The 2024 Next Festival of Emerging Artists
The 2024 Next Festival of Emerging Artists. This year’s crew of talented young musicians returns to PS21 to rehearse the World Premieres of Essay #1: Leave the People by Grammy nominee Curtis Stewart, violinist and Artistic Director of the American Composers Orchestra; new works by Michael Dudley Jr. and Next Festival Artistic Director Peter Askim; and their performance of Rebecca Saunders’ Ire, concerto for cello, strings, and percussion, featuring guest artist cellist Seth Parker Woods. The June 7 concert will be a benefit for the Crellin Park Summer Day Camp scholarship fund (June 1–8)
Founded in 2013 by composer and conductor Peter Askim, The Next Festival of Emerging Artists is committed to advancing contemporary music and cross-disciplinary artistic creation through performance, creation, audience engagement, and the nurturing of emerging artists with a passion for 21st-century artistic creation and collaboration. Initially a one-week intensive, The Next Festival quickly expanded into a two-week festival consisting of performances, individual lessons, coaching, masterclasses, multidisciplinary collaborations, and professional recording sessions. With one week in New York’s Hudson Valley and a second in New York City, The Next Festival brings together early-career string players, composers, dancers, and choreographers from around the country and around the world.
Since its inception, The Next Festival of Emerging Artists has provided more than 250 young artists with opportunities to learn, collaborate, and launch their careers. Festival Fellows work closely with a selection of renowned artists and mentors, including GRAMMY, Pulitzer, and MacArthur winners. Previous seasons have featured some of the most prominent figures in new music today: including guest artists Yvette Young, Matt Haimovitz, Jennifer Koh, Nadia Sirota, Richard Thompson, Pamela Z, Curtis Stewart, Seth Parker Woods, and the string quartet ETHEL; as well as choreographers Sidra Bell, Christopher D’Amboise, and S. Ama Wray. The Festival has appeared at venues such as National Sawdust, Roulette, (le) poisson rouge, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and PS21: Center for Contemporary Performance, as well as on WQXR.
Learn more at www.next-fest.org