Festival of Contemporary Artists in Music (Day 3)
About the event
The WSU School of Music is excited to host the 36th annual Festival of Contemporary Artists in Music on the Pullman campus February 6-8, 2025. This festival will feature works by composers from all over the world with composers and performers alike traveling to Pullman to participate. The opening gala concert on Thursday, February 6 (7:30pm) will feature WSU student and faculty composers and performers, including the WSU Concert Choir. Friday and Saturday will feature presentations, performances, and numerous world premieres every hour between 9am and 6pm. Attendees are likely to hear a wide variety of music from singer-songwriters to jazz to fixed media and more! Friday night’s gala concert (7:30pm) will feature “the leading post post-feminist feminist all-female horn experience” group Genghis Barbie. Known for incorporating contemporary pop music with classical, this innovative and engaging ensemble leads the way in bringing music to new audiences. The Saturday night gala features the National Science Foundation funded new music project, Falling Tree Collaborative. Led by researcher and WSU alum Dr. Berkley Walker (Michigan State University) and composer Dr. Spencer Arias (Arizona State University), Arias has composed new works for WSU faculty performers inspired by the scientific research of WSU professors Dr. Andrei Smertenko and Dr. Cecilia Rodriguez-Furlan.
All events will be housed in Kimbrough Concert Hall and Bryan Hall Theatre. The schedule of events, and program book, can be found at https://music.wsu.edu/focam. This festival is free to WSU/UI students, faculty, and staff, and Moscow-Pullman community members. FOCAM and its guests are generously funded by Allegro, the Center for Arts and Humanities, Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Abundant Silence, and Festival for Creative Pianists.
What: Festival of Contemporary Artists in Music
When: February 6, 2025, 7:30pm
February 7, 2025, 9am-6pm, and 7:30pm
February 8, 2025, 9am-6pm, and 7:30pm
Where: Kimbrough Concert Hall and Bryan Hall Theatre
Admission: Free