The Catholic University of America

Palau de la Musica, Barcelona

New Music at CUA: Compose, Innovate, Learn, Perform

There are as many ways to make music as there are composers.  Here at CUA, we pride ourselves on helping you find your creative voice.  You will experience your own music in performance, discover the dynamic modern world of the arts in Washington and beyond, challenge yourself to master the tools of your craft, and create your own artistic identity in the supportive atmosphere of our studio.

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New music from CUA
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the cua student chapter of sci, the society of composers, inc.

What is SCI?

SCI is a national composers' organization which has both professional and student chapters.  Both undergraduate and graduate student composers are eligible to join.

What does CUA's student chapter do?

The CUA student chapter of SCI presents two concerts per year of student works and other special events.  On September 10-11, 2010, the SCI chapter presented NEW VOICES @ CUA: a two-day festival of vocal music.  

How can I get involved?

If you are interested in joining SCI at CUA, participating in an event, or simply coming to a concert, send an email to SCI to let them know you're interested! 

 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS - NEWS

IN MEMORIAM: Dr. Steven Strunk, Ordinary Professor, passed away suddenly on Feb. 20, 2012.  Extraordinary composer, performer, scholar.  A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 10:00 AM in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, adjacent to the CUA campus.

Brian Rice, DMA student in Composition, will be a guest composer at the College of Music of University of the Philippines-Diliman on March 6. 

NEW VOICES @ CUA Festival.  The 2nd annual New Voices festival takes place January 20-21 on the CUA campus.  Organized and run by CUA composition students, New Voices brings in composers from across the USA and abroad for performances of vocal music in various styles: art song, sacred, cabaret, and more.  The Great Noise Ensemble, the School of Music's new music ensemble in residence, is participating again in the festival this January. 

For more information, visit the New Voices @ CUA website.

CUA COMPOSERS IN PERFORMANCE

Winter-Spring 2012 Performances
 

Fall 2011 Performances
Please look for more listings here and on the calendar of events.

The Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival hosts two CUA composers' works on Labor Day weekend.  MM Stage Music student Andrew Morrissey's thesis-in-progress Life is but a Dream, and scenes  faculty member Andrew Earle Simpson's new chamber opera The Outcasts of Poker Flat.  Saturday, Sept. 3, 1:00 PM, Millennium Stage South.  Admsision free.

CUA Composition Division Fall Recital.  Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, Ward Recital Hall.

New Voices @ CUA: A very successful student-run, two-day festival of vocal music, which debuted in 2010, takes place for a second year in January 2012: !

 

The Palau de la Musica in Barcelona (above) is one of the world's great monuments to the meeting of music and the modern arts.
 

our programs at a glance

We also cooperate with the Institute of Sacred Music to offer lessons and artistic support for those pursuing the MM and DMA degrees in Sacred Music with an emphasis in Composition.

Contact composition

Professor Andrew E. Simpson
Head, Division of Theory-Composition
Ward Hall 28
Benjamin T. Rome School of Music
The Catholic University of America
620 Michigan Ave., NE
Washington, DC 20064


Phone: 202-319-5564
Fax: 202-319-6280
Email: simpson@cua.edu

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