Composer's Sandbox

COMPOSER’S SANDBOX

MAY 29 - JUNE 11 | 2022

The Hobart and William Smith Colleges Composer's Sandbox Summer Intensive is an opportunity for composers in the early stages of their career to study with a renowned faculty of composers. Students selected for the program will have the opportunity to work with musicians from the acclaimed Society for New Music. The two-week-long Intensive will culminate in a performance and recording of their work by the acclaimed Society for New Music All Stars.

Submission Deadline: May 1, 2022 (midnight EST)
All submissions will be contacted by May 8 with a decision and information for further steps.

Tuition: $1,500 - includes room and board.

PROGRAM

  • Daily meetings with composition faculty to discuss works in progress.
  • Faculty led group composition seminars to facilitate discussion of student works and provide evaluative and critical feedback.
  • Improvisation Workshops.
  • 48-hour composition challenge.
  • Composition seminars to look at seminal works and works by historically disenfranchised/marginalized composers—particularly focusing on compositions germane to the works of student composers.
  • Orchestration seminars.
  • A seminar on entrepreneurship: building marketing skills as a composer.

LODGING AND MEALS

Lodging (5/29/22 - 6/11/22)
Bampton House, 720 South Main Street, Geneva N.Y.
Bed linens included, towels on request
Early check-in (5/28) or late checkout (6/12) can be accommodated - please include this request on your registration form.

Meals (5/29/22 - 6/11/22)
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily in the Scandling Center on Pulteney Street.

FACULTY

MARK OLIVIERI

Mark Olivieri

Chair, Associate Professor of Music
Hobart and William Smith Colleges

JENNIFER BELLOR

Jennifer Bellor

Assistant Professor-In-Residence
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

MARC MELLITS

Marc Mellits

Associate Professor
University of Illinois, Chicago

DOUWE EISENGA

Douwe Eisenga

Freelance Composer
Netherlands