Please join us as an extraordinary chamber ensemble plays new musical works by the ten participants of the 2023 Emerging Composers Intensive for the first time.

It promises to be an enlightening experience for young composers to hear their pieces come alive in the hands of such gifted professional performers, including Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu (violin), Eunice Kim (violin), David Samuel (viola), Mihai Marica (cello), Drew Petersen (piano) and Catherine Gregory (flute).

Designed for devoted composers aged 18-31, The Emerging Composers Intensive (ECI) at Hidden Valley is an important extension to the conservatory education that aims to complete a young composer's skill set on the path to a professional career. ECI focuses on the crucial connection between individual creativity and effective collaboration by having composers work closely with renowned composition and performing faculty throughout their writing process to strengthen the necessary foundations of instrumental understanding, notation, and communication skills.

This unique and prestigious program includes ten public events in Carmel Valley, including a July 5th talk by Fred Child, host of NPR's Peabody-award winning classical music program Performance Today, culminating in ten world premieres in not-to-be-missed concerts on July 7th and 8th.

For more details about program participants, faculty members, and all ticketed events, please visit: eci.hiddenvalleymusic.org

Please note that there will be a short break for lunch between 12:30 and 1:30pm!