The Third James Tenney Memorial Symposium was held August 16-23rd, 2022. We were delighted to be joined by guest composers Chris Castro and Rosie Hutchinson. This event was supported by New Music USA’s Organizational Development Fund in 2022-23 and the Amphion Foundation.
The Fourth James Tenney Memorial Symposium will be held August 2nd-9th, 2023. More information will be provided in early 2023.
Photo by Randi Thompson at the 2022 Tenney Symposium.
The Fourth James Tenney Memorial Symposium will be held August 2nd-9th, 2023. More information will be provided in early 2023.
Photo by Randi Thompson at the 2022 Tenney Symposium.
Chris Castro
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Chris Castro is a composer and double bassist. He is a recipient of Chamber Music America’s 2021 Classical Commissioning Award, where one of the jurors described his music “on par with Varèse,” giving him the nickname “The New Colossus of Sound.” His new work, Canções dos Desassossego (Songs of Disquiet), will be written for the Lyris Quartet and soprano Sharon Harms and premiered in 2023. His music has been performed by Sharon Harms and the Composers Conference Ensemble under James Baker (Two Songs from Brooklyn Narcissus), the St. Louis Symphony under David Robertson (Choruses III), pianists Sarah Cahill and Eric Zivian (IV - I), piano duo HereNowHear (Beethausenstro - Castockhoven) and the Lydian String Quartet (Choruses IV). He is the 2022 Guest Composer for the James Tenney Memorial Symposium, composing and collaborating with the New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble. Starting in August 2022 he will join the faculty of Chapman University as Assistant Professor of Composition. He has a Ph.D. in Composition and Theory from UC Davis and a Bachelor's in Music from the Juilliard School in both double bass and composition.
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Rosalind Hutchinson
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Growing up in the North Valley, Rosie Hutchinson was raised in a family of artists and began playing fiddle at age eight. She spent much of her childhood traveling around the country with her family to art fairs, learning lots of French, Cajun, Irish, Northern NM and SW music and busking, even saving enough money from her performances to buy herself a horse at nine years old. After graduating with a degree in French from the University of Puget Sound in 2005 where she played in both the Chamber and Symphonic orchestras, Hutchinson came home to play and tour with many ABQ groups, including Mammal Eggs with collaborator and partner Drake Hardin. Hardin would later join her in Chambery, France in 2013 as she finished her masters in French from UNM and the two would start the duo Teetotum. During this time, she began writing the songs that would become her debut, self-titled release, and the project Hosie slowly started to take shape on a laptop and gifted guitar from a friend. Upon returning to NM and having her daughter Merle with Hardin, Hutchinson forged collaborations with many musicians, including John Dietrich (Deerhoof), Heather Trost and Jeremy Barnes (A Hawk and a Hacksaw) and joined the experimental performance group Milch de la Machina. Over the years she has played the festivals Gatas Y Vatas (Albuquerque) and Titwrench (Denver), even going to Stockholm in 2018 to perform as Hosie at Titwrench Sweden.
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Interested in sponsoring the Symposium?
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Thank you for considering our project for a monetary donation!
Please contact us directly at contemporarynm@gmail.com.
Thank you for considering our project for a monetary donation!