New Music Ensemble Composition Competition
Wednesday, March 24, 2027
7:00 p.m.
Allendale Campus
Alumni, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students
Save the date!
Evening of Wednesday, March 24, 2027
Each year, for the past 14 years, we've held a friendly competition for our student composers in the Department of Music, Theater and Dance. While the details vary slightly from year to year, it basically goes like this:
- Student composers study a work of art on exhibit in the PAC Art Gallery
- They each write a one-minute long composition in response to their selected artwork
- The compositions are submitted anonymously, then premiered by the New Music Ensemble, under the direction of Bill Ryan, in the Art Gallery among the art that inspired the music.
- A panel of guest judges determine the winners, based on whatever criteria they want.
- You also get to vote for the audience favorite!
Generously sponsored by Larry and Elaine Rutowski Shay, prizes are awarded for first, second and third place as well as the Audience Favorite!
This year our composers will be responding to the exhibition, Space/s. Running January 11 - March 26, 2027, Space/s will feature the scholarship of the Department of Visual and Media Arts faculty and celebrates the 10-year anniversary of VMA.
Please save the date and we hope to see you at this fast-paced, fun, and celebratory event!
Location Information
Art Gallery, PAC Room 1121, Thomas J. and Marcia J. Haas Center for Performing Arts, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI 49401
Download parking map for the Allendale Campus
Contact Information
Stacey Burns, Programs and Outreach Manager, University Libraries and
Art Museum
616-331-3295
[email protected]
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This event was added to the calendar by Stacey Burns (burnssta@gvsu.edu) on Thursday, October 29, 2026 and was last updated on Friday, October 30, 2026 at 8:34 a.m.
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