Dzubay
It Is Above That You And I Shall Go
Yang Gao, Nabeel Hayak, Piano , Nathaniel Valsania, Lydia Sorenson, Percussion

Curtis Stewart
American Caprices
Caprice 1: Modern Love, Claire Arias-Kim, Violin
Caprice 3: Giant Steps, Katherine Cheng, Violin
Caprice 10: Big Yellow Taxi, Rachel Yi, Violin
Caprice 14: Lift Every Voice And Sing, Ashley Yoon, Violin

Narong Prangcharoen
Ambiguous Traces
Isabelle Jamois, Flute, Natalie Feldpausch, Oboe, Katia Sofia Waxman, Clarinet, Christian Whitacre, Bassoon, Daniel Halstead, Horn  

Ching-Chu Hu
Invincible
Emma Fisher, Cello, Malcolm Laurier, Bass

Valerie Coleman
Revelry
Ellen Hayun Lee, Flute, Frank Tao, Clarinet, Christian Whitacre, Bassoon, Katherine Cheng, Violin  Jane Taerim Kim, Viola, Cheyoon Kaylin Lee, Cello, Shuguang Gong, Piano 

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