THE DAL NIENTE AND DEPAUL

SUMMER RESIDENCY FOR NEW MUSIC

JULY 11-17, 2022

Ensemble Dal Niente, in collaboration with the DePaul University School of Music, is thrilled to announce its third annual week-long summer residency program for graduate and undergraduate level composers and performers of new music.

Graduate and undergraduate level composers are invited to work with internationally recognized Ensemble Dal Niente, DePaul composition faculty Christopher W. Jones and Osnat Netzer, and distinguished guest composer Lei Liang for a week-long residency program. Throughout the week, young composers and will have opportunities to collaborate on new projects, work with Dal Niente musicians, receive individualized feedback from DePaul faculty composers, and participate in masterclasses. Participants will receive daily instruction through lessons, rehearsals, workshops and lectures. Projects realized during the residency will be performed on evening concerts.

All students will participate in lectures, demonstrations and workshops with composition faculty and members of Dal Niente. The residency will have four main components distributed across the duration of the week: lessons, lectures, rehearsals and a performance. Each participant accepted to the residency will be invited to compose a quartet with an assigned instrumentation for Ensemble Dal Niente. Over the course of the week, the ensemble will rehearse each piece twice, giving participants the opportunity to interact with the musicians, and receive feedback on their work. Recordings of each session will be made available to the composers. The week culminates with participants having their works premiered by the ensemble in a pair of concerts.

Application Requirements:

For the composition program, please submit a brief resume that contains your educational background and compositional experience, a comprehensive list of works, 1-3 scores of recent work that show the depth of your experience and range of compositional experience and a portfolio recording, if available, showing performance(s) of work(s).
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Program Cost

Tuition: $1,295

Limited on-campus shared housing is available for $550 for the duration of the program. In the application, please select if you would like to receive more information about housing.

Application Deadline

Application deadline has been extended to April 15, 2022. Total fees for the program are $1,295 for program only and $550 for housing. A non-refundable 50% deposit for participation will be due by Monday, May 2, 2022. Remaining 50% will be due four weeks prior to the program start date. Payment instructions will be communicated upon acceptance.