June in Buffalo 2012 participants announced!

We’re excited to announce this year’s June in Buffalo participants! We received 78 proposals from countries all over the world, including Turkey, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Ireland. Below are the 26 composers getting ready for June in Buffalo 2012:

David A. Dominique, Brandies University

David Rappenecker, University at Buffalo

Juan V. Colón-Hernández, University at Buffalo

Jonathan Kolm, University of Texas-Austin

Duncan Schouten, McGill University

Onur Yildirim, Istanbul Technical University 

Christopher Chandler, Eastman School of Music

Jason Huffman, Boston University

Nissim Schaul,  Universite de Paris

Nathan Kelly, University of Southern California

Jonghee Kang, University of Pittsburgh

Tyler Capp, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Ruben Naeff, New York University

Liza White, Northwestern University

Mark Popeney, University of Southern California

José Julio Díaz Infante, University of Louisville

Cyrus Meurant, University of Sydney

Davide Ianni, Boston University

Kenichi Saeki, University at Buffalo

Zane Merritt, University at Buffalo
Matthew Schreibeis, University of Pennsylvania

Colin Labadie, University of Alberta, Edmonton

Eun Young Lee, University of Chicago

Yeung-Ping Chen, University of California, San Diego

Dimitar Penchev, University at Buffalo

Andres Carrizo,  University of Chicago

The Genkin Philharmonic at June in Buffalo 2011

Presented by the Department of Music and The Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music, June in Buffalo, a festival and conference dedicated to composers, will take place from Monday, June 4th, to Sunday, June 10th, 2012, at the University at Buffalo. June in Buffalo offers an intensive schedule of seminars, lectures, workshops, professional presentations, participant forums and open rehearsals as well as afternoon and evening concerts open to the general public and critics. Each of the invited composers will have one of his/her pieces performed during the festival. Evening performances feature faculty composers, resident ensembles and soloists renowned internationally as interpreters of contemporary music.

Check out the details of the ensemble roster and the full concert schedule at the June in Buffalo website, as well as peruse audio samples and materials from previous June in Buffalo Festivals.