Alba Music Festival Composition Program

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Alba Music Festival Composition Program

A high-quality intensive summer composition program in Alba, Italy.

02/09/2026

Applications are now open for the 2027 Alba Music Festival Composition Program! It is free to apply and open to composers and music creators from anywhere in the world and at any stage of career. Applications are open through December 15, and some limited financial aid is available. If you are a composer interested in an intensive and collegial musical experience in Italy, or know someone who might be, please have a look and share widely!

The program features an intensive week of music-making as part of the Alba Music Festival. Participants receive private composition lessons, take part in daily workshops and masterclasses, and have their music performed and professionally recorded by our Ensemble-in-Residence. For 2027, we are delighted to welcome Quartet ES as our Ensemble-in-Residence, with Jennifer Jolley and Eric Nathan as Composers-in-Residence, and Andrew Bishop and J. Anthony Allen joining our resident composition faculty.

Beyond the lessons, rehearsals, concerts, and workshops, the program offers the opportunity to spend a week immersed in the cultural life of Alba and Italy’s Piedmont region, a center for some of the worlds finest wine and food.

May 22–31, 2027 | Alba, Italy
https://www.albacomposition.com

29/07/2026

It gives us great pleasure to announce Quartet ES as the Ensemble-in-Residence for the 2027 Alba Music Festival Composition Program!

Bringing together violinists Anton Miller and Ertan Torgul, violist Rita Porfiris, and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel, this Iceland- and United States-based ensemble is known for its committed performances and dedication to new music. Quartet ES made its international debut at Reykjavík’s Harpa Concert Hall in 2018 and has held residencies in both Iceland and the United States. For its ambitious Uncertainty of Fate project, the quartet commissioned and recorded eighteen works by established and emerging composers. Its recent projects have included new quartets by Robert Carl and Elena Ruehr.

Quartet ES will work closely with our 2027 Fellows, bringing their music to life through rehearsals, performances, and professional recording sessions.

Applications open September 1.

28/07/2026

We are delighted that J. Anthony Allen will return as a member of the composition faculty for the 2027 Alba Music Festival Composition Program, and once again lead a workshop in music business and entrepreneurship!

A composer, producer, educator, and musical innovator, J.’s creative work ranges from orchestral scores and acoustic concert music to electronic dance music, film, television, and video games. His music has been performed throughout Europe, North America, and Asia, including work with the Minnesota Orchestra. He has also taught music production and technology to more than a million students worldwide. In 2011, he founded Slam Academy to make electronic-music education more accessible, and his recent work explores the fertile ground between acoustic and electronic music.

Applications open September 1.

27/07/2026

We are so happy to welcome composer and saxophonist Andrew Bishop to the composition faculty of the 2027 Alba Music Festival Composition Program!

Andrew is a saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, composer, improviser, and educator whose work bridges jazz, contemporary improvisation, and concert music. He serves as Professor and Chair of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation at the University of Michigan, where he teaches saxophone, composition, and improvisation. His three recordings as a leader have received widespread critical acclaim, and he has appeared on more than fifty recordings as a sideman. As a composer and arranger, Andrew has received more than forty commissions and recognition from ASCAP, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the National Endowment for the Arts. We look forward to having him with us in Alba!

Applications open September 1.

24/07/2026

We are thrilled to announce that composer and conductor Eric Nathan will join us as a Composer-in-Residence for the 2027 Alba Music Festival Composition Program!

A recipient of both the Rome Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, Eric has received commissions from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Fromm Music Foundation, and many other leading organizations. His Concerto for Orchestra opened the Boston Symphony’s 2019–20 season, and his music has been presented at Tanglewood, Aspen, Aldeburgh, and the Library of Congress. Eric is Associate Professor of Music at Brown University, Artistic Director of Collage New Music, and, beginning in fall 2026, the Rhode Island Philharmonic’s first Composer-in-Residence.

Applications open September 1.

23/07/2026

We have been hard at work preparing our 2027 program, and over the coming days, we are excited to introduce our outstanding roster of composition faculty and performers.

First up: Jennifer Jolley!

We are delighted to welcome Jennifer back to Alba, where she previously served as a member of our resident faculty in 2018. A terrific composer, conductor, and educator, Jennifer will join us as one of our Composers-in-Residence for the 2027 Alba Music Festival Composition Program.

Jennifer’s music engages with political and provocative subjects, including climate change, feminist history, and contemporary social issues. Her works have been commissioned and performed by ensembles including the Dallas Winds, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, and Quince Ensemble, and have been heard at venues including Carnegie Hall. A 2023 Fulbright Scholar to Egypt, she is Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Lehman College and has taught composition at Interlochen Arts Camp since 2015.

Applications open September 1.

01/07/2026

We had a terrific 2026 composition program in Alba! A heartfelt thank you to the 13 outstanding fellows who came to work with us this year, along with our two wonderful program auditors. We are also deeply grateful to the HINGE Quartet and to our remarkable faculty for helping make this year’s program such a success. Thank you all for bringing your energy, artistry, and dedication to Alba.

Stay tuned for announcements and exciting updates about the 2027 program!

26/05/2026

Praised as “experimental and ethereal” (T&C Media) and a “welcome addition to the new music scene,” (Boston Musical Intelligencer) the Hinge Quartet is comprised of Philipp Stäudlin (saxophones), Dan VanHassel (electric guitar), Matt Sharrock (percussion), and Keith Kirchoff (piano). Lying somewhere between a chamber ensemble and an avant-garde rock band, the Hinge Quartet combines cutting-edge contemporary classical and experimental music with seamless multimedia integration and the innovative re-imagining of rock and pop songs.

Dedicated to expanding and diversifying the repertoire for their ensemble, the Hinge Quartet has commissioned new works from composers including Bahar Royaee, Per Bloland, Kirsten Volness, LJ White, Ed Martin, Chen-Hui Jen, Kirsten Carey, Marti Epstein, Yoon-Ji Lee, Curtis Hughes, and Nicole Murphy. Recent seasons have also featured works by Julius Eastman, Sam Pluta, Jessie Cox, Philippe Hurel, Meshuggah, Katherine Young, Louis Andriessen, Chaya Czernowin, Klaus Lang, Björk, and more.

The Hinge Quartet’s educational initiatives have included residencies and workshops throughout the United States at institutions such as the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Brandeis University, University of California Berkeley, East Carolina University, Ohio University, Miami University, the University of Georgia, St. Cloud State University, the University of Montana, and Western Michigan University.

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