MATA Jr. 2020

ft. the Bergamot Quartet

Sunday, October 18th, 2020 | 7:00pm EST

Live-streamed to YouTube from Scholes Street Studio in Brooklyn NY

PROGRAM

Works by Selected Pre-College Composers:

Luca Bardelle (b. 2002; Adria, Italy): HYBRIS

Alicia Diva Chandra (b. 2002; Singapore): Take Flight!

Noah Godard (b. 2003; Moorpark, CA): Swells of Grey

Ella Kaale (b. 2002; League City, TX): The Recitation

Aaron Nichols (b. 2003; New York, NY): Black and Blue

Krishan Rai (b. 2004; Williamstown, MA/Norway): Revolving Images

Works by MATA Mentors:

Pascal Le Boeuf (MATA 2017): Vines Outstretched

Anna-Louise Walton (MATA 2019): Needle n Thread

About MATA Jr.

Founded in 2014 as the educational arm of MATA, MATA Jr. pairs pre-college composers selected from a free, global call for submissions with MATA Festival alumni composers in a mentorship program to create new works for a performance in New York City. While there are many programs that aim to assist young composers, MATA Jr. is unique in that all parties benefit from a collaborative learning process in which participants are both teacher and student.

Each winter, MATA holds an open call for submissions from pre-college composers to select several to receive mentorship and an eventual performance by a professional ensemble. A jury consisting of MATA’s composer-mentors and staff meet to assess submissions. Selected composers are paired with one of two composer-mentors, who guide them through the development of a new composition from idea to score to rehearsal to performance.