2026 Heidelberg New Music Association New Music Festival And Symposium
March 26-28, 2026 | Heidelberg University (Tiffin, OH)
The Heidelberg New Music Association and School of Music & Theatre will be holding the 1st Biennial New Music Festival and Symposium on March 26th - 28th, 2026. The festival will consist of five concerts and a research presentation symposium. Featuring the work of composers and scholars selected through a call for scores and paper proposals. Selected composers will attend the festival in person, collaborate with performers, network with other participants and the Heidelberg community, and hear their compositions. Selected scholars will give presentations on topics related to contemporary music, music composition, or composition pedagogy. The festival concerts will feature performances by Heidelberg faculty, student performers, university ensembles, and featured guest artists. The keynote composer for the Inaugural Festival will be composer Stacy Garrop.
Full Schedule
Thursday, March 26, 2026
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00pm | Artist School Visits | Tiffin City and Calvert Schools |
| 2:30pm | Concert 1 – Prism 1 | Ohl Concert Hall Brenneman Music Hall |
| 4:30pm | Scholar Presentations 1 | Herbster Chapel Pfleiderer Center |
| 7:30pm | Concert 2 – Neonautica | Ohl Concert Hall Brenneman Music Hall |
| 9:00pm | Opening Reception | TBD |
Friday, March 27, 2026
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30am | Community Coffee Hour 1 | Trinity United Church of Christ |
| 9:30am | Presentations 2 | Herbster Chapel Pfleiderer Center |
| 12:30pm | Concert 3 – Prism II | Trinity United Church of Christ |
| 2:30pm | Keynote Address – Stacy Garrop | Gundlach Theatre |
| 4:00pm | HNMA Member Showcase | Ohl Concert Hall Brenneman Music Hall |
| 7:00pm | Concert 4 – andPlay | Gillmor Atrium Gillmor Science Hall |
| 9:00pm | Rave Night - Featuring Neonautica | Wickham Great Hall Campus Center |
Saturday, March 28, 2026
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30am | Community Coffee Hour 2 | Trinity United Church of Christ |
| 9:30am | Concert 5 – Tower Duo | Gillmor Atrium Gillmor Science Hall |
| 12:30pm | Sonic Meditations Performance | Hedges-Boyer Park |
| 2:00pm | Leadership in the Arts Panel | Tiffin Middle School Cafetorium |
| 3:30pm | Concert 6 – Prism III | Ohl Concert Hall Brenneman Music Hall |
| 5:30pm | Closing Reception | TBD |
Featuring Music and Presentations by
Abram, Anderson-Himmelspach, Bairelles, Bergler, Bennardo, Beuger, Blackburn, Bird, Bloomfield, Byrne/St. Vincent, Cummins, Chen, Delcy, Dousa, Duane, Eifert, Findley, Gaietto, Garrop, Gaspar, Giarrusso, Gibson, Gibson, Gibbs, Greenberg, Hitchen, Johns, Johnson, Kennedy, Kilstofte, Klein, Kramer, Krumwiede, Laitman, Li, Livengood, Lyu, Mailman, Maple-Oliveira, Masihi, McClure, Morti the Clown, Mott, Murphy, Nash, O’Dell, Onofrei, Polin, Pressley, Savage, Schumann, Schuttenhelm, Sentman, Sheng, Simoni, Skelton, Sneed, Tabor, Theisen/Valley, Thomas, Torres, Vargas, Viana, Wojtczack, Wolkowitz, Wolph.