Hosted by Ensemble Dal Niente and DePaul University
Sunday, July 25 - Saturday, July 31, 2021
The DePaul University School of Music announces a week-long virtual Summer Residency for New Music in collaboration with the acclaimed new music chamber group
Ensemble Dal Niente and featuring distinguished guest composer
Wang Lu.
During this virtual week, young composers will have opportunities to collaborate on new projects, work with Ensemble Dal Niente musicians, participate in master classes and receive individualized feedback.
The composition program includes lessons with DePaul faculty members
Osnat Netzer and
Christopher Wendell Jones and guest composer
Wang Lu. All students will participate in lectures, demonstrations and workshops with DePaul faculty and members of Ensemble Dal Niente.
The residency will have four main components distributed across the duration of the week: lessons, lectures, rehearsals and a performance. Additionally, each participant will be invited to compose a quartet with an assigned instrumentation for Ensemble Dal Niente. The ensemble will rehearse each piece twice on location at DePaul, and the composers will join the rehearsals remotely via Zoom. This will give the composers the opportunity to interact with the musicians, receive feedback and offer comments. Each session will also be recorded, and recordings will be made available to the composers. At the end of the week, the musicians will record the pieces for a live-stream concert, and composers will receive high-quality audio recordings of performances of their music.
Current undergraduate and graduate-level student composers are encouraged to apply.
Apply now! Deadline for applications is April 15, 2021 at 11:59PM (CST).
This program provides a rare and unique opportunity for students to work with the School of Music's celebrated composition faculty along with members of Ensemble Dal Niente and special guest composer Wang Lu. Ensemble Dal Niente faculty members are updated as they are confirmed. All faculty are subject to change.
Tuition for the program is $845 (non-credit) for all students.
For this composition program, please submit a brief resume that contains your educational background and compositional experience, a comprehensive list of works, 1-3 scores of recent work that show the depth of your experience and range of compositional experience and a portfolio recording, if available, showing performance(s) of work(s).
Thursday, April 15 - Application Deadline - 11:59PM CST
Early May – Notification of admission status provided to all applicants who submitted by April 15, 2021.
Friday, June 4 – Deadline for admitted students to accept admission. 50% of tuition fees due on this day.
Wednesday, June 30 – Final payment of tuition fees due.
Please feel free to email us directly at music@depaul.edu with any further questions.