The Boston New Music Initiative was thrilled to present its inaugural Living Music Summit. The summit is a series of concerts, workshops, industry roundtables, and networking events designed to promote all aspects of BNMI’s central mission of supporting and advancing the careers of its members in the field of new music. The 2022 Living Music Summit will take place June 3-5, 2022, mark your calendars now! DONATE here to help us make this season's event a reality! Click here for a schedule of events or here to buy tickets.
The complete Composer Interview Series with Gabriel Bolaños, Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, Ingrid Stölzel and Melika M. Fitzhugh are available to all Shout It Out members as part of our professional development archive. Salon Series The Salon Series is done for this season. Check back in the summer for upcoming sessions. Workshop: Writing for Recorder As part of the Living Music Summit, BNMI will be hosting a virtual workshop on writing for recorder with Frances Blaker and Melika M. Fitzhugh. Join us on May 14 at 3pm ET to learn about writing for recorder, and then, send us your works for a reading session with Emily O'Brien on June 4 at 4pm ET. Click here to register for the intro on May 14. A link for submitting works for reading will be available after the intro session. Workshop: Writing for Marimba As part of the Living Music Summit, BNMI will be hosting a virtual workshop on writing for marimba with Matthew Sharrock of Transient Canvas and Hinge Ensemble. Join us on June 5 at 11am ET to learn about writing for marimba. Matt will read and give feedback on submitted works. Click here to submit a work for the reading session. Workshop: Writing for Violin and Viola As part of the Living Music Summit, BNMI hosted a Workshop on Writing for Violin and Viola on June 19. Full members can access a recording of the workshop from our resources page. Workshop: Biography Writing Thanks to everyone who participated! Professional ghost writer John Hong gave us all some wonderful tips. The recording is available to full members. Panel: Social Media and Web Presence for Musicians Thanks to everyone who participated in our panel! We had two special guests, Rachel Abrams, a mezzo-soprano and social media coordinator for Hartford Opera Theater, and Taylor Rossi, a flutist and marketing and web-design specialist. Once available, a recording of the panel is available to full members. Concerts June 3-5, 2022 |